US Open: Arnaldi through as Kubler retires injured

Italian Matteo Arnaldi advanced to the second round of the US Open when Australian Jason Kubler retired at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

Arnaldi, ranked No 61, led 6-3, 3-0 when Kubler, ranked No 87, pulled out with injury.

The 22-year-old Italian will play the winner of the match between Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the No 24 seed, and Frenchman Arthur Fils 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
• 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
• Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. John Isner
• Sebastian Baez vs. Borna Coric
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu
• Karen Khachanov vs. Michael Mmoh
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Alex Michelsen
• Alex Molcan vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Andy Murray vs. Corentin Moutet
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Constant Lestienne
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Cameron Norrie
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Attila Balazs
• Alexander Zverev vs. Aleksandar Vukic: tuesday
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Arthur Rinderknech: tuesday
• Ugo Humbert vs. Matteo Berrettini: tuesday
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Luca Van Assche: tuesday
• James Duckworth vs. Felipe Meligeni Alves: tuesday
• Max Purcell vs. Christopher O’Connell: tuesday
• 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