World No. 144 Oscar Otte completed his remarkable journey through the US Open qualifying rounds Friday to lead three German players into the main draw of the final major of the season. After surviving third-set tie-break wins in the first two rounds against Renzo Olivo and Constant Lestienne, Otte outlasted Spain's Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Joining Otte in the main draw are countrymen Peter Gojowczyk and Maximilian Marterer.
World No. 141 Gojowczyk defeated qualifying second seed, Argentine Francisco Cerundolo, 6-4, 6-3. Gojowczyk will make his fifth appearance in the main draw. He has not been beyond the first round since 2014.
World No. 209 Marterer toiled for two hours, 46 minutes for a 7-6(4), 6-7(7), 6-4 win over beat Frenchman Maxime Janvier, who reached the fourth round of Roland Garros in 2018. He will now look to reach the US Open second round for the first time in his third main-draw appearance.
#NextGenATP Dane Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune, 18, denied another German passage to the main draw when he claimed a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win over Mats Moraing. At a career-high 145 in the FedEx ATP Rankings, Rune is making his first appearance at a Grand Slam event.
American Christopher Eubanks, 25, will make his third US Open main draw appearance after toughing out a 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(6) win over Argentine Sebastian Baez.
Fellow American Zane Khan found himself on the wrong side of another third-set tie-break decision, falling 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(4) to Russian veteran Evgeny Donskoy, who will make his ninth consecutive appearance in the main draw.
Ivo Karlovic, who at 42 is pondering whether this year's US Open will be his last, will make his 17th appearance in the main draw after a 6-3, 7-6(5) win over Japan's Yuichi Sugita. The Croat fired 25 aces for a three-round tally of 66.
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