US Open: Draper impresses on return with straight sets win over Albot to make second round

Jack Draper advanced to the second round of the US Open by defeating Radu Albot 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Draper, ranked No 123, will play the winner of the match between Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler and Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 17 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):

• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Dominik Koepfer
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Jannik Sinner
• Lloyd Harris vs. Guido Pella
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Otto Virtanen
• Taro Daniel vs. Gael Monfils: tuesday
• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Hubert Hurkacz: tuesday
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Yoshihito Nishioka: tuesday
• Yibing Wu vs. Dusan Lajovic: tuesday
• Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Lorenzo Sonego: tuesday
• Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Daniel Evans: tuesday
• Timofey Skatov vs. Alex De Minaur: tuesday
• Botic van de Zandschulp beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3 ret.
• John Isner (WC) beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (1)
• Andrey Rublev (8) beat Arthur Cazaux (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Sebastian Baez beat Borna Coric (27): 7-5, 7-5, 6-1
• Andy Murray beat Corentin Moutet: 6-2, 7-5, 6-3
• Yu Hsiou Hsu (Q) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (19) beat Alex Molcan: 6-7 (9), 6-7 (5), 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (9)
• Cameron Norrie (16) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
• Daniel Altmaier beat Constant Lestienne: 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1, 6-2
• Alex Michelsen (WC) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
• Michael Mmoh (WC) beat Karen Khachanov (11): 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
• Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Attila Balazs: 6-1, 6-1, 6-0
• Alexander Zverev (12) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Matteo Berrettini beat Ugo Humbert (29): 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
• Nicolas Jarry (23) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Felipe Meligeni Alves (Q) beat James Duckworth (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (11), 6-3
• Christopher O’Connell beat Max Purcell: 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Jason Kubler: 6-3, 1-0 ret.
• Arthur Fils beat Tallon Griekspoor (24): 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
• 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