US Open: Auger-Aliassime advances to second round, losing a set against Ritschard

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 6 seed, moved into the second round of the US Open by beating Swiss qualifier Alexander Ritschard 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Monday.

Auger-Aliassime, ranked No 8 and 2021 semi-finalist, will face the winner of the match between Jack Draper and Finn Emil Ruusuvuori next.

US Open, first-round results so far

• 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