US Open 2022: Maria Sakkari survives scare in 1st spherical, Roberto Bautista-Agut knocked out

US Open 2022: While third seed Maria Sakkari survived a scare within the opening spherical, 23-year-old American JJ Wolf knocked out sixteenth seed Roberto Bautista Agut within the males’s singles first spherical on Monday, August 29.

US Open: third seed Maria Sakkari survives scare in opening spherical (AP Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSMaria Sakkari defeated Tatjana Maria 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 in ladies’s singles Round 116th seed Bautista Agut proven the door in males’s singles Round 1JJ Wolf of the USA clinched his first high 20 win

World No. 3 ladies’s singles star Maria Sakkari survived a scare within the opening spherical of US Open 2022 towards veteran Tatjana Maria of Germany on Monday, August 29. Sakkari bageled Maria within the deciding set however she was made to work arduous for her win.

Maria Sakkari obtained the job accomplished 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 towards Tatjana Maria to progress to the 2nd spherical. It was a candy revenge for Sakkari as Maria had ousted her from Wimbledon 2022 earlier this 12 months. The 35-year-old achieved her career-best Grand Slam end result when she reached the semi-final in London however she was not capable of get previous the third seed in New York on Monday.

A surge to the end for @mariasakkari! #USOpen pic.twitter.com/C4Zktir13y

— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 29, 2022

Also reaching the second spherical had been Caroline Garcia who beat Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2 6-4 and Veronika Kudermetova after her 7-5 6-3 victory over Donna Vekic.

AGUT OUSTED, FOKINA INTO 2nd ROUND

Meanwhile, sixteenth seed Roberto Bautisa Agut was proven the door as early as the primary spherical after he misplaced 4-6, 4-6, 4-6 to World No. 87 JJ Wolf of the USA. It was a shock exit for the Spaniard, who’s No. 18 on the ATP charts.

It was the primary top-20 win on the tour for the 23-year-old American who was rallied on by the native crowd.

Show the vertical, JJ Wolf!

Plenty to rejoice for the pic.twitter.com/wEKV9W27Y4

— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 29, 2022

Bautista Agut was in first rate kind within the lead-up to the US Open, reaching the pre-quarterfinals within the Masters 1000 tournaments in Cincinnati and Montreal. The veteran Spaniard had additionally received an ATP 250 clay-court title in Austria.

However, World No. 39 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina progressed to the boys’s singles 2nd spherical after a cushty straight-sets win over Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan. The 23-year-old defeated Nishioka 6-3, 7-5, 6-3.

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