US Open: Kwon into second round
SoonWoo Kwon won against Fernando Verdasco 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday and will face the winner of the match between Serb Laslo Djere and Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 9 seed, in the next round
Soon-woo Kwon, 2022 © Aflo / Panoramic
SoonWoo Kwon won against Spanish lucky loser Fernando Verdasco 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3 to reach the second round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Tuesday.
Kwon, ranked No 81, will play the winner of the match between Serb Laslo Djere and Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 9 seed, next.
US Open, New York City (Grand Slam), other first-round results so far
- 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
- Holger Rune (28) beat Peter Gojowczyk: 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- 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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