US Open: Dominic Thiem and Alexandr Dolgopolov reach fourth round

Sixth seed Dominic Thiem registered a straight-set win over Adrian Mannarino to reach the US Open fourth round.

The Austrian, ranked eighth in the world, beat the French world number 34 7-5 6-3 6-4 on Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Mannarino served for the first set but sent a volley wide, allowing Thiem to break, and then lost seven games in a row as he struggled for rhythm.

Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov also reached the fourth round with a speedy win over Serbia’s Viktor Troicki.

Thiem, who has reached the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows three times in the past four years, will play Juan Martin del Potro in the next round.

The Argentine beat Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-3 6-4 to set up the meeting with Thiem.

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Dolgopolov beat Troicki 6-1 6-0 6-4, hitting 24 winners and dominating with his first serve to win in just one hour and 21 minutes.

This is the 28-year-old’s best run at a Grand Slam since he reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in 2011.

He will face either Spanish world number one Rafael Nadal or Argentine Leonardo Mayer in the last 16 on Monday.

Dolgopolov, whose defeat by Thiago Monteiro at the Winston-Salem Open is being investigated by the Tennis Integrity Unit, said the scrutiny was not affecting his performance.

“If people want to write something, they write something. You can’t stop them from doing it. It’s just not under my control,” he said.

“You can see I’m playing. I’m fit. I’m doing well.”

Also in the third round, Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber advanced with a 7-5 6-2 6-4 win over Australian John Millman.

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