Novak Djokovic is not obliged

In the last Grand Slam tennis tournament of the season, the US Open, second-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic reached the second round without difficulty.

The first round matches played on the first day of the tournament held in New York City have been completed.

Aiming to win his fourth Grand Slam singles title at the US Open and his 24th career Grand Slam singles title, Djokovic defeated 84th-ranked Frenchman Alexandre Muller 3-0 in sets, 6 -0, 6-2 and 6-3 in one. hour and 35 minutes and in the round of 16 he faced the Spanish Bernabé Zapata Miralles.

This year’s Australian Open finalist, Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (7th seed), won 3-0 sets 6-2, 6-3 and 6-4 over Canadian Milos Raonic, ranked 337th. of the world ranking, and in the second round the Swiss Dominic. Stricker became his rival.

In the 40th step of the men’s classification, the American Mackenzie McDonald defeated the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (15) 3-1 in sets that ended 7-6, 4-6, 6-1 and 6-4 and scored one of the surprises of the day

Taylor Fritz (9), Tommy Paul (14), Francisco Cerundolo (20) and 2020 US Open champion Dominic Thiem also defeated their opponents in the second leg.

GAUFF IN THE SECOND ROUND

In the women’s singles, American Coco Gauff (6) defeated German Laura Siegemund, ranked 121st in the world, 2-1 (3-6, 6-2, 6-4) in the second round.

The two-time Wimbledon champion, the Czech Petra Kvitova (11), won 2-0 in sets of 6-1 and 7-6 against the Spanish Cristina Bucsa, 65th place in the standings.

In the second round, where Gauff faced Russia’s Mirra Andreeva, Kvitova faced 2018 Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark.

The Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (20) and the Polish Magda Linette (24) ranked 73 in the women’s world. American Bernarda Pera eliminated Russian Veronika Kudermetova (16) from the top-seeded tennis player with a score of 2-0 (7-5, 6-4). , they outplayed their opponents and advanced to the second round. (AA)