World primary Jannik Sinner started his bid for back-to-back U.S. Open titles with an emphatic victory on Tuesday (August 26, 2025) as ladiesâs draw favorite Iga Swiatek swept into the second spherical.
Italian star Sinner waltzed to a 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 win over Czech world quantity 89 Vit Kopriva, needing simply 1 hour 38 minutes to advance to the following spherical.
âIt feels great to be back here. Obviously itâs a very special tournament,â stated Sinner, who’s trying to turn into the primary man to repeat as US Open champion since Roger Federer gained 5 in a row from 2004-2008.
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Sinner, 24, faces Alexei Popyrin within the third spherical.
âIâm very happy that Iâm healthy again,â stated Sinner, who was pressured to retire from final weekâs Cincinnati Open remaining in opposition to Carlos Alcaraz.
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Sinnerâs blistering begin on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court docket was matched by Polandâs Swiatek, who was equally emphatic in a 6-1, 6-2 rout of Colombiaâs Emiliana Arango.
The 24-year-old from Poland was all the time in management in opposition to 84th-ranked Arango, overwhelming the Colombian with some highly effective groundstrokes combined with some deft work on the web.
The win makes Swiatek the primary lady in historical past to win 65 consecutive WTA-level first-round matches, surpassing Monica Selesâ earlier file of 64.
Yet Swiatekâs efficiency was relegated to a footnote in her post-match press convention, the place information of pop star Taylor Swiftâs engagement to NFL participant Travis Kelce dominated the questions.
âSwiftieâ Swiatek
Swiatek is a totally paid-up âSwiftieâ â the nickname given to Swiftâs hundreds of thousands of fanatical followers â and couldn’t disguise her delight at studying of the singerâs looming nuptials.
âIâm just happy for her, because she deserves the best,â Swiatek stated.
The six-time Grand Slam singles champion â a winner in New York in 2022 â will face the Netherlandsâ Suzan Lamens within the second spherical.
Yet whereas Sinner and Swiatek strolled into the second spherical, 2023 ladiesâs singles champion Coco Gauff was pressured to claw her well past Australiaâs Ajla Tomljanovic in a gruelling late night time battle that lasted just below three hours.
Gauff racked up 59 unforced errors, 10 double faults and suffered six breaks of serve earlier than lastly prevailing 6-4, 6-7 (2/7), 7-5 in opposition to Tomljanovic, ranked 79th on the planet.
âIt wasnât the best but Iâm happy to get through to the next round,â stated Gauff, who admitted she had been drained by an unsettled build-up to the event.
Gauff, who gained her second profession Grand Slam on the French Open earlier this season, overhauled her teaching crew on the eve of the US Open in an effort to revamp her service recreation.
âHonestly itâs been really tough, mentally exhausting,â Gauff stated. âBut Iâm trying. It wasnât the best today, but it was an improvement on last week.â
Osaka goes through
While Gauff laboured to victory, two-time former champion Naomi Osaka had no such issue in dispatching Belgiumâs Green Minnen 6-3, 6-4.
The Japanese former world primary revelled in returning to a venue that she regards as a house from house.
âWhenever I play here the atmosphere feels like home, and it is home for me,â stated Osaka, who’s seeded twenty third and can subsequent face American Hailey Baptiste.
Menâs third seed Alexander Zverev overcame Alejandro Tabilo of Chile in straight units in his opening match.
Zverev averted a repeat of his first-round exit at Wimbledon final month as he beat the 122nd-ranked Tabilo 6-2, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 in a contest that rolled over into the early hours of Wednesday.
The German, a three-time Grand Slam runner-up, saved a set level within the second set earlier than closing out victory with a break within the remaining recreation of the match.
