Perhaps it was a blessing in disguise most of Australia’s males’s singles gamers took the court docket within the very early hours of the morning (AEST) on day two of the US Open.
Because other than Chris O’Connell’s four-set win over countryman Max Purcell, there wasn’t a lot to jot down house about.
Jason Kubler was compelled to retire from his match Matteo Arnaldi after simply 10 video games with a knee harm.
The 6-3 1-0 walkover was one in all a string of disappointing outcomes as James Duckworth couldn’t take a set off 168th-ranked Brazilian Felipe Alves and Aleksandar Vukic failed to bother Alexander Zverev.
Elsewhere, third seed Daniil Medvedev raced into the second spherical with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-0 victory over Hungary’s Attila Balazs.
Medvedev, the 2021 champion in New York, pumped 41 winners previous the unranked journeyman Balazs in a one-sided encounter lasting 74 minutes.
The Russian will now play O’Connell for a spot within the final 32.
The world quantity three, who was additionally runner-up to Rafael Nadal right here in 2019, mentioned he was completely happy to slip below the radar with a lot of the highlight fastened on Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic.
“I don’t care. It’s normal that Carlos and Novak are the biggest names right now,” mentioned Medvedev.
“My goal is to try to play well to get to wherever they are and try to win.”
In the ladies’s draw, Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur overcame a medical scare to battle previous Colombia’s Camila Osorio.
Jabeur, chasing a primary Grand Slam crown after three agonising defeats in finals since 2022, opened her US Open marketing campaign with a 7-5, 7-6 (7/4) victory on the Louis Armstrong Stadium.
The 29-year-old struggling throughout a tense first set, complaining to the chair umpire that she was having problem respiratory after Osorio fought again from 4-1 all the way down to stage at 4-4.
Jabeur wanted remedy from medical employees after going 5-4 down within the first set, and appeared to have her blood strain taken throughout a time-out.
She then rallied to take the primary set and appeared to poised to clinch victory after holding two match factors within the second set whereas 5-3 up.
However Osorio rallied to stave off defeat, and went on to stage at 5-5 after breaking Jabeur.
Jabeur broke again instantly to take a 6-5 lead however was then damaged as soon as once more to ship the second set to a tie break.
Jabeur proved too sturdy for Osorio within the breaker, nevertheless, and can now face the Czech Republic’s Linda Noskova within the second spherical.
Women’s third seed Jessica Pegula additionally strolled into the second spherical, brushing apart Italy’s Camila Giorgi 6-2, 6-2.
Early Day Two Results
Men — Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) bt Jason Kubler (AUS) 6-3, 3-0 – retired
Cameron Norrie (GBR x16) d Alexander Shevchenko (RUS) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
Alexander Zverev (GER x12) d Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Daniil Medvedev (RUS x3) d Attila Balazs (HUN) 6-1, 6-1, 6-0
Christopher O’Connell (AUS) d Max Purcell (AUS) 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7/5)
Felipe Meligeni Alves (BRA) d James Duckworth (AUS) 6-4, 7-6 (13/11), 6-3
Nicolas Jarry (CHI x23) d Luca Van Assche (FRA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3)
Alex Michelsen (USA) bt Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
Michael Mmoh (USA) d Karen Khachanov (RUS x11) 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Matteo Berrettini (ITA) d Ugo Humbert (FRA x29) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) d Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Women — Wang Yafan (CHN) d Caroline Garcia (FRA x7) 6-4, 6-1
Katie Boulter (GBR) d Diane Parry (FRA) 6-4, 6-0
Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS x22) d Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-4
Marketa Vondrousova (CZE x9) d Na-Lae Han (KOR) 6-3, 6-0
Liudmila Samsonova (RUS x14) d Claire Liu (USA) 7-6 (7/3), 6-3
Tamara Korpatsch (GER) d Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 6-3, 6-2
Madison Keys (USA x17) d Arantxa Rus (NED) 6-2, 6-4
Ons Jabeur (TUN x5) d Camila Osorio (COL) 7-5, 7-6 (7/4)
Linda Noskova (CZE) d Madison Brengle (USA) 6-2, 6-1
Petra Martic (CRO) d Tatjana Maria (GER) 6-2, 6-1
Marie Bouzkova (CZE x31) d Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 7-5, 6-4
– with AFP
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