US Open: Bergs wins epic against Kotov
Zizou Bergs beat Pavel Kotov 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7) on Tuesday night. He’ll face Italian Flavio Cobolli, the No 31 seed, in the next round
Zizou Bergs (Laurent Sanson / Panoramic)
Belgian Zizou Bergs moved into the second round of the US Open by winning against Russian Pavel Kotov 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7) in New York on Tuesday night.
Bergs, ranked No 80, will face Italian Flavio Cobolli, the No 31 seed, next.
New York (Grand Slam), other first-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Tommy Paul: wednesday
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Li Tu (Q): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Mattia Bellucci (Q) beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Christopher O’Connell beat Nicolas Jarry (26): 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
- Gabriel Diallo (Q) beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Fabian Marozsan beat Hamad Medjedovic (Q): 2-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Flavio Cobolli beat James Duckworth: 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Sebastian Korda (16) beat Corentin Moutet: 7-6 (3), 6-1, 6-0
- Max Purcell beat Aleksandar Vukic: 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
- Botic van de Zandschulp beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
- Arthur Fils (24) beat Learner Tien (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Alex De Minaur (10) beat Marcos Giron: 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
- Facundo Diaz Acosta beat Hugo Gaston: 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
- Matteo Arnaldi (30) beat Zachary Svajda (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
- Nuno Borges beat Federico Coria: 6-2, 6-4, 6-1
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
- Roman Safiullin beat Matthew Forbes (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Adrian Mannarino beat Borna Coric: 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
- Jack Draper (25) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 6-0, 4-0 ret.
- Alex Michelsen beat Eliot Spizzirri (Q): 6-1, 7-5, 6-3
- Daniel Evans beat Karen Khachanov (23): 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4
- Otto Virtanen (Q) beat Quentin Halys (Q): 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2
- Tomas Machac beat Fabio Fognini: 7-5, 6-1, 6-3
- David Goffin beat Alejandro Tabilo (22): 7-6 (7), 6-1, 7-5
- Hubert Hurkacz (7) beat Timofey Skatov (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)
- Jordan Thompson beat Constant Lestienne: 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
- Mariano Navone beat Daniel Altmaier: 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1
- Jakub Mensik beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (19): 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
- Tristan Schoolkate (WC) beat Taro Daniel: 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (11): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Novak Djokovic (2) beat Radu Albot (Q): 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Sumit Nagal: 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
- Arthur Cazaux beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
- Laslo Djere beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2
- Frances Tiafoe (20) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
- Sebastian Baez (21) beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-0, 7-6 (4)
- Brandon Nakashima beat Holger Rune (15): 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
- Rinky Hijikata beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Christopher Eubanks (WC): 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8)
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Dominik Koepfer: 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
- Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Kyrian Jacquet (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- Alexandre Muller (WC) beat Adam Walton: 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-3, 6-4
- Gael Monfils beat Diego Schwartzman (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-2, 6-1
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-6 (2), 2-6, 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 ret.
- Francisco Cerundolo (29) beat Sebastian Ofner: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
- Lorenzo Musetti (18) beat Reilly Opelka: 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-1, 7-5
- Jiri Lehecka (32) beat Marton Fucsovics: 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 3-0 ret.
- Taylor Fritz (12) beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 7-5, 6-1, 6-2
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-3, 7-6 (3), 7-5
- Pedro Martinez Portero beat Maks Kasnikowski (Q): 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (6)
- Alexei Popyrin (28) beat SoonWoo Kwon: 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
- Casper Ruud (8) beat Yunchaokete Bu (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-2
- Matteo Berrettini beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-3
- Ben Shelton (13) beat Dominic Thiem (WC): 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
- Ugo Humbert (17) beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Juncheng Shang beat Alexander Bublik (27): 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Luca Nardi: 7-5, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)
- Mitchell Krueger (Q) beat Hugo Grenier (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
- Alexander Zverev (4) beat Maximilian Marterer (LL): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2
- Francisco Comesana beat Dominic Stricker: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Jan Choinski (Q): 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-7 (5), 6-3
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