Carlos Alcaraz spins after the withdrawal of his rival

In the last Grand Slam tennis tournament of the season, the US Open, the top-seeded Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the second round.

The first round matches were completed on the second day of the tournament held in New York City.

Defending US Open champion Alcaraz faced German Dominik Koepfer, who is ranked 75th. As Alcaraz led 6-3 3-2 in sets, he overcame his opponent’s withdrawal from the game and faced South African Lloyd Harris in the second round.

The Italian Jannik Sinner (sixth seed) won 3-0 in sets 6-3, 6-1 and 6-1 against the German Yannick Hanfmann, number 54 in the world, and became his competitor Lorenzo Sonego in the second round .

Andrey Rublev (8), Frenchman Arthur Cazaux 3-0 (6-4, 7-6, 6-1), Alex de Minaur (13) Kazakh Timofey Skatov 3-1 (6-2, 3-6, 6 -1, 7-5). Former US Open champions Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland and Andy Murray of Great Britain also progressed to the second round.

SABALENKA IN THE SECOND ROUND

This year’s Australian Open champion in women’s singles, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (2), beat Belgian 112th Maryna Zanevska 2-0 (6-3, 6-2) and faced British Jodie Burrage in the second round.

The Italian Lucia Bronzetti, number 76 in the world, gave one of the surprises of the day by beating the Czech Barbora Krejcikova (12), champion of the French Open 2021, 2-0 (6-4, 7-6).

Seeded tennis players like Daria Kasatkina (13), Ekaterina Alexandrova (22) and Karolina Pliskova (25) continued their path eliminating their opponents. (AA)