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FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Late night on Arthur Ashe, Carlos Alcaraz began his defence of his first career Grand Slam title, which came somewhat unexpectedly last year in New York. He didn’t have to play long.

And John Isner embarked on his final journey as a pro at his home Grand Slam. And he’ll live to play another day.

Murray v Moutet was a little tricky (imagine putting Murray and Wawrinka on Grandstand, ahead of world No. 4 Holger Rune. The NERVE!).

US Open ’23: Women’s Day 2 results

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US Open
Location: Flushing Meadows, NY
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Aug. 28 – Sept. 10, 2023
Prize money: $65,000,020
Draws: S128 – D64 – X32

Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023
Final results
Men’s singles, first round

Retirements

[1] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def. Dominik Koepfer (GER) 62 32 retd

Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) def Jason Kubler (AUS) 63 10 retd
Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) def. Jordan Thompson (AUS) 63 retd

0-2 comebacks

[17] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) def Marc-André Huesler (SUI) 46 57 76 (0) 63 61

Overtime

Arthur Fils (FRA) def [24] Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 46 63 57 64 75

[19] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) def. Alex Molcan (SVK) 67 (0) 67 (5) 61 75 76 [11-9]
[30] Tomas Etcheverry (ARG) def [Q] Otto Virtanen (FIN) 63 67 (3) 16 64 76 [10-5]

Other five-setters

Wu Yibing (CHN) def Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 36 64 26 64 62

Upsets

Michael Mmoh (USA) def [11] Karen Khachanov (RUS) 62 64 62
Sebastian Baez (ARG) def [27] Borna Coric (CRO) 75 75 61
Matteo Berrettini (ITA) def [29] Ugo Humbert (FRA) 64 62 62

Veterans’ corner

Gaël Monfils (FRA) def [Q] Taro Daniel (JPN) 46 64 62 76 (4)
Andy Murray (GBR) def. Corentin Moutet (FRA) 62 75 63
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) def Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 76 (5) 62 64

[WC] John Isner (USA) def. Facundo Diaz Acosta (USA) 64 63 76 (1)

Seeds advancing

[3] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def. [PR] Atilla Balazs (HUN) 61 61 60
[6] Jannik Sinner (ITA) def. Yannick Hanfmann (GER) 63 61 61
[8] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def. ~~Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN)~~ [LL] Arthur Cazaux (FRA) 64 76 (5) 61
[12] Alexander Zverev (GER) def Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) 64 64 64
[13] Alex de Minaur (AUS) def. [Q] Timofey Skatov (KAZ) 62 36 61 75
[16] Cameron Norrie (GBR) def. Andrey Shevchenko (RUS) 63 62 62
[23] Nicolas Jarry (CHI) def. Luca Van Assche (FRA) 63 36 62 76 (3)
[26] Dan Evans (GBR) def. Daniel Elahi Galan (COL) 64 62 75

Wild cards and qualifiers

[WC] Alex Michelsen (USA) def Albert Ramos-Viñolas (ESP) 64 63 64

[Q] Fernando Meligeni Alves (BRA) def ~~[PR] Kei Nishikori (JPN)~~ [LL] James Duckworth (AUS) 64 76 (11) 63
[Q] Yu Hsiou Hsu (TPE) def Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 63 64 36 63

Other results (in alphabetical order)

Daniel Altmaier (GER) def. Constant Lestienne (FRA) 67 (5) 63 61 62
Jack Draper (GBR) def. Radu Albot (MDA) 61 64 63
[PR] Lloyd Harris (RSA) def Guido Pella (ARG) 76 (5) 64 64
Christopher O’Connell (AUS) def Max Purcell (AUS) 64 63 36 76 (5)
Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) def Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 63 64 62
Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) def [WC] Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (USA) 63 64 62