NEW YORK — No. 11 Stefanos Tsitsipas’ US Open woes continued as he suffered a 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 defeat to Thanasi Kokkinakis within the first spherical Tuesday.
After shedding a detailed first set in a tiebreaker, Tsitsipas rallied to win the second and degree the match, however he seemed to be bothered by an stomach subject.
Tsitsipas, a two-time Grand Slam finalist, has by no means made it previous the third spherical at Flushing Meadows.
He additionally struggled main as much as the match, successful simply one in every of his three matches on the Canadian Open and Cincinnati Masters.
For Kokkinakis, it was his first win on the US Open since 2019.
“I had a five-set battle with him a few years in the past on the Australian Open, and I used to be anticipating a battle,” Kokkinakis stated in his postmatch on-court interview. “It was bodily on the market, and I tend to typically drag these matches on and have some actual lengthy battles, however I simply tried to remain centered, keep the course and simply tried to play each level.”
He subsequent faces both Nuno Borges or Federico Coria.
Jannik Sinner, the No. 1 seed on the boys’s facet, performed his opening-round match at Arthur Ashe Stadium and emerged with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 win over Mackenzie McDonald. It was Sinner’s first motion since phrase emerged that he had failed two drug checks in March however escaped suspension.
Fifth seed and former US Open champion Daniil Medvedev overcame a second-set wobble to beat unseeded Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.
“Robust match. Dusan did play effectively,” Medvedev stated. “The primary two units he was enjoying rather well. I am completely happy that I managed to maintain my degree. Within the second set I really feel like I performed rather well, he simply performed higher. I saved my degree. He dropped somewhat bit third and fourth set. I managed to play higher and higher from that.”
Medvedev owns a 27-0 report after successful the primary set on the US Open, essentially the most wins and not using a loss by any man within the Open Period (since 1968).
In different males’s outcomes, France’s Arthur Fils beat American Learner Tien 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
No. 19 Felix Auger-Aliassime was knocked out within the first spherical by 18-year-old Jakub Mensik, and No. 7 Hubert Hurkacz and No. 30 Matteo Arnaldi had been among the many males’s winners.
No. 25 Jack Draper reached the second spherical after his opponent Zhang Zhizhen retired with a left leg damage within the third set with the Briton main 6-3, 6-0, 4-0.
No. 10 Alex De Minaur of Australia confirmed he’s totally recovered from the hip damage that pressured him to withdraw from the Paris Olympics final month by beating American Marcos Giron 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, whereas No. 16 Sebastian Korda defeated France’s Corentin Moutet 7-6 (3), 6-1, 6-0.
Stan Wawrinka didn’t benefit from his most important draw wild card because the three-time Grand Slam champion misplaced 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3 to Mattia Bellucci.
The Related Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
