US Open: Koepfer rolls ankle six points into Alcaraz match

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz moved into the second round of the US Open when German Dominik Koepfer retired at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

It was an anti-climactic night session on Arthur Ashe this Tuesday evening in New York, with Koepfer rolling his ankle just six points into his headline clash against top seed Alcaraz. The German bravely continued for an hour, after his coach, Ryan Williams, was overheard asking Koepfer early in the first set:

“Do you want to give it 20 minutes, or just call it?

The retirement eventually came in the sixth game of the second set, with Koepfer behind a set and 3-2. Earlier in the evening, Venus Williams had been rolled by qualifier Greet Minnen 6-1, 6-1, meaning it was a short night for those who had tickets to the night session on Arthur Ashe.

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Tennis Majors

New York (Grand Slam), other first-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):

• Jannik Sinner (6) beat Yannick Hanfmann: 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
• Lloyd Harris beat Guido Pella: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Otto Virtanen: tuesday
• Gael Monfils beat Taro Daniel (Q): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Hubert Hurkacz (17) beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 4-6, 5-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Stan Wawrinka beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-4
• Yibing Wu beat Dusan Lajovic: 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Daniel Evans (26) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
• Alex De Minaur (13) beat Timofey Skatov (Q): 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Botic van de Zandschulp beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3 ret.
• Jack Draper beat Radu Albot: 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
• John Isner (WC) beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (1)
• Andrey Rublev (8) beat Arthur Cazaux (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Sebastian Baez beat Borna Coric (27): 7-5, 7-5, 6-1
• Andy Murray beat Corentin Moutet: 6-2, 7-5, 6-3
• Yu Hsiou Hsu (Q) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (19) beat Alex Molcan: 6-7 (9), 6-7 (5), 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (9)
• Cameron Norrie (16) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
• Daniel Altmaier beat Constant Lestienne: 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1, 6-2
• Alex Michelsen (WC) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
• Michael Mmoh (WC) beat Karen Khachanov (11): 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
• Daniil Medvedev (3) 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 (23) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Felipe Meligeni Alves (Q) beat James Duckworth (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (11), 6-3
• Christopher O’Connell beat Max Purcell: 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Jason Kubler: 6-3, 1-0 ret.
• Arthur Fils beat Tallon Griekspoor (24): 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
• 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