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Alexander Zverev survived another almighty scare at the \u200cU.S. Open \u200bas the top seed overcame Frenchman Quentin Halys 6-4 4-6 7-6(3) 6-7(3) 6-3 on Thursday night and into early Friday morning at Arthur Ashe Stadium to secure a place in the third round of the Grand Slam.<\/p>\n

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The French Open \u2060champion was taken the distance by Lorenzo Sonego in his opening \u2060contest and came under pressure from Halys throughout the next, forcing him to summon his resilience again and stay on track for a maiden title in New \u2060York.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe performance was quite s\u2013t to be honest, but I won, that\u2019s the most important thing,\u201d Zverev said in an on-court interview afterward. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnother four-and-a-half hours, 2:15 am, that\u2019s what I go to the gym for,\u201d he added, before thanking die-hard fans who remained in the stadium for the end of the match. \u201cThe couple thousand people (who stayed) made up for the 15,000 that left.\u201d <\/p>\n

Zverev took the opening set on the back of a solitary break, but world number 52 \u2060Halys came out swinging in the next to level the contest, bringing the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd to life and ensuring there would be no easy route through.<\/p>\n

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The 29-year-old Zverev\u2019s frustrations threatened to boil over after he \u200bthrew away an early \u200cbreak in the third set and looked to \u2060be in deep trouble when Halys \u200bopened up a 4-1 \u2060lead, but \u2060the German responded emphatically to draw level.<\/p>\n

After forcing a tiebreak and claiming the third set to edge ahead in the \u2060contest, Zverev dropped the fourth, before settling his nerves in the \u200cdecider and building \u2060a 4-2 advantage with an overhead smash at the net.<\/p>\n

Having found the opening he \u200bneeded, Zverev raised his level another notch to \u2060force an error on \u2060match point and \u200cearn a hard-fought win for a clash with 25th seed Alejandro Tabilo \u200bin the next round.<\/p>\n

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