John Millman got the better of fellow Australian and No. 14 seed Nick Kyrgios over two hours and 14 minutes on Wednesday at the US Open for his biggest victory in 12 months. Millman withstood 17 aces and saved four of 14 break point opportunities in a 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 first-round win over Kyrgios, who recently reached his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final at the Western & Southern Open (l. to Dimitrov). “I knew it was going to be a tough match from the get-go,” Kyrgios said. “I was feeling good. Obviously, the final in Cincy. Every practice session I had here was good ... Early in the third set I hit one serve and I never...
Who is the hottest player entering the second round of the US Open? Look no further than Grigor Dimitrov. The seventh seed blasted past qualifier Vaclav Safranek 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in one hour and 49 minutes, firing 22 winners and six aces. The Bulgarian turned aside all four break points faced to extend his win streak to six straight. Champion at the Western & Southern Open two weeks ago, Dimitrov has now won a staggering 13 sets in a row as he looks to build momentum from his maiden ATP World Tour Masters 1000 triumph. The 26 year old, who returned to the Top 10 of the Emirates ATP Rankings at No. 9, has reached the Round of 16 in...
Dominic Thiem, one of the hardest working players on the ATP World Tour, completed his rain-interrupted first-round encounter against wild card Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 in one hour and 49 minutes on Wednesday at the US Open. The pair’s first meeting restarted on Grandstand with Thiem leading 1-0 in the third set. The sixth-seeded Austrian won 10 straight games from a 0-1 deficit in the second set against his 18-year-old Australian opponent and will next face #NextGenATP American Taylor Fritz in the second round. It will be their first FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting. "Sets two and three were really decent, and the biggest thing I have to do now is probably to just continue like this, because the...
Watch Hot Shot as Taylor Fritz finishes off his US Open first-round victory against Marcos Baghdatis with an incredible backhand pass hot shot. Hot Shot courtesy US Open. Visit usopen.org for more video. Hot Shots not available in USA. Photo: Getty Images