Athletistic/Tennis. Russian tennis player Pavel Kotov, ranked 98th in the world rankings, failed to qualify for the second round of the 2023 US Open.

In his opening match, he lost to Australian representative Rinka Hijikata, who ranks 110th in the world rankings, with a score of 5:7, 7:5, 3:6, 5:7. The duration of the match was exactly 4 hours. Meanwhile, Kotov went eight innings from start to finish, committed six double faults and made 7 break points out of a possible 15. Hijikata landed five aces, committed four double faults and successfully converted 9 of 26 break points.

The Australian’s next opponent at the US Open tournament will be Marton Fucovich (Hungary), who outplayed American Sebastian Korda at the start of the US Open.

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