The winner of the US Open in 2012, Andy Murray (37th) made short work of the tricolor Corentin Moutet (72nd). The former world number 1 came out of this first round in less than 3 hours, three sets to nothing: (6-2, 7-5, 6-3). The Briton will find this Thursday in the second round the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (19th) winner in five sets after a long fight (4h37) from the Slovak Alex Molcan (115th): (6-7, 6-7, 6-1, 7-5 , 7-6).
From the start of the match, Murray dominated in all areas of the game. In the second set, broken at 2-2 in the second set by Moutet, Ivan Lendl’s protege was not far from losing it. The tricolor got two set points on his service. But Murray ended up unbreaking on a winning backhand driving the Neuilly native crazy who smashed his racket. The Briton then completed this second contested round before finishing smoothly to offer himself his 200th Grand Slam victory. Well helped by Moutet who experienced a small physical alert at the start of the third set, following a fall. His left ankle began to twist on a support after a forehand strike, the player fell and landed badly on the left wrist. He rolled on the ground for a moment, holding his wrist, before resuming the game with difficulty.
US Open: Day 2 results
The results of the 2nd day of the US Open, played on Tuesday
1st round (men’s singles):
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP/N.1) bat Dominik Koepfer (GER) 6-2, 3-2 (abandoned)
Lloyd Harris (RSA) bat Guido Pella (ARG) 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, 6-4
Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) bats Jordan Thompson (AUS) 6-3, 0-0 (abandon)
Daniel Evans (GBR/N.26) bat Daniel Galán (COL) 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
Arthur Fils (FRA) bat Tallon Greek track (NED/N.24) 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) beat Jason Kubler (AUS) 6-3, 3-0 (abandon)
Hsu Yu Hsiou (TWN) bat Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Cameron Norrie (GBR/N.16) bat Alexander Shevchenko (RUS) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
Alexander Zverev (GER/N.12) beat Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Daniel Altmaier (GER) beat Constant Lestienne (FRA) 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-1, 6-2
Andy Murray (GBR) beat Corentin Moutet (FRA) 6-2, 7-5, 6-3
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL/N.19) bat Alex Molcan (SVK) 6-7 (9/11), 6-7 (57), 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (11/9)
Tomás Etcheverry (ARG/N.30) beat Otto Virtanen (FIN) 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10/5)
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) bat Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, 6-4
Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) bats Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (USA) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Jannik Sinner (ITA/N.6) beat Yannick Hanfmann (GER) 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
Daniil Medvedev (RUS/N.3) beat Attila Balázs (HUN) 6-1, 6-1, 6-0
Christopher O’Connell (AUS) beat Max Purcell (AUS) 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7/5)
Felipe Meligeni (BRA) bats James Duckworth (AUS) 6-4, 7-6 (13/11), 6-3
Sebastián Báez (ARG) bat Borna Coric (CRO/N.27) 7-5, 7-5, 6-1
Nicolás Jarry (CHI/N.23) bat Luca Van Assche (FRA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3)
Alex Michelsen (USA) beat Albert Ramos (ESP) 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
Wu Yibing (CHN) bat Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
Alex De Minaur (AUS/N.13) bat Timofey Skatov (KAZ) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
Michael Mmoh (USA) bat Karen Khachanov (RUS/N.11) 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
John Isner (USA) bat Facundo Diaz (ARG) 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7/1)
Jack Draper (GBR) beat Radu Albot (MDA) 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
Hubert Hurkacz (POL/N.17) bat Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI) 4-6, 5-7, 7-6 (7/0), 6-3, 6-1
Matteo Berrettini (ITA) bats Ugo Humbert (FRA/N.29) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) bat Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Gael Monfils (FRA) beats Taro Daniel (JPN) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (7/4)
Andrey Rublev (RUS/N.8) bat Arthur Cazaux (FRA) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1