US Open: Carreño Busta stronger than Thiem

Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta, the No 12 seed, moved into the second round of the US Open by defeating Austrian wildcard Dominic Thiem 7-5, 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Monday.

“I think that it was not bad at all the whole match”, said Thiem, 2020 champion, after the match. “Probably intensity-wise and shots-wise, the best since Paris. A lot of good things to take from this match.”

“I think everybody who thought that I was the favorite today was far away from reality. Pablo has a great season. He won Montreal. He’s a two-times semifinalist here. I’m just still in the process of coming back.”

Carreno Busta, ranked No 15, will play the winner of the match between Kazakh Alexander Bublik and Frenchman Hugo Gaston next.

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US Open, first-round results so far

• Felix Auger-Aliassime (6) beat Alexander Ritschard (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Alex De Minaur (18) beat Filip Krajinovic: 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
• Karen Khachanov (27) beat Denis Kudla: 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
• Corentin Moutet (LL) beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-4, 7-6 (7) ret.
• Nuno Borges (Q) beat Ben Shelton (WC): 7-6 (6), 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (8), 6-3
• Yibing Wu (Q) beat Nikoloz Basilashvili (31): 6-3, 6-4, 6-0
• Hugo Grenier (LL) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
• Casper Ruud (5) beat Kyle Edmund: 6-3, 7-5, 6-2
• Matteo Berrettini (13) beat Nicolas Jarry (Q): 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
• Marton Fucsovics beat Maxime Cressy (30): 6-7 (4), 7-5, 5-1 ret.
• Daniil Medvedev (1) beat Stefan Kozlov: 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
• Andy Murray beat Francisco Cerundolo (24): 7-5, 6-3, 6-3
• Tim van Rijthoven beat Zhizhen Zhang (Q): 3-6, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (9), 6-1, 6-4
• Sebastian Korda beat Facundo Bagnis (Q): 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-1
• Tommy Paul (29) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-0, 7-5
• Emilio Nava (WC) beat John Millman: 7-6 (7), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-1
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-3, 7-5, 6-3
• J.J. Wolf (WC) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (16): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Alejandro Tabilo beat Kamil Majchrzak: 6-1, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Quentin Halys: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2