Van Rijthoven saves SEVEN match points against Zhang to reach second round

Dutchman Tim van Rijthoven recovered to beat Chinese qualifier Zhizhen Zhang 3-6, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (9), 6-1, 6-4 to reach the second round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Monday.

Zhang had seven match points in the third set but could not take any of them.

Van Rijthoven, ranked No 117, will face Casper Ruud, the No 5 seed, next.

US Open, first-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 40.560.000, most recent results first):

• Diego Schwartzman vs. Jack Sock
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Rafael Nadal
• Marcos Giron vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Fabio Fognini vs. Aslan Karatsev
• Jason Kubler vs. Mikael Ymer
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
• Jaume Munar vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
• Jenson Brooksby vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Borna Coric vs. Enzo Couacaud
• Norbert Gombos vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Marin Čilić vs. Maximilian Marterer
• David Goffin vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Gijs Brouwer
• Sam Querrey vs. Ilya Ivashka
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Oscar Otte
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Jannik Sinner
• Pedro Martinez vs. Christopher Eubanks
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Learner Tien
• Laslo Djere vs. Andrey Rublev
• Fernando Verdasco vs. SoonWoo Kwon
• Peter Gojowczyk vs. Holger Rune
• John Isner vs. Federico Delbonis
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Federico Coria
• Jiri Vesely vs. Daniel Evans
• James Duckworth vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Sebastian Baez vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Taro Daniel vs. Richard Gasquet
• João Sousa vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Cameron Norrie vs. Benoit Paire
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Pavel Kotov
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Steve Johnson
• Nick Kyrgios vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
• Taylor Fritz vs. Brandon Holt
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Jordan Thompson
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Ugo Humbert
• Aljaz Bedene vs. Pedro Cachin
• Jack Draper vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Alexander Bublik vs. Hugo Gaston
• Tomas Machac vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Alex Molcan vs. Thiago Monteiro
• Filip Krajinovic vs. Alex De Minaur
• Cristian Garin vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Dominic Thiem
• Alexander Ritschard vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Karen Khachanov vs. Denis Kudla: monday
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Corentin Moutet: monday
• Ben Shelton vs. Nuno Borges: monday
• Yibing Wu (Q) beat Nikoloz Basilashvili (31): 6-3, 6-4, 6-0
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Hugo Grenier: monday
• Kyle Edmund vs. Casper Ruud: monday
• Matteo Berrettini (13) beat Nicolas Jarry (Q): 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Maxime Cressy: monday
• Daniil Medvedev (1) beat Stefan Kozlov: 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
• Andy Murray beat Francisco Cerundolo (24): 7-5, 6-3, 6-3
• Sebastian Korda beat Facundo Bagnis (Q): 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-1
• Tommy Paul (29) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-0, 7-5
• John Millman vs. Emilio Nava: monday
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-3, 7-5, 6-3
• J.J. Wolf (WC) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (16): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Alejandro Tabilo beat Kamil Majchrzak: 6-1, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Quentin Halys: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2