US Open: Bonzi weathers Halys storm in all-French encounter, to meet Eubanks in second round
Benjamin Bonzi edged out Quentin Halys 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Monday night and will face American Christopher Eubanks, the No 28 seed, in the next round
Wildcard Benjamin Bonzi edged out Quentin Halys 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to move into the second round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Monday night.
Despite Halys raining down 23 aces and 45 winners, Bonzi found a way across the finish line first, breaking his opponent three times across the two hour, 51 minute clash.
Bonzi, ranked No 108, will play another ace-machine in American Christopher Eubanks, the No 28 seed, next.
New York (Grand Slam), other first-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Dominik Koepfer
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Jannik Sinner
- Taro Daniel vs. Gael Monfils
- Timofey Skatov vs. Alex De Minaur
- Yibing Wu vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Daniel Evans
- Lloyd Harris vs. Guido Pella
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Andrey Rublev
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Radu Albot vs. Jack Draper
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Otto Virtanen
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Jordan Thompson
- Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. John Isner
- Sebastian Baez vs. Borna Coric
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu
- Karen Khachanov vs. Michael Mmoh
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Alex Michelsen
- Alex Molcan vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Andy Murray vs. Corentin Moutet
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Constant Lestienne
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Cameron Norrie
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Attila Balazs
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Ugo Humbert vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Luca Van Assche
- James Duckworth vs. Felipe Meligeni Alves
- Max Purcell vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Alexander Zverev vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Jason Kubler vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Arthur Fils
- Alexandre Muller vs. Novak Djokovic
- Hugo Dellien vs. Borna Gojo: tuesday
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (7) beat Milos Raonic: 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
- Hugo Gaston (Q) beat Sho Shimabukuro (Q): 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Dominic Stricker (Q) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Roman Safiullin beat Marco Cecchinato: 6-4, 6-2, 6-0
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (15): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Christopher Eubanks beat SoonWoo Kwon: 6-3, 6-4, 0-6, 6-4
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles beat Ethan Quinn (WC): 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
- Aslan Karatsev beat Jiri Lehecka: 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
- Tommy Paul (14) beat Stefano Travaglia (Q): 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
- Taylor Fritz (9) beat Steve Johnson (WC): 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
- Jiri Vesely beat Enzo Couacaud (Q): 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
- Titouan Droguet (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti (18): 6-3, 0-6, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2
- Francisco Cerundolo (20) beat Zachary Svajda (Q): 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
- Juan Pablo Varillas beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 1-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-4
- Marton Fucsovics beat Sebastian Korda (31): 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-4
- Laslo Djere (32) beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
- Rinky Hijikata (WC) beat Pavel Kotov: 7-5, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
- Jakub Mensik (Q) beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2
- Frances Tiafoe (10) beat Learner Tien (WC): 6-2, 7-5, 6-1
- Casper Ruud (5) beat Emilio Nava (Q): 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Holger Rune (4): 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (21) beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
- Dominic Thiem beat Alexander Bublik (25): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
- Ben Shelton beat Pedro Cachin: 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
- Juan Manuel Cerundolo beat Ilya Ivashka: 2-6, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
- Sebastian Ofner beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4
- Fabian Marozsan beat Richard Gasquet: 6-3, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (1), 6-2
- Adrian Mannarino (22) beat Yosuke Watanuki: 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-5
- Zhizhen Zhang beat J.J. Wolf: 7-5, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 4-6, 6-3