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US Open: Pospisil beats Raonic, Berrettini easily

Vasek Pospisil caused the surprise of the first Thursday at the US Open 2020: Pospisil beat his compatriot Milos Raonic in four sets.

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Vasek Pospisil was able to surprise in New York
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Vasek Pospisil was able to surprise in New York

Milos Raonic may only have entered the US Open 2020 as number 25 - according to his ideas at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament moved from Cincinnati to New York City, where Raonic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas and won the first set in the final against Novak Djokovic had won, the Canadians could be counted among the hopeful outsiders. But a compatriot of all people broke Raonic's hopes for a deep run in lap two.

Vasek Pospisil, who was able to assert himself against Philipp Kohlschreiber in three tight sets at the beginning, surprisingly won 6: 7 (1), 6: 3, 7: 6 (5) and 6: 3 at the Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Khachanov and Rublev continue

Karen Khachanov had no problems after his marathon against Jannik Sinner. In the all-Russian duel, the number eleven of the tournament prevailed against Andrey Kuznetsov 6: 3, 6: 4 and 6: 1. Khachanov's buddy Andrey Rublev is also in the third round after a three-set win against Gregoire Barrere.

Matteo Berrettini , semi-finalist of the US Open a year ago, only had to fight Ugo Humbert in the third set, winning 6: 4, 6: 4 and 7: 6 (6). And Roberto Bautista Agut also won his second match: The Spaniard, seeded eighth, defeated Miomir Kecmanovic from Serbia in four sets. Bautista Agut is now playing against Raonic conqueror Pospisil.

Here is the men's individual tableau at the US Open

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