US Open: Former Australian Open semi-finalist Karatsev overcomes Lehecka in straight sets

Russian Aslan Karatsev moved into the second round of the US Open by winning against Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Monday.

After making the Winston-Salem Open final over the weekend, Croat Jiri Lehecka was unable to maintain his momentum, in a messy match against Karatsev. Both men struck 25+ unforced errors in the two hours on court, while Karatsev dominated the winner count, 32-20.

Karatsev, ranked No 77, will play Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena next, who upset fourth seed Holger Rune earlier in the day.

Read also

US Open: Rune knocked out by Carballes Baena in biggest upset of the day

Tennis Majors

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
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Milos Raonic
• Sho Shimabukuro vs. Hugo Gaston
• Hugo Dellien vs. Borna Gojo
• Dominic Stricker vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Quentin Halys vs. Benjamin Bonzi
• Roman Safiullin vs. Marco Cecchinato: monday
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Mackenzie McDonald: monday
• SoonWoo Kwon vs. Christopher Eubanks: monday
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Ethan Quinn: monday
• Tommy Paul vs. Stefano Travaglia: monday
• Taylor Fritz (9) beat Steve Johnson (WC): 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
• Jiri Vesely vs. Enzo Couacaud: monday
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Titouan Droguet: monday
• Francisco Cerundolo (20) beat Zachary Svajda (Q): 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Juan Pablo Varillas: monday
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Sebastian Korda: monday
• 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