Confident Norrie moves into second round after easy win over troubled Paire, who might stop tennis
A demotivated Paire said he would probably end his season early and admits he’s not certain to play in 2023
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Seventh seed Cameron Norrie advanced to the second round of the US Open by beating Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-0, 7-6 (1), 6-0 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Tuesday.
Paire hit 13 double faults and 57 unforced errors to hand Norrie an easy path through to round two.
Norrie, ranked No 9, will face the winner of the match between Portuguese João Sousa and American Mackenzie McDonald next.
Norrie reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon earlier this summer.
Paire told French reporters he may now end his season early, admitting he is struggling for motivation.
US Open, New York City (Grand Slam), other first-round results so far
- 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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