US Open: Lajovic retires, Brooksby moves into second round
Jenson Brooksby benefited from the abandonment of Dusan Lajovic (6-2, 6-0, 3-0) on Tuesday . He’ll lay the winner of the match between Croat Borna Coric, the No 25 seed, and French qualifier Enzo Couacaud in the next round
Sep 6, 2021; Flushing, NY, USA; Jenson Brooksby of the USA hits to Novak Djokovic of Serbia on day eight of the 2021 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. || Panoramic
American Jenson Brooksby advanced to the second round of the US Open when Serb Dusan Lajovic retired on Tuesday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City.
Brooksby, ranked No 43, led 6-2, 6-0, 3-0 when Lajovic, ranked No 88, pulled out at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City.
The 21-year-old American will face the winner of the match between Croat Borna Coric, the No 25 seed, and French qualifier Enzo Couacaud next.
US Open, New York City (Grand Slam), other first-round results so far
- Marin Čilić (15) beat Maximilian Marterer (Q): 6-3, 6-2, 7-5
- Christopher Eubanks (Q) beat Pedro Martinez: 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Federico Coria beat Tallon Griekspoor: 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
- Miomir Kecmanovic (32) beat Learner Tien (WC): 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (9) beat Laslo Djere: 7-6 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4
- Holger Rune (28) beat Peter Gojowczyk: 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- SoonWoo Kwon beat Fernando Verdasco (LL): 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3
- Daniel Evans (20) beat Jiri Vesely: 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
- James Duckworth beat Christopher O’Connell: 4-6, 7-6, 6-2, 6-3
- John Isner beat Federico Delbonis (Q): 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Sebastian Baez: 7-5, 7-5, 2-0 ret.
- Grigor Dimitrov (17) beat Steve Johnson: 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
- Richard Gasquet beat Taro Daniel: 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-2, 6-2
- João Sousa beat Mackenzie McDonald: 1-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Cameron Norrie (7) beat Benoit Paire: 6-0, 7-6 (1), 6-0
- Brandon Nakashima beat Pavel Kotov (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2
- Nick Kyrgios (23) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Benjamin Bonzi beat Ugo Humbert (WC): 7-6 (1), 6-1, 5-7, 3-6, 6-2
- Daniel Elahi Galan (Q) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (4): 6-0, 6-1, 3-6, 7-5
- Pedro Cachin beat Aljaz Bedene: 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 1-6, 7-6 (6)
- Brandon Holt (Q) beat Taylor Fritz (10): 6-7 (3), 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-4
- Jack Draper beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
- Jordan Thompson beat Lorenzo Sonego: 2-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
- Alexander Bublik beat Hugo Gaston: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Botic van de Zandschulp (21) beat Tomas Machac (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1, 3-6, 7-5
- Thiago Monteiro beat Alex Molcan: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
- Cristian Garin beat Jiri Lehecka: 3-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-1
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (6) beat Alexander Ritschard (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Alex De Minaur (18) beat Filip Krajinovic: 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
- Pablo Carreno Busta (12) beat Dominic Thiem (WC): 7-5, 6-1, 5-7, 6-3
- Karen Khachanov (27) beat Denis Kudla: 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
- Corentin Moutet (LL) beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-4, 7-6 (7) ret.
- Nuno Borges (Q) beat Ben Shelton (WC): 7-6 (6), 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (8), 6-3
- Yibing Wu (Q) beat Nikoloz Basilashvili (31): 6-3, 6-4, 6-0
- Hugo Grenier (LL) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
- Casper Ruud (5) beat Kyle Edmund: 6-3, 7-5, 6-2
- Matteo Berrettini (13) beat Nicolas Jarry (Q): 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
- Marton Fucsovics beat Maxime Cressy (30): 6-7 (4), 7-5, 5-1 ret.
- Daniil Medvedev (1) beat Stefan Kozlov: 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
- Andy Murray beat Francisco Cerundolo (24): 7-5, 6-3, 6-3
- Tim van Rijthoven beat Zhizhen Zhang (Q): 3-6, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (9), 6-1, 6-4
- Sebastian Korda beat Facundo Bagnis (Q): 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-1
- Tommy Paul (29) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-0, 7-5
- Emilio Nava (WC) beat John Millman: 7-6 (7), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-1
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-3, 7-5, 6-3
- J.J. Wolf (WC) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (16): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Alejandro Tabilo beat Kamil Majchrzak: 6-1, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Quentin Halys: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2
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