NEW YORK, September 2. /TASS/. Russia’s Daniil Medvedev advanced to Round 3 of the 2026 US Open after he defeated Sebastian Gorzny of the United States on Wednesday.
The Russian tennis player, who plays under a neutral status at international tournaments, outplayed his US opponent Gorzny in straight sets 6-1; 6-3; 7-5 and is now set to play in the next round against the winner of the duel between French Arthur Rinderknech (26th-seed) and Juame Munar of Spain (unseeded).
Medvedev, 30, spent sixteen weeks as the world’s number one player in 2022. He is currently ranked 8th in the ATP Rankings. He previously won the 2021 US Open and holds 23 ATP titles. He won five of those 23 titles in 2023. Also, in 2021, he won the Davis Cup as well as the ATP Cup playing for the Russian national team.
The 2026 US Open is played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York between August 30 and September 13. The tournament will award a record $108 million in prize money. Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus and Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz are the tournament’s reigning champions in women’s and men’s singles respectively.
Russian tennis players are participating in international tournaments under a neutral status. The US Open is no exception.
