Alcaraz and Medvedev continued to leave the set. Tsitsipas and Auger-Aliassime out – Eurosport

For Tsitsipas it was the first big meeting after parting with his father, the coach Apostolos. The road was already uphill, suffering a break at the start and not taking advantage of the opportunity to come back in the first set before the tie break, which Australia then won. The Greek currently n.11 in the world manages to equalize the score and, despite the suffering in winning the second set, gives the impression that the alarm raised. In the next set Tsitsipas has four break opportunities which Kokkinakis quickly cancels, before breaking the two-time Slam finalist’s serve. At that point the Greek wears out, he can’t come close to winning a break anymore and at the end of almost four hours of battle at the Grandstand the result is 7-6 (5) 4- 6 6-3 7-5 for the 28-year-old Aussie, who now awaits one between the Portuguese Borges and the Argentine Coria.

The comparison is, however, more one-way Mensik e Auger-Aliassime, surprisingly won by the 18 year old Czech by a peremptory 6-2 6-4 6-2, giving Canada just two break points in the entire match, the only man winning at the start of the match. It was the Olympic semi-finalist’s only shining moment, before suffering a fifth-round elimination in his last seven Slam tournaments. It is strange how in the three service sets the 24-year-old North American lost in the final and decisive game. Jakub, on the other hand, will face Australian wild card Schoolkate, who made a five-set comeback against Taro Daniel (4-6 4-6 6-4 7-6 6-4).

The first one was good too Daniel Medvedev. Russia drops a set against the Serbians on the way Dusan Lajovicbut he still comes out at a distance in a game that is not out of his control. He is 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-1 Medvedev’s final result for this first time in New York, for success that will give him the second round against one of Medjedovic or Marozsan. In short, the No. 5, just like Sinner, falling set but nothing to worry about.

And so it will be in some ways too Carlos Alcarazwho will start strongly in the middle block against the Australian qualifier Li Tu. A strange story about the tennis player of Asian origin, who basically stopped for 6 years only to start again and give himself one last chance. For a set he is beaten by balls from Alcaraz, but then he relaxes, surprising the Spaniard at the end of the second set and holding a fair game to 3-3 in the third set. Many valuable solutions for you, a player with a nice one-handed backhand. Right from 3-3 in the third set, however, Alcaraz switches gears, getting a score of 9 games to 1 that won him the award. 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-1 final. But be careful for the second round of the Spaniard: he will find an uncomfortable opponent like the Dutch Botic from the Zandschulp.

He will advance to the second round instead Hubert Hurkaczdefeated the number 188 in the ATP ranking, the Kazakh Timofey Skatov, in three hard games. The Pole wins the first game 6-3 after saving a break point in the decider, then has to win the next ones in the tie-break, taking an hour each . Jack Draper also went through more easily than expected, taking advantage of the Chinese Zhang Zhinzhen’s withdrawal while the Brit led by two sets and 4-0 in the third.

Among the other seeded at the US Open, the Chilean should be listed Alejandro Tabilo (#21), settled by a clear 7-6 6-1 7-5 with Goffin. The former top-10 Belgian found the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, who ended a streak of ten consecutive defeats after Roland Garros defeat with a 3-0 victory over Coric.