US Open: Draper into second round as Zhang retires in third set
Jack Draper benefited from the retirement of Zhizhen Zhang (6-3, 6-0, 4-0) and will play either Facundo Diaz Acosta or Hugo Gaston in the next round
Jack Draper, Montreal, 2024 Icon SMI / Panoramic
No 25 seed Jack Draper advanced to the second round of the US Open when Chinese Zhizhen Zhang retired at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Draper, ranked No 25, led 6-3, 6-0, 4-0 when Zhang, ranked No 41, pulled out on Tuesday evening at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
Jack Draper will play the winner of the match between Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta and Frenchman Hugo Gaston 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
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Li Tu
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Zizou Bergs vs. Pavel Kotov
- Flavio Cobolli vs. James Duckworth
- Jaume Munar vs. Gabriel Diallo
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Alex De Minaur vs. Marcos Giron
- Corentin Moutet vs. Sebastian Korda
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Max Purcell vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Arthur Fils vs. Learner Tien
- Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Hugo Gaston
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Zachary Svajda: tuesday
- Nuno Borges vs. Federico Coria: tuesday
- Jannik Sinner vs. Mackenzie McDonald: tuesday
- Matthew Forbes vs. Roman Safiullin: tuesday
- Borna Coric vs. Adrian Mannarino: tuesday
- Eliot Spizzirri vs. Alex Michelsen: tuesday
- Daniel Evans vs. Karen Khachanov: tuesday
- Otto Virtanen vs. Quentin Halys: tuesday
- 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 vs. Taro Daniel: tuesday
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis: tuesday
- 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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