Nakashima delivers first big upset of US Open, thrashing Rune in straight sets

American Brandon Nakashima reached the second round of the US Open by winning against Dane Holger Rune, the No 15 seed, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in New York on Monday.

The American improves to 3-0 against Rune, with this win coming off the back of victories over Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz this hard court season.

For Rune, this is the Dane’s third consecutive loss in the first round of a hard court major. While Nakashima played some great tennis, Rune was poor, making just 39 percent of his first serve and striking 30 unforced errors across the one-hour, 55 minute clash.

Nakashima’s serving, on the other hand, was brilliant. The 23-year-old powered down 11 aces and won 84 percent of his first serves, not having his serve broken across the entire match.

Nakashima, ranked No 50, will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Arthur Cazaux and Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 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
• Sumit Nagal vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Laslo Djere vs. Jan-Lennard Struff: monday
• Arthur Cazaux vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Frances Tiafoe: monday
• Sebastian Baez vs. Luciano Darderi: monday
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: monday
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Arthur Rinderknech: monday
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Dominik Koepfer: 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
• 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
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-6 (2), 2-6, 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 ret.
• 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
• 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