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Patna : Third seed Daniil Medvedev, Russia, 6th seed Matteo Berrettini, Italy, 8th seed Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, 14th seed Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, and 25th seed Milos Raonic, Canada, entered the 2nd round of US Open tennis tournament at New York City, New York, USA, on September 2, 2020.
Medvedev, 24, the US Open finalist in 2019, beat Federico Delbonis, 29, Argentina, in straight sets 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in first round winning 5 break points in the match. He fired 4 Aces to 1 by Delbonis. The Russian committed 4 double faults to 3 by Delbonis.
Berrettini beat Go Soeda, 35, Japan, 7-6, 6-1, 6-4 in first round hammering 18 Aces in the match. The Italian also won 3 break points in the match. The Japanese committed 3 double faults in the match. Berrettini also won 7 games in a row in the match.
Spaniard Agut beat Tennys Sandgren, 29, USA, in straight sets 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 in first round. Agut won 4 break points in the match to 2 by Sandgren. The American though hammered 14 Aces in the match to 4 by Agut. The American committed 5 double faults to 2 by the Spaniard. Agut had recently reached SFs of 2020 Western & Southern Open.
Dimitrov defeated Tommy Paul, 23, USA, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 to enter the 2nd round winning 5 break points in the match. The Bulgarian committed 4 double faults to 3 by Paul. The American served 3 Aces in the match to 1 by the Bulgarian.
Raonic, who had lost to World No 1 Novak Djokovic, Serbia, in the final of 2020 Western & Southern Open recently, beat Leonardo Mayer, 33, Argentina, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 to enter the 2nd round of US Open winning 5 break points in the match. Raonic hammered 14 Aces in the match to 5 by Mayer. Mayer committed 7 double faults to 5 by the Canadian, who won 7 games in a row in the match.
John Millman, 3, Australia, upset 22nd seed Nikoloz Basilashvili, 28, Georgia, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 in first round winning 4 break points in the match. The Australian fired 6 Aces in the match to 4 by Basilashvili. Millman also won 5 games in a row in the match.