US Open: Popyrin eases past Kwon to move into second round

Australian Alexei Popyrin, the No 28 seed, beat SoonWoo Kwon 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Popyrin, ranked No 28, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero and Pole qualifier Maks Kasnikowski 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
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Zachary Svajda
• Corentin Moutet vs. Sebastian Korda
• Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Hugo Gaston
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Max Purcell vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Arthur Fils vs. Learner Tien
• Alex De Minaur vs. Marcos Giron
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Jannik Sinner vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Matthew Forbes vs. Roman Safiullin
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Jack Draper
• Daniel Evans vs. Karen Khachanov
• Otto Virtanen vs. Quentin Halys
• Fabio Fognini vs. Tomas Machac
• Borna Coric vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Nuno Borges vs. Federico Coria
• Eliot Spizzirri vs. Alex Michelsen
• Timofey Skatov vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Constant Lestienne vs. Jordan Thompson
• Mariano Navone vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Alejandro Tabilo vs. David Goffin
• Jakub Mensik vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Tristan Schoolkate vs. Taro Daniel
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Radu Albot vs. Novak Djokovic
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Holger Rune vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Laslo Djere vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Sumit Nagal vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Sebastian Baez vs. Luciano Darderi
• Arthur Cazaux vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Dominik Koepfer
• Kyrian Jacquet vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Gael Monfils vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Reilly Opelka vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Alexandre Muller vs. Adam Walton
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Sebastian Ofner
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Jiri Lehecka: monday
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Taylor Fritz: monday
• Andrey Rublev vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild: monday
• Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Maks Kasnikowski: monday
• 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
• Jan Choinski vs. Roberto Carballes Baena: monday