US Open: Brilliant Bellucci sends Wawrinka home

Mattia Bellucci beat Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Tuesday night and will face Australian Christopher O’Connell in the next round

Mattia Belluci, Image Credit: Action Plus / Panoramic

Tennis Majors

August 28, 2024

US Open •First round • scheduled

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M. BelluccivsS. Wawrinka

Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci advanced to the second round of the US Open by defeating Swiss wildcard Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in New York on Tuesday night.

Bellucci, ranked No 101, will face Australian Christopher O’Connell 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: tuesday
Christopher O’Connell beat Nicolas Jarry (26): 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Zizou Bergs vs. Pavel Kotov: tuesday
Gabriel Diallo (Q) beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
Fabian Marozsan beat Hamad Medjedovic (Q): 2-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
Flavio Cobolli (31) beat James Duckworth: 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

Sebastian Korda (16) beat Corentin Moutet: 7-6 (3), 6-1, 6-0
Max Purcell beat Aleksandar Vukic: 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
Botic van de Zandschulp beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
Arthur Fils (24) beat Learner Tien (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Alex De Minaur (10) beat Marcos Giron: 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
Facundo Diaz Acosta beat Hugo Gaston: 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
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 (25) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 6-0, 4-0 ret.
Alex Michelsen beat Eliot Spizzirri (Q): 6-1, 7-5, 6-3
Daniel Evans beat Karen Khachanov (23): 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4
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