3, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo) Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, serves the ball to Karen Khachanov, of Russia, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Thursday, Sept.
50 in the world, came into the tournament after losing the opening match in all three of his US Open warm-up events. Khachanov, who reached the US Open semi-finals in 2022, broke the Canadian’s serve seven times during the match.
After the match, Auger-Aliassime said he started feeling unwell during the contest and struggled to recover. The Russian, ranked No. But he took advantage of an off-colour Auger-Aliassime, whose level dropped as the match went on at Louis Armstrong Stadium. The defeat made Auger-Aliassime the highest-ranked player to exit the men’s singles draw so far in New York. He also saved seven of the nine break points he faced.
“After a set and a half, I just couldn’t feel well and was dizzy and seeing spots and couldn’t recover,” he said, as quoted by BBC. “I thought maybe it would pass, but it didn’t.
The win is only Khachanov’s second victory over a top-10 player at a Grand Slam and sends him into the third round in New York.