Ymer beaten by Garin to end Sweden's US Open singles hopes for another year

[p]Having seen off Uruguayan [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/roncadelli-franco/Aw1hl8Sn/"]Franco Roncadelli[/a] in straight sets (6-4, 6-3) in the first qualifying round, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/garin-ch-U73k5I15/ymer-e-GhVfMwlD/?mid=IFduhYVj"]Ymer took on 24th seed Cristian Garin[/a] of Chile, but after a slow start saw him lose the first set 6-2, the Swede battled hard in the second to force a tiebreak.[/p][p]However, the unseeded [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ymer-elias/GhVfMwlD/"]Ymer[/a] was unable to force a deciding set and was beaten 7-5 in the tiebreak, thus 7-6 in the second set, marking the end of his championship, as Garin moved on to face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/samuel-toby/rZVojxZe/"]Toby Samuel[/a] of Great Britain for a place in the main draw.[/b][/p][p]30-year-old Ymer was attempting to reach the first round at the US Open for just the second time, 11 years on from his only appearance. A second-round exit at the 2018 French Open remains his best Grand Slam performance, while this year's Australian Open is his only successful majors qualification for over two years.[/p][embed guid="849aea1b-492d-42cf-b538-1a3f1ea534d9" url="https://x.com/TeamChile_COCH/status/2092690829697495422" social-type="twitter" /][p]His defeat ended Swedish involvement in singles play in New York, after [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rinaldo-persson-kajsa/IBGyxZ49/"]Kajsa Rinaldo Persson[/a] was beaten in two sets ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/radivojevic-l-UTN9MbHt/rinaldo-persson-k-IBGyxZ49/?mid=QggzoeV6"]6-4, 6-3[/a]) by Serbia's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/radivojevic-lola/UTN9MbHt/"]Lola Radivojevic[/a][/b] in the opening round of women's singles qualification. It was the 28-year-old Swede's first attempt to reach a Grand Slam tournament.[/p][p]Swedish hopes now rest on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/goransson-andre/bkGRha3F/"]Andre Goransson[/a], who is expected to participate in the men's doubles with American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/galloway-robert/dEg6XnKS/"]Robert Galloway[/a].[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/atp-singles/us-open/"]Follow all the qualifiers for the US Open on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]