US Open: Fognini wins in five sets, gets Nadal next

Italian Fabio Fognini pulled off a miraculous comeback to beat Russian Aslan Karatsev 1-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 to reach the second round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Tuesday night.

Fognini, ranked No 60, will face second seed Rafael Nadal next. The 22-time Grand Slam champion defeated Australian wildcard Rinky Hijikata in four sets on Arthur Ashe Stadium in the evening session match.

Fognini has a 4-13 record against Nadal but won their third round clash at the US Open in 2015 in five sets. That has been the only time Fognini has defeated the Spaniard on hard courts.

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US Open (Grand Slam), other first-round results

• Frances Tiafoe (22) beat Marcos Giron: 7-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Alexei Popyrin beat Chun-Hsin Tseng: 6-3, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3)
• Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Oscar Otte: 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
• Ilya Ivashka beat Sam Querrey (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8), 6-3
• Gijs Brouwer (Q) beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Jenson Brooksby beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-2, 6-0, 3-0 ret.
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas beat Norbert Gombos (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
• Lorenzo Musetti (26) beat David Goffin: 3-6, 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (9)
• Jannik Sinner (11) beat Daniel Altmaier: 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
• Borna Coric (25) beat Enzo Couacaud (Q): 6-2, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 4-6, 7-5
• 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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