US Open: McDonald gives Sinner a scare at US Open

Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, won against American Mackenzie McDonald 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the US Open in New York on Tuesday.

Sinner, ranked No 1, will play Alex Michelsen 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
• Zizou Bergs vs. Pavel Kotov
• Flavio Cobolli vs. James Duckworth
• Jaume Munar vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Corentin Moutet vs. Sebastian Korda
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Hamad Medjedovic
• Max Purcell vs. Aleksandar Vukic: tuesday
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Botic van de Zandschulp: tuesday
• Arthur Fils vs. Learner Tien: tuesday
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Daniil Medvedev: tuesday
• Alex De Minaur vs. Marcos Giron: tuesday
• Facundo Diaz Acosta beat Hugo Gaston: 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
• Matteo Arnaldi (30) beat Zachary Svajda (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
• Nuno Borges beat Federico Coria: 6-2, 6-4, 6-1
• Roman Safiullin beat Matthew Forbes (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Adrian Mannarino beat Borna Coric: 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
• Jack Draper (25) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 6-0, 4-0 ret.
• Alex Michelsen beat Eliot Spizzirri (Q): 6-1, 7-5, 6-3
• Daniel Evans vs. Karen Khachanov: tuesday
• Otto Virtanen (Q) beat Quentin Halys (Q): 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2
• 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 (WC) beat Taro Daniel: 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (11): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
• 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