US Open: Martinez wins first-round marathon
Pedro Martinez won against Maks Kasnikowski 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (6) on Monday and will play Australian Alexei Popyrin, the No 28 seed, in the next round
Pedro Martinez, 2024
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Spaniard Pedro Martinez won against Pole qualifier Maks Kasnikowski 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (6) to move into the second round of the US Open in New York on Monday.
Martinez, ranked No 43, will face Australian Alexei Popyrin, the No 28 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
- Laslo Djere vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Sumit Nagal vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Arthur Cazaux vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- Sebastian Baez vs. Luciano Darderi: monday
- Holger Rune vs. Brandon Nakashima: monday
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: monday
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Arthur Rinderknech: monday
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Dominik Koepfer: monday
- Grigor Dimitrov (9) 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
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Miomir Kecmanovic: monday
- 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
- Alexei Popyrin 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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