J.J. Wolf: I always enjoy watching Andre Agassi highlights

Rising American star J.J. Wolf says his only goal for this year's US Open was to play good tennis and see how far would that make him go. 

On Thursday, Wolf handed a straight-set defeat to Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena 6-2 6-4 6-3 to make his maiden third round at a Grand Slam and set up a clash against third-seeded Daniil Medvedev.

"I wanted to play some solid tennis and see how far it could take me. Very excited about getting into this third round," Wolf said. 

Wolf revered he enjoys watching the highlights of former world No. 1 Andre Agassi.

"Yeah, I think he had fun with his style. I always enjoy watching his highlights. Such a talented player. I wouldn't say the hair is totally based off of him. It's a tribute to him, I'm fine with that," Wolf said of Agassi.

Wolf is now looking forward to clashing against world No. 5 Medvedev.

"Definitely. Work my butt off every day to try to get to matches like these. I'm going to try to make the most of it, see if I can play my best tennis."

Wolf missing the US Open crowd 

"Yeah, you know, I've got my team here rooting me on. A lot of my buddies and family back home. That definitely gives me a little edge personally, I think," Wolf said. 

"The US Open crowds in the past, even when I played juniors, have been unbelievable. We're definitely missing out on that. I'm honestly just happy to be playing some good tennis. Hopefully next year I can experience the real deal.

"Yeah, it's definitely a different feel here. Especially with all the awesome stadiums the US Open has, New Yorkers and everyone from around the world usually fill up, and make it rowdy and fun for the players."

But Wolf says it's still "awesome" to play the US Open.

"It's still awesome being here. I wish there could be big crowds rooting me on. As I said, I'm just happy to be here and playing some tennis

When asked if he ever thought about creating crowd noise in his head, Wolf said:  "I guess I should probably start doing that. I don't think I've done that in the past. I've played a lot of challengers where there aren't too many fans. I'm not unused to it. Yeah, I don't know. I'll probably try to do that."

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