US Open: Brady books spot in second round with gutsy win over lucky loser Birrell

American Jennifer Brady reached the second round of the US Open by winning against Australian lucky loser Kimberly Birrell 6-3, 7-6 (4) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

Brady continued her comeback trail by winning on at Flushing Meadows for the first time in three years, displaying the fighting ability that led to a Australian Open final in 2021 by ultimately outfighting a tricky opponent.

Brady, ranked No 433, will play the winner of the match between Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Pole Magda Linette, the No 24 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):

• Maryna Zanevska vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Greet Minnen vs. Venus Williams
• Ana Bogdan vs. Sofia Kenin
• Anna Blinkova vs. Jodie Burrage
• Sachia Vickery vs. Donna Vekic
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Robin Montgomery vs. Eva Lys
• Barbora Strycova vs. Kaia Kanepi
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Fiona Crawley
• Clara Tauson vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Clara Burel
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Alycia Parks
• Patricia Maria Tig vs. Rebecca Marino
• Elina Svitolina vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Peyton Stearns vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Camila Giorgi vs. Jessica Pegula
• Tatjana Maria vs. Petra Martic
• Yanina Wickmayer vs. Vera Zvonareva
• Na-Lae Han vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Martina Trevisan vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Elsa Jacquemot vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Caroline Garcia vs. Yafan Wang
• Arantxa Rus vs. Madison Keys
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Linda Noskova vs. Madison Brengle
• Ons Jabeur vs. Camila Osorio
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Claire Liu
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Katie Boulter vs. Diane Parry
• Tatiana Prozorova vs. Caroline Wozniacki
• Laura Siegemund vs. Coco Gauff
• Olivia Gadecki vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Petra Kvitova vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Kayla Day vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Magda Linette
• Alize Cornet vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Elise Mertens vs. Mirjam Bjorklund: monday
• Panna Udvardy vs. Ajla Tomljanovic: monday
• Viktoria Hruncakova vs. Xiyu Wang: monday
• Lin Zhu beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 7-5
• Kaja Juvan (Q) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto (29): 6-2, 7-5
• Xinyu Wang beat Katie Volynets (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Elena Rybakina (4) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-2, 6-1
• Yuriko Miyazaki (Q) beat Margarita Betova: 6-3, 6-3
• Danielle Collins beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-2, 6-0
• Bernarda Pera beat Veronika Kudermetova (16): 7-5, 6-4
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Anhelina Kalinina (28): 6-4, 7-5
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (19) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
• Lauren Davis beat Danka Kovinic: 6-2, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Rebecca Peterson: 6-0, 6-1
• Rebeka Masarova beat Maria Sakkari (8): 6-4, 6-4
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Kateryna Baindl: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Taylor Townsend beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-4, 6-2
• Magdalena Frech beat Emma Navarro: 7-6 (10), 1-6, 6-2
• Karolina Muchova (10) beat Storm Hunter (WC): 6-4, 6-0
• Belinda Bencic (15) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-2, 6-4
• Victoria Azarenka (18) beat Fiona Ferro (WC): 6-1, 6-2
• Daria Saville beat Clervie Ngounoue (WC): 6-0, 6-2