US Open Qualifying: Former Grand Slam finalists Anderson, Bouchard advance to second round
Benoit Paire and Elizabeth Mandlik were also among the winners in the opening round
Former US Open runner-up Kevin Anderson and 2014 Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard were among the notable names who advanced to the second round of qualifying at the US Open on Tuesday.
Anderson, back on tour this summer after retiring in 2022, defeated Oleksii Krutykh 6-3, 7-5 to set up a second round clash against 19th seed Tomas Machac.
Bouchard, who reached the last 16 in New York in 2014 and 2015, opened her qualifying campaign with a 6-2, 6-3 win over wildcard Katherine Hui.
The Canadian will meet 12th seed Dayana Yastremska, of Ukraine, in the second round.
Other notable names winning on Tuesday on the men’s side included former top 20 player Benoit Paire, from France, and 22nd seed Dominic Stricker, from Switzerland, while top seed in qualifying Jaume Munar went down to Enzo Couacaud in straight sets.
On the women’s side, former French Open semi-finalist Tamara Zidansek and American Elizabeth Mandlik also won while 16th seed and former Roland-Garros runner-up Sara Errani was beaten by 18-year-old Erika Andreeva, the older sister of 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva, who is already into the main draw on a direct entry.
US Open Men’s Qualifying 1st Round Results:
- Enzo Couacaud defeats (1) Jaume Munar 7-5, 6-3
- (3) Federico Coria defeats Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-3,6-1
- (4) Taro Daniel defeats Sumit Nagal 6-3, 7-5
- Patrick Kypson defeats (7) Jurij Rodionov 6-4, 6-4
- (8) Borna Gojo defeats Hamad Medjedovic 7-5, 6-7(2), 6-4
- (12) James Duckworth defeats Trevor Svajda 7-6(12), 6-2
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard defeats (14) Thiago Monteiro 6-7 (11), 7-6 (5) 7-6 (8)
- Thiago Agustin Tirante defeats Luca Nardi 6-4, 6-4
- (19) Tomas Machac defeats Laurent Lokoli 6-4, 6-1
- (20) Benoit Paire defeats Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-2, 6-3
- (22) Dominic Stricker defeats Alexis Galarneau 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
- (23) Timofey Skatov defeats Kaichi Uchida 6-2, 6-2
- (28) Otto Virtanen defeats Emilio Gomez 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
- (29) Facundo Bagnis defeats Quinn Vandecasteele 6-1, 6-2
- (30) Giulio Zeppieri defeats Riccardo Bonadio 7-6 (10), 6-7(3), 6-3
- Federico Gaio defeats (32) Hugo Grenier 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Kevin Anderson defeats Oleksii Krutykh 6-3, 7-5
- Adrian Andreev defeats Nerman Fatic 6-3, 6-4
- Terence Atmane defeats Mate Valkusz 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-3
- Raul Brancaccio defeats Vitaliy Sachko 7-6(5), 6-3
- Francisco Comesana defeats Jozef Kovalik 6-4, 6-4
- Martin Damm defeats Federico Delbonis 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
- Alessandro Giannessi defeats Harold Mayot 7-6(7), 7-5
- Brandon Holt defeats Alexander Ritschard 6-1, 6-4
- Seongchan Hong defeats Francesco Passaro 7-6(3), 6-4
- Yu Hsiou Hsu defeats Cem Ilkel 7-6(4), 6-1
- Mikhail Kukushkin defeats Mattia Bellucci 6-4 7-6(4)
- SP Pablo Llamas Ruiz defeats Andrea Collarini 6-3, 6-3
- Aidan Mayo defeats Frederico Ferreira Silva 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Felipe Meligeni Alves defeats Dalibor Svrcina 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Juncheng Shang defeats Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-1, 6-4
- Michael Zheng defeats Franco Agamenone 6-2,6-3
US Open Women’s Qualifying 1st Round Results:
- (3) Yanina Wickmayer def. Katherine Sebov 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-2
- Harriet Dart def. Chloe Pacquet 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
- Sachia Vickery def. Irene Burillo Escorihuela 6-7(8), 6-3, 6-0
- (31) Viktorija Golubic def. Mary Stoaiana 6-3, 6-4
- Iryna Shymanovich def. (6) Jacqueline Cristian 6-3, 6-1
- Tatiana Prozorova def. Yuliya Hatouka 6-3, 1-6, 6-0
- Rebecca Sramkova def. Nigina Abduraimova 6-4, 6-4
- (19) Tamara Zidansek def. Ekaterina Makarova 6-1, 6-1
- (8) Lucrezia Stefanini def. Ylena In-Albon 6-2, 6-1
- Han Na-Iae def. VIctoria Jimenez Kasintseva 6-3, 6-3
- Elizabeth Mandlik def. Amandine Hesse 6-3, 6-4
- (24) Anna Bondar def. Katarina Zavatska 7-6(2), 6-4
- (10) Laura Siegemind def. Nuria Brancaccio 6-1, 6-4
- Simona Waltert def. Mona Barthel 6-2, 6-4
- Marina Melnikova def, Astra Sharma 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-1
- (18) Oceane Dodin def. Karman Thandi 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
- (12) Dayana Yastremska def. Heather Watson 6-3, 6-2
- Eugenie Bouchard def. (WC) Katherine Hui 6-2, 6-3
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse def. Kristina Mladenovic 6-2, 6-2
- (17) Dalma Galfi def. Jessika Ponchet 6-4, 6-4
- (13) Kimberly Birrell def. Leyre Romero Gormaz 6-7(6), 6-1, 6-2
- Darja Semenistaja def. Liv Hovde 6-4, 6-2
- Fiona Crawley def. Reka Luca Jani 6-1, 6-7(5), 7-6(6)
- Timea Babos def. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
- (14) Aliona Bolsova def. Magali Kempen 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Ankita Raina def. Miriam Bulgaru 6-3, 7-5
- Mirjam Bjorklund def. Makenna Jones 6-1, 6-2
- Leolia Jeanjean def. (20) Tereza Martincova 6-3, 7-5
- Erika Andreeva def. (16) Sara Errani 6-4, 6-0
- Petra Marcinko def. Jil Teichmann 6-3, 6-1
- Celine Naef def. Yulia Starodubtseva 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
- (25) Katie Volynets def. Barbora Palicova 6-3, 6-4