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Patna : Second seed Daniil Medvedev, 25, Russia; 3rd seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 23, Greece; 5th seed Andrey Rublev, 23, Russia; 8th seed Casper Ruud, 22, Norway; entered the 2nd round of US Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, on August 30, 2021, late night..
World No 2 Medvedev beat World No 79 Richard Gasquet,35, France, in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 in first round winning 4 break points and 6 games in a row during the match. The Russian fired 15 Aces during the match to just 1 by Gasquet. Medvedev, in all, won 102 points in the match to 70 by the Frenchman.
World No 3 Tsitsipas edged past World No 112 Andy Murray, 34, Britain, in a five-set marathon 2-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in first round. Tsitsipas hammered 19 Aces during the match to 9 by Murray, winner of three Grand Slam single title including two Wimbledon and 1 US Open titles. The Greek committed 5 double faults during the match to 3 by the Brit. Murray won 4 break points in the match to 3 by Tsitsipas, who also won a tiebreak. Both the players won 5 games each in a row during the match. The Greek, in all, won 159 points in the match to 150 by Murray, who won the US Open title in 2012.
World No 7 Rublev beat World No 221 Ivo Karlovic, 42, Crotia, in straight sets 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 in first round. Karlovic though hammered 19 Aces in the match to 8 by Rublev, who won 2 break points and 1 tiebreak. Rublev also won 5 games in a row during the match.
World No 11 Ruud beat World No 131 Yuichi Sugita, 32, Japan, in straight sets 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in first round . The Norwegian hammered 19 Aces in the match to 3 by the Japanese. Ruud also won 5 break points and 3 games in a row during the match.