US Open: Safiullin makes second round

Roman Safiullin won against Matthew Forbes 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-2 on Tuesday evening and will play Italian Matteo Arnaldi, the No 30 seed, in the next round

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Tennis Majors

August 28, 2024

US Open •First round • completed

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. vsR. Safiullin

Russian Roman Safiullin won against American wildcard Matthew Forbes 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-2 to reach the second round of the US Open in New York on Tuesday evening.

Safiullin, ranked No 57, will face Italian Matteo Arnaldi, the No 30 seed, 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: tuesday
Mattia Bellucci vs. Stan Wawrinka: tuesday
Christopher O’Connell vs. Nicolas Jarry: tuesday
Zizou Bergs vs. Pavel Kotov: tuesday
Jaume Munar vs. Gabriel Diallo: tuesday
Fabian Marozsan vs. Hamad Medjedovic: tuesday

Flavio Cobolli vs. James Duckworth: tuesday
Sebastian Korda (16) beat Corentin Moutet: 7-6 (3), 6-1, 6-0
Max Purcell beat Aleksandar Vukic: 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
Botic van de Zandschulp beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
Arthur Fils (24) beat Learner Tien (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Alex De Minaur (10) beat Marcos Giron: 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
Facundo Diaz Acosta beat Hugo Gaston: 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
Matteo Arnaldi beat Zachary Svajda (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
Nuno Borges beat Federico Coria: 6-2, 6-4, 6-1
Jannik Sinner (1) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
Adrian Mannarino beat Borna Coric: 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
Jack Draper (25) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 6-0, 4-0 ret.
Alex Michelsen beat Eliot Spizzirri (Q): 6-1, 7-5, 6-3
Daniel Evans beat Karen Khachanov (23): 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4
Otto Virtanen (Q) beat Quentin Halys (Q): 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2

Tomas Machac beat Fabio Fognini: 7-5, 6-1, 6-3
David Goffin beat Alejandro Tabilo (22): 7-6 (7), 6-1, 7-5
Hubert Hurkacz (7) beat Timofey Skatov (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)
Jordan Thompson beat Constant Lestienne: 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
Mariano Navone beat Daniel Altmaier: 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1
Jakub Mensik beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (19): 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Tristan Schoolkate (WC) beat Taro Daniel: 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-4
Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (11): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3, 7-5

Novak Djokovic (2) beat Radu Albot (Q): 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
Tallon Griekspoor beat Sumit Nagal: 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
Arthur Cazaux beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
Laslo Djere beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2
Frances Tiafoe (20) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Sebastian Baez (21) beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-0, 7-6 (4)
Brandon Nakashima beat Holger Rune (15): 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
Rinky Hijikata beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Arthur Rinderknech beat Christopher Eubanks (WC): 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8)
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