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Dreams died by fractions of an inch and were reborn through sheer determination on a pulsating Sunday at the US Open, with Taylor Townsend's heartbreaking exit contrasting sharply with Taylor Fritz's steady march onward, Reuters reported.

Townsend's three-hour odyssey against Barbora Krejcikova provided the day's most compelling drama, the mother from Chicago saving eight match points before finally succumbing 1-6 7-6(13) 6-3 in a thriller that left even her four-year-old son AJ offering gentle consolation.

"It was literally like a point here and there that made the difference," said Townsend, tears still fresh after the longest tiebreak of the tournament. "The backhand down the line on the match point where it barely clipped the line, what do you do in those moments?"

The 29-year-old's anguish provided a stark contrast to Fritz's businesslike 6-4 6-3 6-3 dismissal of Czech Tomas Machac, to fly the American flag as the country's sole male survivor from the 23 who began the tournament, according to Reuters.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was left to rue a second-half collapse by his side after a bright opening hour as they succumbed to a 2-1 Premier League defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday, Reuters reported.

City led in the first half through an Erling Haaland goal on his 100th Premier League appearance and looked in control for 60 minutes until a James Milner penalty brought the hosts level. 

As Brighton's intensity increased, City failed to cope with their movement and conceded again late on to Brajan Gruda's fine individual goal.

"We concede the goal and after that, it (the momentum) shifted," Guardiola told Sky Sports. "Until then it was really, really good, we had chances and the team looked aggressive and dynamic, according to Reuters.

A relieved West Ham United manager Graham Potter described his side's 3-0 win at Nottingham Forest on Sunday as the first brick in the wall of their Premier League season after a woeful start, Reuters reported.

Heavy defeats by Sunderland on the opening weekend and then Chelsea at home had left Potter under pressure.

But after digging deep to keep Forest at bay in the opening period at the City Ground, West Ham scored three late goals through captain Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta from the penalty spot and Callum Wilson, his first for the club.

"The world we're in, things change quickly but, for us, we didn't doubt the fight in the team, we didn't doubt the spirit in the team, we didn't doubt the quality in the team," Potter said. "But when results are like they are, people are looking for things and reasons and you can get very simplistic, according to Reuters.

Juventus scraped a 1-0 win at Genoa in their Serie A clash on Sunday, with Dusan Vlahovic coming off the bench to score for the second successive game, Reuters reported.

Vlahovic, who also netted in the opening-day victory over Parma, looked set to leave Juve in the close season, with the club eager to sell the Serbia striker rather than lose him for free when his contract runs out next year.

But for now the forward is proving vital at this early stage of the campaign.

"I thought only of coming in and doing well, about how to score," Vlahovic told DAZN, according to Reuters.