US Open: Hijikata battles past Davidovich Fokina
Rinky Hijikata beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Monday and will play Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 9 seed, in the next round
Rinky Hijikata
Australian Rinky Hijikata beat Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the US Open in New York on Monday.
Hijikata, ranked No 62, will face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 9 seed, 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
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Zizou Bergs vs. Pavel Kotov
- Flavio Cobolli vs. James Duckworth
- Jaume Munar vs. Gabriel Diallo
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Zachary Svajda
- Corentin Moutet vs. Sebastian Korda
- Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Hugo Gaston
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Max Purcell vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Arthur Fils vs. Learner Tien
- Alex De Minaur vs. Marcos Giron
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Jannik Sinner vs. Mackenzie McDonald
- Matthew Forbes vs. Roman Safiullin
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Jack Draper
- Daniel Evans vs. Karen Khachanov
- Otto Virtanen vs. Quentin Halys
- Fabio Fognini vs. Tomas Machac
- Borna Coric vs. Adrian Mannarino
- Nuno Borges vs. Federico Coria
- Eliot Spizzirri vs. Alex Michelsen
- Timofey Skatov vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Constant Lestienne vs. Jordan Thompson
- Mariano Navone vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Alejandro Tabilo vs. David Goffin
- Jakub Mensik vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Tristan Schoolkate vs. Taro Daniel
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Radu Albot vs. Novak Djokovic
- Sumit Nagal vs. Tallon Griekspoor: tuesday
- Arthur Cazaux vs. Pablo Carreno Busta: monday
- Laslo Djere vs. Jan-Lennard Struff: monday
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Frances Tiafoe: monday
- Sebastian Baez vs. Luciano Darderi: monday
- Brandon Nakashima beat Holger Rune (15): 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Arthur Rinderknech: monday
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Dominik Koepfer: 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
- Grigor Dimitrov 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
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