Straight sets for Murray over Cerundolo after double-bounce chaos

Andy Murray advanced to the second round of the US Open by winning against Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 24 seed, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Monday.

Even though it was a straight-sets win, the former world No 1 said the conditions made it feel much tougher.

“That felt like five sets to me!” he confessed in his post-match interview. “It’s very tricky conditions today, very humid and hot. I was really happy with the way I got through that one.

“It was not easy…I knew I was going to have to play well, and I did in the important moments.”

Murray has recently been honest about his problems with cramping during matches, and early on in the match asked the umpire to ensure that the ball kids did not remove any of his empty drinks bottles, presumably so he could keep an eye on his fluids consumption.

Murray, ranked No 51, will play the winner of the match between Australian John Millman and American wildcard Emilio Nava next.

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New York City (Grand Slam), other first-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 40.560.000, most recent results first):

• Diego Schwartzman vs. Jack Sock
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Rafael Nadal
• Marcos Giron vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Fabio Fognini vs. Aslan Karatsev
• Jason Kubler vs. Mikael Ymer
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
• Jaume Munar vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
• Jenson Brooksby vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Borna Coric vs. Enzo Couacaud
• Norbert Gombos vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Marin Čilić vs. Maximilian Marterer
• David Goffin vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Gijs Brouwer
• Sam Querrey vs. Ilya Ivashka
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Oscar Otte
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Jannik Sinner
• Pedro Martinez vs. Christopher Eubanks
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Learner Tien
• Laslo Djere vs. Andrey Rublev
• Fernando Verdasco vs. SoonWoo Kwon
• Peter Gojowczyk vs. Holger Rune
• John Isner vs. Federico Delbonis
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Federico Coria
• Jiri Vesely vs. Daniel Evans
• James Duckworth vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Sebastian Baez vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Taro Daniel vs. Richard Gasquet
• João Sousa vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Cameron Norrie vs. Benoit Paire
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Pavel Kotov
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Steve Johnson
• Nick Kyrgios vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
• Taylor Fritz vs. Brandon Holt
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Jordan Thompson
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Ugo Humbert
• Aljaz Bedene vs. Pedro Cachin
• Jack Draper vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Alexander Bublik vs. Hugo Gaston
• Tomas Machac vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Alex Molcan vs. Thiago Monteiro
• Karen Khachanov vs. Denis Kudla
• Cristian Garin vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Dominic Thiem
• Alexander Ritschard vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Filip Krajinovic vs. Alex De Minaur
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Corentin Moutet: monday
• Ben Shelton vs. Nuno Borges: monday
• Yibing Wu vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili: monday
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Hugo Grenier: monday
• Kyle Edmund vs. Casper Ruud: monday
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Matteo Berrettini: monday
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Maxime Cressy: monday
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Stefan Kozlov: monday
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Tim van Rijthoven: monday
• Sebastian Korda vs. Facundo Bagnis: monday
• Tommy Paul vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles: monday
• John Millman vs. Emilio Nava: monday
• 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
• Quentin Halys vs. Arthur Rinderknech: monday

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