Carlos Alcaraz wins, Stefanos Tsitsipas falls at US Open

Carlos alaras was given a scare by Australian qualifier Lee 2 in the first round of the US Open on Tuesday before going on to seal a 6-2 4-6 6-3 6 to1 victory in New York four-time Grand Slam champion alaras who lost to Novak jokovic in the final of the Paris Olympics got off to a hot start before errors began to pile up and he dropped the second set the Spaniard restored order by whipping a forehand to break in the third set for a 4 to3 lead end never looked back claiming the victory with his eighth Ace to set up a second round meeting with Dutch player bodic Vana Zan schul two an Adelaide native who stepped away from tennis in 2014 for six years to get a degree in starta tennis academy won three qualifying matches to earn his first appearance on Arthur Armstrong Stadium court against the third seed obvious he surprised me a little bit alaras said in an onc Court interview with ESPN he started the match a little nervous but after the first set he grew up he started to play great tennis now I'm going to follow him and his results because I'm pretty sure I'm going to be seeing him around very very soon alarz who showed no signs that his movement was limited by a right ankle injury he suffered during a practice session Saturday when the first set with ease and the subdued crowd appeared to resign itself to a one-sided match however two turned the tables with a passing shot that flew by the charging allar o for a 5 to four lead in the second and broke serve with a beautiful one-handed backhand down the line to level the contest raising his hand to his ear as the crowd came to life alcaraz's power began to wear two down in the third set in hot and humid conditions and the 21-year-old went on to claim the win before thanking the fans for creating an electric atmosphere it's one of the most electric courts electric crowds that I have played in front of he said it's an honor to step on this court and have the people enjoy my tennis once again alaras won the French open in June and defeated jokovic to Triumph at Wimbledon a month later but was left disappointed after falling short at the Paris games before suffering a shock defeat to Gail monf at the Cincinnati open if he can add another US Open title to the one he captured in 2022 alaras would join Rod Laver 1,969 and rafhael Nadal 2010 as the the only men to capture those three grand slam titles in the same year during the open era on Tu a day he joined Nadal as the only men in the open era to win a match in each of his first 15 major appearances Nadal won a match in each of his first 34 major appearances before losing in the first round at Wimbledon in 2013 elsewhere in men's first round action Tuesday no 11 Stephan sey US Open wo continued as he suffered a 7 to6 5 4 to six 6-3 7 to five defeat to thanas kinois after losing a close first set in a tiebreaker sey POS rallied to win the second and level the match but he appeared to be bothered by an abdominal issue sitti POS a two-time grand slam finalist has never made it past the the third round at Flushing Meadows he also struggled leading up to the tournament winning just one of his three matches at the Canadian open and the Cincinnati Masters for kinois it was his first win at the US Open since 2019 I had a five- set battle with him a couple of years ago at the Australian Open and I was expecting a war kinoas said in his postmatch on court interview it was physic out there and I have a tendency to sometimes drag these matches on and have some real long battles but I just tried to stay focused stay the course and just try to play every point he will next face Nuno bores a straight sets winner over feder Rico Coria janx sinner the number one seed on the men's side played his opening round match at Arthur Ash stadium and emerged with a 2 to six six to2 6 to1 6-2 win over McKenzie McDonald it was Sinner's first action since word emerged that he had failed two drug tests in March but escaped suspension fifth seed and former US Open Champion denil medvedov overcame a second set wobble to beat unseated ducon leovic 6 to3 3-6 6-3 6 to1 tough match do some did play well medv said the first two sets he was playing really well I'm happy that I managed to keep my level in the second set I feel like I played really well he just played better I kept my level he dropped a little bit third and fourth set I managed to play better and better from that medvive owns a 27 to zero record after winning the first set at the US Open the most wins without a loss by any man in the open era since 1968 in other men's results Francis Arthur Phils beat American learner Chen 6 to 4 3- 6 6: 1 6-2 No 19 Felix Aur Alim was knocked out in the first round by 18-year-old yakub menik and no seven Hubert herot and no 30 Mateo arnaldi were among the men's winners no 25 Jack Draper reached the second round after his opponent Jong G Jun retired due to a left leg injury in the third set with the Britain leading 6 to3 6 to 0 4 to 0 no 10 Alex De Manor of Australia showed he is fully recovered from the hip injury that forced him to withdraw from the Paris games last month by beating American Marcos Goran 6 to3 6 to4 5-7 6 to4 while number 16 Sebastian Corda defeated Francis corentin m 7-6 3 6 to1 6 to0 Stan warink failed to make the most of his main draw wild card as the three-time Grand Slam Champion lost 6 to4 7-6 five 6 to3 to Matia baluchi