US Open: Ruud records 15th straight win in first rounds of Grand Slams

Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 12 seed, reached the second round of the 2025 US Open on Monday by beating Austrian Sebastian Ofner 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (5) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

Ruud cruised through the first and second sets but Ofner made his presence felt in the third to force a tiebreaker, where the former closed it out by the narrowest of margins.

In the nearly two-hour-long outing, the Norwegian hit nine aces, 21 winners and converted four break points, while keeping his serve intact throughout.

More than his tennis, Ruud benefited from his opponent’s on Monday as Ofner made 43 unforced errors.

“It was a good match for me,” Ruud said after the win. “He was struggling a bit in the first two sets and I got a lot of free points. I was playing good, as aggressive as I could, but also making a lot of balls in. He was doing some errors and then in the third set, he upped his level. It was difficult for me to stay in the rally. Tiebreak was really close, bit up and down but really happy to get it in the end.”

This marked Ruud’s 15th straight win in the first rounds of the Grand Slams, as he continued:

“Every Slam match is a big match. Every player is a Grand Slam is a great player, great opponent, no matter what round you play. So, first rounds can be somewhat tricky. You have to be prepared for a tough match, no matter what. It’s a nice feeling getting past the first round and let’s see if I can build some momentum.”

Ruud, ranked No 12, will face Belgian Raphael Collignon next.

New York (Grand Slam), other first-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 90.000.000, most recent results first):

• Alexander Zverev vs. Alejandro Tabilo
• Elmer Moller vs. Tommy Paul
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Alex De Minaur
• Gael Monfils vs. Roman Safiullin
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Jacob Fearnley
• Nuno Borges vs. Brandon Holt
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Hamad Medjedovic
• Hugo Gaston vs. Shintaro Mochizuki
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alexandre Muller
• Billy Harris vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Tristan Schoolkate
• Leandro Riedi vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
• Valentin Royer vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Jannik Sinner vs. Vit Kopriva
• Quentin Halys vs. David Goffin
• Alexander Bublik vs. Marin Cilic
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Reilly Opelka vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Damir Dzumhur
• Andrey Rublev (15) beat Dino Prizmic (Q): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Karen Khachanov (9) beat Nishesh Basavareddy (WC): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-5, 6-1
• Tristan Boyer (WC) beat James Duckworth (LL): 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
• Jan-Lennard Struff (Q) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-3
• Kamil Majchrzak beat Hugo Dellien: 6-1, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4
• Jaume Munar beat Jaime Faria (LL): 6-0, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
• Holger Rune (11) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)
• Frances Tiafoe (17) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Jenson Brooksby beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
• Flavio Cobolli (24) beat Francesco Passaro (Q): 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Mattia Bellucci beat Juncheng Shang: 7-6, 1-6, 6-3, 3-0 ret.
• Francisco Comesana beat Alex Michelsen (28): 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Raphael Collignon beat Daniel Elahi Galan (LL): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Jack Draper (5) beat Federico Agustin Gomez (Q): 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-2
• Joao Fonseca beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Cameron Norrie beat Sebastian Korda: 7-5, 6-4, 0-0 ret.
• Lloyd Harris (Q) beat Sebastian Baez: 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
• Martin Damm (Q) beat Darwin Blanch (WC): 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Chak Lam Coleman Wong (Q) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (4)
• Adam Walton beat Ugo Humbert (22): 6-4, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-1
• Zizou Bergs beat Chun-Hsin Tseng: 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
• Benjamin Bonzi beat Daniil Medvedev (13): 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 0-6, 6-4
• Novak Djokovic (7) beat Learner Tien: 6-1, 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Brandon Nakashima (30) beat Jesper De Jong (Q): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7)
• Marcos Giron beat Mariano Navone: 6-0, 7-5, 4-6, 5-7, 6-4
• Jordan Thompson beat Corentin Moutet: 6-2, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 6-3, 6-2, 6-0
• Pablo Carreno Busta beat Pablo Llamas Ruiz (Q): 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-2
• Jerome Kym (Q) beat Ethan Quinn: 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Zachary Svajda (Q) beat Zsombor Piros (Q): 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
• Tomas Machac (21) beat Luca Nardi: 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
• Adrian Mannarino beat Tallon Griekspoor (29): 7-5, 6-4, 6-0
• Jiri Lehecka (20) beat Borna Coric: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Eliot Spizzirri (WC) beat Stefan Dostanic (WC): 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Luciano Darderi (32) beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
• Taylor Fritz (4) beat Emilio Nava (WC): 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
• Ugo Blanchet (Q) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2
• Ben Shelton (6) beat Ignacio Buse (Q): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (18) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 7-6 (2), 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
• Jakub Mensik (16) beat Nicolas Jarry: 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-4

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