Chris O’Connell turned the sixth Australian males’s singles winner on Day 2 at Flushing Meadows after his defeat of Chilean Nicolas Jarry.
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Victory units a second-round assembly with Italian qualifier Matteo Bellucci, a straight-sets winner over former champion Stan Wawrinka, and took Australia’s tally of males’s singles winners on Day 2 to 6 following earlier wins for 10th seed Alex de Minaur, Max Purcell, Jordan Thompson, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Tristan Schoolkate.
“[Bellucci is a] lefty, I educated with him a couple of month in the past,” O’Connell stated. “So I form of know what to anticipate, however he’s a younger Italian man, he’s on the rise, so yeah, one other robust match.”
In his first encounter in opposition to a prime 50 opponent, Li Tu examined third seed Carlos Alcaraz earlier than the Spaniard superior 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-1. Aleksandar Vukic fell to Purcell in an all-Australian affair, whereas Italian 31st seed Flavio Cobolli gained the higher of world No.70 James Duckworth 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-4.
The 30-year-old O’Connell improved to 3-6 in opposition to prime 30 opponents this season and 11-15 general at tour stage.
He added to hard-court wins over then 25th-ranked Jan Lennard Struff within the spherical of 32 in Doha and his greatest win of the season over then world No.21 Frances Tiafoe within the third spherical in Miami.
It was O’Connell’s highest-ranked Grand Slam sufferer since he derailed thirteenth seed Diego Schwartzman within the second spherical at Melbourne Park in 2022, solely his second win over a seed at a Slam.
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Aussies in motion – US Open
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
Chris O’Connell (AUS) d [26] Nicolas Jarry (CHI) 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-3
[10] Alex de Minaur (AUS) d Marcos Giron (USA) 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-4
Max Purcell (AUS) d Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) 7-5 6-4 6-3
Jordan Thompson (AUS) d Fixed Lestienne (FRA) 6-1 6-3 6-2
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) d [11] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3 7-5
[WC] Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) d Taro Daniel (JPN) 4-6 4-6 6-4 7-6(6) 6-4
[31] Flavio Cobolli (ITA) d James Duckworth (AUS) 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-4
[3] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) d [Q] Li Tu (AUS) 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-1
Girls’s singles, first spherical
[4] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) d [Q] Destanee Aiava (AUS) 6-1 7-6(1)
[25] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova d [WC] Taylah Preston (AUS) 6-2 6-0
Wang Xinyu (CHN) d [Q] Arina Rodionova (AUS) 3-6 6-4 6-1
[Q] Ena Shibahara (JPN) d Daria Saville (AUS) 6-3 4-6 7-6(6)
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COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
[10] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v [Q] Otto Virtanen (FIN)
[28] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v Pedro Martinez (ESP)
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [7] Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v [9] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
Max Purcell (AUS) v TBC
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v Nuno Borges (POR)
[WC] Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) v Jakub Mensik (CZE)
> VIEW: US Open 2024 males’s singles draw
Girls’s singles, second spherical
[Q] Maya Joint (AUS) v [14] Madison Keys (USA)
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) v [33] Elise Mertens (BEL)
> VIEW: US Open 2024 ladies’s singles draw
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