Ben Shelton experienced how difficult it is to play a fellow countryman. Brandon Nakashima pushed Shelton deep in all three sets but just could not find that extra something to upset him. [21] Ben Shelton won 7-6(3), 7-5, 7-5. [4] Taylor Fritz had a much easier day at the office with his 6-2, 6-0, 6-3 victory over fellow American, Jenson Brooksby. It was a hard-fought battle for [8] Emma Navarro. Navarro battled by fellow American, Peyton Stearns, to claim the 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 7-5 victory. Qualifier Tristan Boyer defeated Federico Coria in five sets. Boyer won the first set 6-3 but dropped the next two sets to the veteran player. Unfortunately, losing the first set cost Coria and Boyer came back to win 7-5, 6-1.

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Amanda Anisimova Amongst American Winners

Good win for Marcos Giron. The American defeated Yannick Hanfmann after dropping the first set. Giron dug deep to claim the match 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 7-5. Mitchell Krueger got through the qualifying rounds and Rinky Hijikata to advance to the second round. Teenager, Learner Tien gets a big win. It took him five sets, but he defeated Camilo Ugo Carabelli 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Madison Keys defeated fellow American, Ann Li, 6-4, 7-5. Nice to see Amanda Anisimova on the winning side of things. She defeated Maria Lourdes Carle 6-2, 6-3. Seventeen-year-old American, Iva Jovic, defeated the veteran Nuria Parrizas Diaz 6-2, 6-1.

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Andrey Rublev Amongst Seeds Who Lost On Day 3

[9] Andrey Rublev lost in straight sets to the eighteen-year-old qualifier, Joao Fonseca. Fonseca won 7-6(1), 6-3, 7-6(5). [25] Alexei Popyrin lost in four sets to Corentin Moutet. Moutet can be a dangerous opponent when he is hot. Today he was and he won 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Another seed that lost to a French player. [30] Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard lost to his countryman, Gael Monfils 6-7(7), 3-6, 7-6(6), 7-6(5), 4-6. Tomas Martin Etcheverry also got the better of [32] Flavio Cobolli, 6-7(8), 6-3, 7-5, 6-1. [26] Ekaterina Alexandrova lost two tiebreakers to Emma Raducanu, 6-7(4), 6-7(2) and [31] Maria Sakkari lost to Camila Osorio 4-6, 7-6(4), 4-6.

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