Casper Ruud, the 2022 US Open runner-up, was eliminated Wednesday night when Zhizhen Zhang became the first Chinese man to beat a player in the top five of the ATP ranking.
last year in Flushing Meadows, is the highest-ranked Norwegian in the history of the ATP ranking, which dates to 1973. He had reached No. 2 last year and is currently No. 5.
But after dropping the fourth set in just 23 minutes, Zhang broke Ruud's serve to open the final set, adding a second for a 4-1 lead.and Ruud both out, it marks the first time since 2006 that multiple men seeded in the top five lost before the third round of a US Open. In 2006, 3-seed Ivan Ljubičić lost in the first round, while No. 4 David Nalbandian was knocked out in the second.
Ruud, also the runner-up at the French Open in 2022 and 2023, is the first US Open finalist to lose in the first two rounds of the following year's tournament sinceESPN Stats & Information and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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