US Open: Sinner drops just four games to reach second round
Jannik Sinner won against Vit Kopriva 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday evening and will play the winner of the match between Australian Alexei Popyrin and Finn Emil Ruusuvuori in the next round
Jannik Sinner, 2025 | © Claude Babit / PsNewz
Italian No. 1 seed Jannik Sinner began his US Open title defence with authority, defeating Czech qualifier Vit Kopriva 6‑1, 6‑1, 6‑2 on Tuesday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
Sinner, who had retired from the Cincinnati final earlier in August due to illness, appeared fully recovered on Arthur Ashe Stadium’s hard courts, firing seven aces and maintaining his characteristic precision.
“It’s very motivating to come back healthy and in top shape,” Sinner said, confirming his renewed fitness for the tournament.
Despite dropping just one game in each of the first two sets, Sinner showed a tinge of sloppiness in the third, committing nine unforced errors and saving both break points he faced.
He now progresses to the second round, where he will face Alexei Popyrin.
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
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alexandre Muller
- Gael Monfils vs. Roman Safiullin
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Jacob Fearnley
- Nuno Borges vs. Brandon Holt
- Hugo Gaston vs. Shintaro Mochizuki
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Billy Harris vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Tristan Schoolkate
- Leandro Riedi vs. Pedro Martinez Portero: tuesday
- Valentin Royer vs. Yunchaokete Bu: tuesday
- Alexander Bublik vs. Marin Cilic: tuesday
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Emil Ruusuvuori: tuesday
- Quentin Halys vs. David Goffin: tuesday
- Denis Shapovalov (27) beat Marton Fucsovics: 6-4, 6-4, 6-0
- Francisco Cerundolo (19) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
- Lorenzo Musetti (10) beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Reilly Opelka: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
- Gabriel Diallo (31) beat Damir Dzumhur: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
- Casper Ruud (12) beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (5)
- 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
