Nagal loses to Federer in four-sets in US Open 1st round, Medvedev beats Prajnesh

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Patna : World No 190 Sumit Nagal, 22, India, went down fighting to five-time former champion and World No 3 Roger Federer, 38, Switzerland, in the first round of US Open at New York City, New York, USA,  on August 27, 2019, early morning. Federer beat Nagal in four-sets 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4.

Federer, the winner of 20 Grand Slam titles,  won 7 break points in the match to 3 by the Indian playing his first Grand Slam event coming through qualifiers. Federer fired 12 Aces in the match to none to none by Nagal. Federer won 5 games in a row in the match to 3 by Nagal. The third seed won 82 service points to 58 by Nagal, who to his credit won the first set comfortably.

India No 1 Prajnesh Gunneswaran, the World No 88, however, proved no match to World N0 5 Daniil Medvedev, 23, Russia, in another first round match and lost in straight sets on August 26, 2019, late night. Medvedev beat Gunneswaran 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 to enter the 2nd round. Medvedev, the 7th seed, won 7 break points in the match to just 1 by Gunneswaran. The Russian won 5 games in a row to 2 by the Indian. Medvedev won 47 service points to 32 by the India. The Russian fired 9 Aces in the match to 4 by the Indian. Federer committed 6 double faults in the match to 8 by the Indian.

Top seed and World No 1 Novak Djokovic, 32, Serbia, swept aside World No 76 Roberto Carballes Baena, 26, Spain, to enter the second round of US Open at New York City, New York, on August 26, 2019, late night. Defending champion Djokovic beat Baena 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 in the first round. Djokoviv won 4 break points to none by the Spaniard. Both the players won 4 Aces each in the match. Djokovic also won 5 games in a row in the match.

World No 42w Reilly Opelka, 21, USA, stunned World No 11 Fabio Fognini, 32, Italy, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 in the first round. Opelka fired 26 Aces in the match to 16 by Fognini. The American won 5 break points to 2 by the Italian, the winner of Monte-Carlo Masters title in April 2019. Both the players won 3 games each in a row in the match. The Italian committed 6 double faults to 4 by the American. Opelka won 88 service points to 72 by Fognini.

World No 24 and winner of 3 Grand Slam titles Stan Wawrinka, 34, Switzerland, entered the second round defeating World No 137 Jannik Sinner, 18, Italy, 6-3, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 in first round. Wawrinka fired 15 Aces in the match to 2 by Sinner. Wawrinka won 5 break points in the match to 4 by Sinner. He committed 6 double faults to 5 by Sinner. Wawrinkaq won 95 service points to 75 Sinner.