US Open: Acosta books spot in second round
Facundo Diaz Acosta defeated Hugo Gaston 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday evening. He’ll face No 25 seed Jack Draper in the next round
Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta advanced to the second round of the US Open by winning against Frenchman Hugo Gaston 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Tuesday evening.
Acosta, ranked No 64, will play No 25 seed Jack Draper next.
New York (Grand Slam), other first-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Tommy Paul
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Li Tu
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Jaume Munar vs. Gabriel Diallo
- Zizou Bergs vs. Pavel Kotov
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Flavio Cobolli vs. James Duckworth
- Corentin Moutet vs. Sebastian Korda: tuesday
- Max Purcell vs. Aleksandar Vukic: tuesday
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Botic van de Zandschulp: tuesday
- Arthur Fils vs. Learner Tien: tuesday
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Daniil Medvedev: tuesday
- Alex De Minaur vs. Marcos Giron: tuesday
- Matteo Arnaldi (30) beat Zachary Svajda (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
- Nuno Borges beat Federico Coria: 6-2, 6-4, 6-1
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
- Roman Safiullin beat Matthew Forbes (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Adrian Mannarino beat Borna Coric: 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
- Jack Draper beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 6-0, 4-0 ret.
- Alex Michelsen beat Eliot Spizzirri (Q): 6-1, 7-5, 6-3
- Daniel Evans vs. Karen Khachanov: tuesday
- Otto Virtanen (Q) beat Quentin Halys (Q): 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2
- Tomas Machac beat Fabio Fognini: 7-5, 6-1, 6-3
- David Goffin beat Alejandro Tabilo (22): 7-6 (7), 6-1, 7-5
- Hubert Hurkacz (7) beat Timofey Skatov (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)
- Jordan Thompson beat Constant Lestienne: 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
- Mariano Navone beat Daniel Altmaier: 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1
- Jakub Mensik beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (19): 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
- Tristan Schoolkate (WC) beat Taro Daniel: 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (11): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Novak Djokovic (2) beat Radu Albot (Q): 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Sumit Nagal: 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
- Arthur Cazaux beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
- Laslo Djere beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2
- Frances Tiafoe (20) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
- Sebastian Baez (21) beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-0, 7-6 (4)
- Brandon Nakashima beat Holger Rune (15): 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
- Rinky Hijikata beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Christopher Eubanks (WC): 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8)
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Dominik Koepfer: 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
- Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Kyrian Jacquet (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- Alexandre Muller (WC) beat Adam Walton: 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-3, 6-4
- Gael Monfils beat Diego Schwartzman (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-2, 6-1
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-6 (2), 2-6, 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 ret.
- Francisco Cerundolo (29) beat Sebastian Ofner: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
- Lorenzo Musetti (18) beat Reilly Opelka: 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-1, 7-5
- Jiri Lehecka (32) beat Marton Fucsovics: 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 3-0 ret.
- Taylor Fritz (12) beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 7-5, 6-1, 6-2
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-3, 7-6 (3), 7-5
- Pedro Martinez Portero beat Maks Kasnikowski (Q): 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (6)
- Alexei Popyrin (28) beat SoonWoo Kwon: 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
- Casper Ruud (8) beat Yunchaokete Bu (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-2
- Matteo Berrettini beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-3
- Ben Shelton (13) beat Dominic Thiem (WC): 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
- Ugo Humbert (17) beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Juncheng Shang beat Alexander Bublik (27): 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Luca Nardi: 7-5, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)
- Mitchell Krueger (Q) beat Hugo Grenier (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
- Alexander Zverev (4) beat Maximilian Marterer (LL): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2
- Francisco Comesana beat Dominic Stricker: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Jan Choinski (Q): 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-7 (5), 6-3