Alexei Popyrin has lived as much as his star billing to be the primary Australian winner on day one of many US Open in New York.
The recently-crowned Montreal Masters champion was shortly joined in spherical two by thrilling teenage prospect Maya Joint as Australia’s bumper 20-strong contingent made a scorching begin to tennis’s ultimate grand slam of the 12 months.
Popyrin cruised previous Sonwoon Kwon with out even hitting high gear, ultimately arriving safely within the second spherical with a 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 win in a tick over two hours.
Seeded for the primary time at a slam, Popyrin crunched 14 aces, broke the South Korean six instances whereas solely dropping his personal serve as soon as all match.
Victory edged the 25-year-old to inside yet one more win of a probable third-round blockbuster with defending champion Novak Djokovic.
Popyrin subsequent faces both unseeded Spaniard Pedro Martinez or Polish qualifier Maks Kasnikowski on Thursday (AEST).
The Twenty eighth-seeded Popyrin and 18-year-old Joint have been amongst seven Australians scheduled for day-one motion.
Maya Joint made it by to the second spherical of the US Open, in her grand slam debut. (Getty Photographs: Jamie Squire)
Joint did not disappoint on her grand slam principal draw debut, seeing off skilled German Laura Siegemund 6-4, 7-5 to greater than double her profession on-court earnings in a single day.
Win or lose subsequent up in opposition to American 14th seed Madison Keys or Czech Katerina Siniakova, Joint will go away Flushing Meadows a minimum of $US130,000 ($A192,000) richer for her efforts.
Fellow Australian Kim Birrell earlier bowed out with a 6-4, 6-4 loss to Paris Olympics silver medallist Donna Vekic, the twenty fourth seed.
Regardless of the defeat, Birrell will herself depart with a cheque for $US100,000 ($A147,575) — the largest prize in tennis historical past for a first-round loser at a significant.
US Open Australian outcomes day one
Maya Joint def Laura Siegemund (6-4, 7-5)
Donna Vekić def Kimberly Birrell (6-4, 6-4)
Alexei Popyrin def Kwon Quickly-woo (7-5, 6-2, 6-3)
Nonetheless to come back:
Adam Walton v Alexandre Müller
Rinky Hijikata v Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Ajla Tomljanović v Ann Li
Priscilla Hon v Aryna Sabalenka
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