US Open: Sonego through in straight sets

Italian Lorenzo Sonego won against American qualifier Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to move into the second round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Tuesday night.

In a match where De Alboran sprayed 35 errors, Sonego was particularly clinical at going to the net, winning 25 of the 32 occasions he went forward.

Sonego, ranked No 39, will face the winner of the match between German Yannick Hanfmann and Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 6 seed, next.

New York (Grand Slam), other first-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):

• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Dominik Koepfer
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Jannik Sinner: tuesday
• Lloyd Harris vs. Guido Pella: tuesday
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Otto Virtanen: tuesday
• Taro Daniel vs. Gael Monfils: tuesday
• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Hubert Hurkacz: tuesday
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Yoshihito Nishioka: tuesday
• Yibing Wu vs. Dusan Lajovic: tuesday
• Daniel Evans (26) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
• Alex De Minaur (13) beat Timofey Skatov (Q): 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Botic van de Zandschulp beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3 ret.
• Jack Draper beat Radu Albot: 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
• John Isner (WC) beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (1)
• Andrey Rublev (8) beat Arthur Cazaux (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Sebastian Baez beat Borna Coric (27): 7-5, 7-5, 6-1
• Andy Murray beat Corentin Moutet: 6-2, 7-5, 6-3
• Yu Hsiou Hsu (Q) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (19) beat Alex Molcan: 6-7 (9), 6-7 (5), 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (9)
• Cameron Norrie (16) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
• Daniel Altmaier beat Constant Lestienne: 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1, 6-2
• Alex Michelsen (WC) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
• Michael Mmoh (WC) beat Karen Khachanov (11): 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
• Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Attila Balazs: 6-1, 6-1, 6-0
• Alexander Zverev (12) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Matteo Berrettini beat Ugo Humbert (29): 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
• Nicolas Jarry (23) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Felipe Meligeni Alves (Q) beat James Duckworth (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (11), 6-3
• Christopher O’Connell beat Max Purcell: 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Jason Kubler: 6-3, 1-0 ret.
• Arthur Fils beat Tallon Griekspoor (24): 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
• Novak Djokovic (2) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-0, 6-2, 6-3
• Borna Gojo (Q) beat Hugo Dellien: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (7) beat Milos Raonic: 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
• Hugo Gaston (Q) beat Sho Shimabukuro (Q): 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Dominic Stricker (Q) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Benjamin Bonzi (WC) beat Quentin Halys: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Roman Safiullin beat Marco Cecchinato: 6-4, 6-2, 6-0
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (15): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Christopher Eubanks (28) beat SoonWoo Kwon: 6-3, 6-4, 0-6, 6-4
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles beat Ethan Quinn (WC): 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
• Aslan Karatsev beat Jiri Lehecka: 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
• Tommy Paul (14) beat Stefano Travaglia (Q): 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
• Taylor Fritz (9) beat Steve Johnson (WC): 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
• Jiri Vesely beat Enzo Couacaud (Q): 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Titouan Droguet (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti (18): 6-3, 0-6, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2
• Francisco Cerundolo (20) beat Zachary Svajda (Q): 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
• Juan Pablo Varillas beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 1-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-4
• Marton Fucsovics beat Sebastian Korda (31): 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-4
• Laslo Djere (32) beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
• Rinky Hijikata (WC) beat Pavel Kotov: 7-5, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
• Jakub Mensik (Q) beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2
• Frances Tiafoe (10) beat Learner Tien (WC): 6-2, 7-5, 6-1
• Casper Ruud (5) beat Emilio Nava (Q): 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Holger Rune (4): 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (21) beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
• Dominic Thiem beat Alexander Bublik (25): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
• Ben Shelton beat Pedro Cachin: 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo beat Ilya Ivashka: 2-6, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
• Sebastian Ofner beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4
• Fabian Marozsan beat Richard Gasquet: 6-3, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (1), 6-2
• Adrian Mannarino (22) beat Yosuke Watanuki: 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-5
• Zhizhen Zhang beat J.J. Wolf: 7-5, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 4-6, 6-3