Safiullin, Karatsev and Djokovic advance to US Open second round

Russian Roman Safioulline advanced to the second round of the US Open.

In the first round, Safiullin beat Italian Marco Chekkinato with a score of 6:4, 6:2, 6:0. The meeting lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes.

For the first time in his career, the Russian will play the second round of the US Open, where his opponent will be the American Tommy Paul (14th seed).

Another representative of Russia Aslan Karatsev at the start of the tournament he defeated the Czech Jiri Legechka – 6:3, 6:3, 6:3. Pavel Kotov completed his performance at the tournament by losing in four sets to Australian Rinki Hijikata.

Second Serbian racket Novak Djokovic in the first round he defeated Frenchman Alexander Muller – 6:0, 6:2, 6:3. With this victory, Djokovic will return to the top line of the world rankings once the tournament is over.

Seventh racket in the world, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas also broke the barrier of the first round by beating the Canadian Milos Raonic.

Grand Slam tournament. US Open. New York, USA). Hard. Total prize pool – $65 million

First round

Roman Safiullin (Russia) – Marco Cecchinato (Italy) – 6:4, 6:2, 6:0

Aslan Karatsev (Russia) – Jiri Legechka (Czech Republic) – 6:3, 6:3, 6:3

Rinki Hijikata (Australia) – Pavel Kotov (Russia) – 7:5, 5:7, 6:3, 7:5

Novak Djokovic (Serbia, 2) – Alexander Muller (France) – 6:0, 6:2, 6:3

Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece, 7) – Milos Raonic (Canada) – 6:2, 6:3, 6:4

Taylor Fritz (USA, 9) – Steve Johnson (USA) – 6:2, 6:1, 6:2