Easy wins for Sinner, Swiatek but Gauff struggles at US Open

Former US Open champion Coco Gauff has stumbled into the 2nd circular of the tennis Grand Slam, squeezing past Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic successful an error-strewn three-hour battle.

Third effect Gauff punched her summons to the 2nd circular connected Tuesday, aft overcoming a litany of self-inflicted errors to triumph 6-4, 6-7 (2/7), 7-5 successful a lucifer that lasted 2hr 57min.

“It was a pugnacious match. Ajla was tough; she was getting truthful galore balls back,” 2023 victor Gauff said aft her win.

“It wasn’t the champion but I’m blessed to get done to the adjacent round.”

Gauff, the reigning French Open champion, had prepared for the US Open by shaking up her coaching squad connected the eve of the tourney successful an effort to hole her shaky work game, replacing manager Matt Daly with Gavin MacMillan, a biomechanics specialist.

However , connected the grounds of Tuesday night, the 21-year-old American inactive has plentifulness to enactment connected if she is to person immoderate realistic accidental of mounting a heavy tally successful New York.

Gauff finished with a whopping 59 unforced errors and 10 treble faults, and her service was breached six times. She heads to the 2nd circular knowing that a much ruthless hostile than Tomljanovic mightiness person punished those mistakes.

As it was, Tomljanovic had her ain problems, suffering 8 breaks of service and making 56 unforced errors earlier bowing out.

Gauff admitted that her unsettled build-up to the tourney had been draining.

“Honestly it’s been truly tough, mentally exhausting,” Gauff said. “But I’m trying. It wasn’t the champion today, but it was an betterment connected past week [in Cincinnati]; I’m conscionable trying to amended with each match.”

Jannik Sinner wrapped up his first-round triumph implicit Vit Kopriva successful 98 minutes [Timothy A Clary/AFP]

There were nary specified problems for the reigning Wimbledon champions Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner, though, arsenic they recorded emphatic victories.

World fig 1 Sinner began his bid for back-to-back US Open titles by waltzing to a 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 triumph implicit Czech satellite fig 89 Vit Kopriva, needing conscionable 1hr 38min to beforehand to the adjacent round.

“It feels large to beryllium backmost here. Obviously it’s a precise peculiar tournament,” said Sinner, who is attempting to go the archetypal antheral to repetition arsenic US Open champion since Roger Federer won 5 successful a enactment from 2004-2008.

Sinner, 24, faces Alexei Popyrin successful the 3rd round.

“I’m precise blessed that I’m steadfast again,” said the Italian, who was forced to discontinue from past week’s Cincinnati Open last against Carlos Alcaraz.

Sinner’s blistering commencement connected the Arthur Ashe Stadium tribunal was matched by Poland’s Swiatek, who was likewise emphatic successful a 6-1, 6-2 rout of Colombia’s Emiliana Arango.

Iga Swiatek served up an casual first-round triumph astatine the US Open [Timothy A Clary/AFP]

The 24-year-old from Poland was ever successful power against 84th-ranked Arango, overwhelming the Colombian with immoderate almighty groundstrokes mixed with immoderate deft enactment astatine the net.

The triumph makes Swiatek the archetypal pistillate successful past to triumph 65 consecutive WTA-level archetypal circular matches, surpassing Monica Seles’s erstwhile grounds of 64.

The six-time Grand Slam singles champion – a victor successful New York successful 2022 – volition look the Netherlands’ Suzan Lamens successful the 2nd round.

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Meanwhile , two-time erstwhile champion Naomi Osaka had nary trouble successful dispatching Belgium’s Greet Minnen 6-3, 6-4.

The Japanese erstwhile satellite fig 1 revelled successful returning to a venue that she regards arsenic a location from home.

“Whenever I play present the ambiance feels similar home, and it is location for me,” said Osaka, who is seeded 23rd and volition adjacent look American Hailey Baptiste.

In different women’s gully results connected Tuesday, Ukrainian 27th effect Marta Kostyuk took down Britain’s Katie Boulter 6-4, 6-4. Eighth effect Amanda Anisimova of the United States ousted Australia’s Kimberly Birrell 6-3, 6-2.

Brazil’s 18th effect Beatriz Haddad Maia precocious with a 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 triumph implicit Britain’s Sonay Kartal. But determination was disappointment for rising French prima Lois Boisson. Boisson, who captivated her homeland with a tally to the semifinals of the French Open successful June, exited successful 3 sets to Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic, losing 3-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-2.

Elsewhere, 10th effect Lorenzo Musetti outlasted big-serving Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4 6-4 astatine the Louis Armstrong Stadium and volition look Belgian David Goffin.

After Daniil Medvedev’s chaotic exit connected Sunday, Marin Cilic became the latest erstwhile champion to beryllium knocked retired arsenic 23rd effect Alexander Bublik bushed the Croat 6-4 6-1 6-4 connected Grandstand, portion American 14th effect Tommy Paul made abbreviated enactment of Denmark’s Elmer Moller 6-3 6-3 6-1 to publication a second-round clash with Portugal’s Nuno Borges.

Third effect Alexander Zverev closed retired the evening’s enactment connected the main showcourt by beating Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo 6-2 7-6(4) 6-4 to acceptable up a gathering with Jacob Fearnley.