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Andy Murray wins over Yoshihito Nishioka after 4 hours and 39 minutes. Jaume Munar surrenders after the 2nd set against Dominic Thiem.
Andy Murray (ATP 115) defeated Yoshihito Nishioka (ATP 49) after 4 hours and 39 difficult minutes with 4: 6, 4: 6, 7: 6 (7: 5), 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 4 In the fourth set, Nishioka even had a match point. Furthermore, Murray defended himself against 11 breakballs, the Japanese only 2.
For the 2012 US Open champion, it was the first individual Grand Slam since the 2019 Australian Open and the hip surgery that followed. “There is an ice bath here at the facility that you can use in an emergency. For me it is an emergency because my whole body hurts “, complained the Briton in the subsequent interview.
Top 10 Players
- Dominic Thiem (ATP 4) v Jaume Munar (ATP 105) 7: 6 (8: 6), 6: 3, vo
- Daniil Medwedew (ATP 5) – Federico Delbonis (ATP 79) 6: 1, 6: 2, 6: 4
- Matteo Berrettini (ATP 8) – Go Soeda (ATP 119) 7: 6 (7: 5), 6: 1, 6: 4
Dominic Thiem, No. 2 on the seeded list, is in the second round of the US Open. Against Jaume Munar it was over after 2 sets: the Spanish surrendered due to injury. Previously, however, little had indicated a downside to the world number 105. In the first round, Munar struggled to recover from a break deficit. In the next tie-break he made a deficit of 1: 5.
Finalist from last year Daniil Medvedev He had few difficulties in his victory against Argentine Federico Delbonis and only gave up 7 games. The Russian had only lost to Rafael Nadal in the Flushing Meadows final last year.
Matteo berrettini Also, he only had to make 3 sets in his first round win. Against the Japanese Go Soeda, the Italian only had a small problem in the balanced first round. In the second set he quickly walked away 5-0. Thanks to an extremely strong first serve (18-0 aces), he then played the game at home.
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Also russian Andrej Rublew (ATP 14) survived the 1st round. Jérémy Chardy (ATP 60) had also made things a bit easier for the youngster: the Frenchman made a double mistake three times in breakball against himself. Rublew won 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.
