US Open: Davidovich Fokina beats Giron in straight sets to reach second round
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina defeated Marcos Giron 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. He’ll face the winner of the match between Belarusian Ilya Ivashka and Argentinian Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the next round
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in Canada (ICON SMI/Panoramic)
Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 21 seed, moved into the second round of the US Open by winning against American Marcos Giron 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 21, will face the winner of the match between Belarusian Ilya Ivashka and Argentinian Juan Manuel Cerundolo next.
New York (Grand Slam), other first-round matches (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
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Milos Raonic
- SoonWoo Kwon vs. Christopher Eubanks
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Ethan Quinn
- Sho Shimabukuro vs. Hugo Gaston
- Hugo Dellien vs. Borna Gojo
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Mackenzie McDonald
- Quentin Halys vs. Benjamin Bonzi
- Dominic Stricker vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Steve Johnson vs. Taylor Fritz
- Zachary Svajda vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Titouan Droguet
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Roman Safiullin vs. Marco Cecchinato
- Tommy Paul vs. Stefano Travaglia
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Sebastian Korda
- Jiri Vesely vs. Enzo Couacaud
- Laslo Djere vs. Brandon Nakashima: monday
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Pavel Kotov: monday
- Jakub Mensik vs. Gregoire Barrere: monday
- Learner Tien vs. Frances Tiafoe: monday
- Casper Ruud vs. Emilio Nava: monday
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Holger Rune: monday
- 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
- Ilya Ivashka vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo: monday
- 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 vs. Yosuke Watanuki: monday
- J.J. Wolf vs. Zhizhen Zhang: monday
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