US Open: O’Connell beats Purcell in battle of the Aussies, books spot in second round
Christopher O’Connell edged out Max Purcell 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5). He’ll play Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, in the next round
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Christopher O’Connell moved into the second round of the US Open by edging out Max Purcell 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
O’Connell, ranked No 69, will play Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 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
- Taro Daniel vs. Gael Monfils
- Timofey Skatov vs. Alex De Minaur
- Yibing Wu vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Daniel Evans
- Lloyd Harris vs. Guido Pella
- Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. John Isner
- Arthur Cazaux vs. Andrey Rublev
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Radu Albot vs. Jack Draper
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Otto Virtanen
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Jordan Thompson
- Sebastian Baez vs. Borna Coric
- Andy Murray vs. Corentin Moutet
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu: tuesday
- Alex Molcan vs. Grigor Dimitrov: tuesday
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Cameron Norrie: tuesday
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Constant Lestienne: tuesday
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Alex Michelsen: tuesday
- Karen Khachanov vs. Michael Mmoh: tuesday
- Daniil Medvedev 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 vs. Luca Van Assche: tuesday
- Felipe Meligeni Alves (Q) beat James Duckworth (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (11), 6-3
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Jason Kubler: 6-3, 1-0 ret.
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Arthur Fils: tuesday
- 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
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