US Open: Hijikata wins four-hour battle against Kotov

Australian wildcard Rinky Hijikata moved into the second round of the US Open by edging out Russian Pavel Kotov 7-5, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Monday.

In a match that lasted four hours, it was Hijikata who outlasted Kotov, striking 13 less unforced errors than his opponent, despite making 56 of his own. The Australian broke serve nine times and was effective at the net, winning 20/28 points.

Hijikata, ranked No 110, will face the winner of the match between Hungarian Marton Fucsovics and American Sebastian Korda, the No 31 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
• Taro Daniel vs. Gael Monfils
• Timofey Skatov vs. Alex De Minaur
• Yibing Wu vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Daniel Evans
• Lloyd Harris vs. Guido Pella
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Andrey Rublev
• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Radu Albot vs. Jack Draper
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Otto Virtanen
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Jordan Thompson
• Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. John Isner
• Sebastian Baez vs. Borna Coric
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu
• Karen Khachanov vs. Michael Mmoh
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Alex Michelsen
• Alex Molcan vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Andy Murray vs. Corentin Moutet
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Constant Lestienne
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Cameron Norrie
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Attila Balazs
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Ugo Humbert vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Luca Van Assche
• James Duckworth vs. Felipe Meligeni Alves
• Max Purcell vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Alexander Zverev vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Jason Kubler vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Arthur Fils
• Alexandre Muller vs. Novak Djokovic
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Milos Raonic
• Sho Shimabukuro vs. Hugo Gaston
• Hugo Dellien vs. Borna Gojo
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Mackenzie McDonald: monday
• Quentin Halys vs. Benjamin Bonzi
• Dominic Stricker vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Roman Safiullin vs. Marco Cecchinato
• SoonWoo Kwon vs. Christopher Eubanks: monday
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Ethan Quinn: monday
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Jiri Lehecka: monday
• Tommy Paul vs. Stefano Travaglia: monday
• Taylor Fritz (9) beat Steve Johnson (WC): 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
• Jiri Vesely vs. Enzo Couacaud: monday
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Titouan Droguet: monday
• Zachary Svajda vs. Francisco Cerundolo: monday
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Juan Pablo Varillas: monday
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Sebastian Korda: monday
• Laslo Djere (32) beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
• 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