Prime 10 stars Casper Ruud and Holger Rune had been each concerned in four-set matches Monday on the US Open however solely Ruud survived his first-round take a look at on the hard-court main in New York.
The 2022 finalist Ruud held off residence qualifier Emilio Nava 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) on Court docket 17 at Flushing Meadows for his two hundredth tour-level victory. The fifth seed overcame an uber-aggressive efficiency from the 21-year-old Nava, who struck a exceptional 72 winners to Ruud’s 27 however was unable to seek out the consistency required to tug off an upset.
Conscious of his opponent’s want to dictate, Ruud stayed cool and supplied up simply 21 unforced errors to Nava’s 49 throughout the 4 units. That strategy was notably key within the tie-breaks he received within the first and fourth units, as Ruud’s larger expertise instructed below stress.
Ruud is now 10-5 on the US Open, the place he fell to Carlos Alcaraz in final yr’s championship match. His subsequent opponent as he seeks one other deep run at Flushing Meadows can be Zhang Zhizhen, after the Chinese language star defied a J.J. Wolf comeback for a 7-5, 7-5, 6-7(5), 4-6, 6-3 first-round win.
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Roberto Carballes Baena earlier engineered the primary main upset of the fortnight in New York because the World No. 63 defeated fourth seed Rune 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Carballes Baena broke Rune seven occasions on Court docket 5 as he registered his first Prime 10 win on the 14th try in two hours, 42 minutes. He stayed rock-solid towards a visibly annoyed Rune, who has now misplaced 4 straight tour-level matches stretching again to his quarter-final defeat to Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon.
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The 30-year-old Carballes Baena made simply 21 unforced errors to Rune’s 43, frugality which saved the Dane below fixed stress all through the pair’s first assembly since Wimbledon. Rune was a straight-sets winner at SW19 however couldn’t increase his degree constantly sufficient in Monday’s conflict in New York to forestall Carballes Baena taking a 2-1 Lexus ATP Head2Head collection lead towards the World No. 4.
Now into the second spherical for the fifth time in six main-draw appearances at Flushing Meadows, Carballes Baena subsequent faces Jiri Lehecka or Aslan Karatsev as he seems to succeed in the third spherical for the primary time.
“Disappointing day right now,” Rune stated. “I had, as you realize, a setback after the tournaments in Toronto and Cincy, the place I needed to retire. Not the most effective preparation I had.
“Not glad with the outcome clearly, but additionally with my tennis. There is just one approach, and it is to work.”
Rune, who acquired remedy to his left leg after the fifth sport of the third set, stated that he would examine the supply of his discomfort.
“I believe additionally one of many causes, you realize, it is not superb that I did not get extra matches coming into this match, as a result of the physique, it is onerous in case you’re not within the rhythm for the physique,” he stated. “Begin feeling one thing on my left leg behind the knee. Not muscular, so I do not know, I’ve to examine what it’s. I felt it, the remedy helped just a little bit.”
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