'Nerve-free' Fritz drops 2 games in US Open statement

Taylor Fritz dominated his US Open second-round match, defeating Italy's Mattia Bellucci 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 in just 98 minutes, dropping only two games throughout. The ninth seed converted seven of 14 break points and saved all three he faced, becoming the fourth man to record 200 hard-court tour-level wins this decade, joining Medvedev, Sinner, and Rublev. Fritz, who finished runner-up at the 2024 US Open, will next face 24th seed Francisco Cerundolo in the third round as he bids to become the first American major winner since Andy Roddick in 2003.