US Open 2022: Cameron Norrie crushes Benoit Paire, Jelena Ostapenko surprised in 1st spherical

US Open 2022: seventh seed Cameron Norrie placed on a medical show as he bageled Benoit Paire twice in his 3-set win over the Frenchman in New York on Tuesday, August 30.

US Open: Cameron Norrie crushes Benoit Paire, Ostapenko ousted in 1st spherical (AP Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSCameron Norrie defeated Benoit Paire 6-0, 7-6, 6-0John Isner stormed into the 2nd spherical with a snug win16th seed Jelena Ostapenko crashed out in ladies’s singles 1st spherical

Cameron Norrie on Tuesday, August 30 placed on a medical present and laid down an early marker at US Open 2022. The seventh seed and British No. 1 defeated Benoit Paire 6-0, 7-6 (1), 6-0 in a one-sided first-round match in New York to guide a spot within the males’s singles second spherical.

It was a wierd outing for Benoit Paire as he was bageled within the first set however he fought again to drive a tie-breaker within the second set. Play was briefly halted resulting from sweltering climate circumstances for a short time frame following which Paire had an opportunity to serve for the set, main 5-3.

But the veteran couldn’t capitalise and was damaged within the subsequent sport and outgunned within the one-sided tiebreak.

Paire misplaced the primary set in 18 minutes and the third set was a worse affair for the Frenchman as he lasted simply quarter-hour.

Norrie was bounced out of the 12 months’s remaining Grand slam within the first spherical final 12 months and has by no means made it previous the third spherical.

He has, nonetheless, loved success on American hardcourts together with successful at Indian Wells in 2021 and claiming the Delray Beach title in February.

Norrie, who improved his win-loss document to 42-19 for the 12 months, will subsequent face Portuguese Joao Sousa or American Mackenzie McDonald within the second spherical.

ISNER, SABALENKA PROGRESS

Meanwhile, native star John Isner placed on a medical present to beat Federico Delbonis 6-3, 6-1, 7-5 in his first-round match in New York on Tuesday.

However, it was curtains for sixteenth seed Jelena Ostapenko as she misplaced in three video games (3-6, 6-3, 4-6) to World No. 39 Qinwen Zheng of China.

There had been no such troubles for sixth seed Anya Sabalenka who wanted simply an hour and 28 minutes to win her first-round ladies’s singles match in opposition to Catherine Harrison of the USA 6-1, 6-3.

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