US Open: Musetti passes Opelka test in New York

Lorenzo Musetti edged out Reilly Opelka 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 on Monday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka and Serb Miomir Kecmanovic in the next round

Lorenzo Musetti – (c) AI / Reuters / Panoramic

Tennis Majors

August 27, 2024

US Open •First round • completed

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R. OpelkavsL. Musetti

Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 18 seed, moved into the second round of the US Open by edging out American Reilly Opelka 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 in New York on Monday.

Musetti, ranked No 18, will face the winner of the match between Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka and Serb Miomir Kecmanovic 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

Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Frances Tiafoe
Sumit Nagal vs. Tallon Griekspoor
Laslo Djere vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
Sebastian Baez vs. Luciano Darderi
Arthur Cazaux vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
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 vs. Adam Walton: monday
Gael Monfils vs. Diego Schwartzman: monday
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
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