Vukic falls to Sakamoto in five-set US Open thriller

Australian Aleksandar Vukic was eliminated by Rei Sakamoto in a hard-fought US Open Round of 128 match in New York, losing 4-6 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3 4-6. Vukic twice levelled the contest after dropping the opening set and then forced a deciding set by taking the fourth 6-3. However, Sakamoto held firm in the fifth, winning 6-4 to complete a 3-2 victory. Vukic finished with two sets won and three sets lost, according to the supplied event statistics. The match featured several momentum swings, with Sakamoto taking the first and third sets before Vukic responded in the second and fourth. Despite recovering strongly through the middle stages, the Australian could not complete the comeback in the deciding set. No additional match statistics or actions were recorded in the provider data.