Tennis, ATP – US Open 2024: Nakashima knocks out Rune

Posted by author August 26, 2024 Tennis

American Brandon Nakashima reached the second round of the US Open by winning against Dane Holger Rune, the No 15 seed, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in New York on Monday.

The American improves to 3-0 against Rune, with this win coming off the back of victories over Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz this hard court season.

For Rune, this is the Dane’s third consecutive loss in the first round of a hard court major. While Nakashima played some great tennis, Rune was poor, making just 39 percent of his first serve and striking 30 unforced errors across the one-hour, 55 minute clash.

Nakashima’s serving, on the other hand, was brilliant. The 23-year-old powered down 11 aces and won 84 percent of his first serves, not having his serve broken across the entire match.

Nakashima, ranked No 50, will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Arthur Cazaux and Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta next.

New York (Grand Slam), other first-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):

Lorenzo Sonego vs. Tommy Paul
Carlos Alcaraz vs. Li Tu
Mattia Bellucci vs. Stan Wawrinka
Fabian Marozsan vs. Hamad Medjedovic
Zizou Bergs vs. Pavel Kotov
Flavio Cobolli vs. James Duckworth
Jaume Munar vs. Gabriel Diallo
Christopher O’Connell vs. Nicolas Jarry
Matteo Arnaldi vs. Zachary Svajda
Corentin Moutet vs. Sebastian Korda
Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Hugo Gaston
Denis Shapovalov vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
Max Purcell vs. Aleksandar Vukic
Arthur Fils vs. Learner Tien
Alex De Minaur vs. Marcos Giron
Dusan Lajovic vs. Daniil Medvedev
Jannik Sinner vs. Mackenzie McDonald
Matthew Forbes vs. Roman Safiullin
Zhizhen Zhang vs. Jack Draper
Daniel Evans vs. Karen Khachanov
Otto Virtanen vs. Quentin Halys
Fabio Fognini vs. Tomas Machac
Borna Coric vs. Adrian Mannarino
Nuno Borges vs. Federico Coria
Eliot Spizzirri vs. Alex Michelsen
Timofey Skatov vs. Hubert Hurkacz
Constant Lestienne vs. Jordan Thompson
Mariano Navone vs. Daniel Altmaier
Alejandro Tabilo vs. David Goffin
Jakub Mensik vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
Tristan Schoolkate vs. Taro Daniel
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
Radu Albot vs. Novak Djokovic
Sumit Nagal vs. Tallon Griekspoor
Laslo Djere vs. Jan-Lennard Struff: monday
Arthur Cazaux vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Frances Tiafoe: monday
Sebastian Baez vs. Luciano Darderi: monday
Rinky Hijikata vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: monday
Christopher Eubanks vs. Arthur Rinderknech: monday
Alexander Shevchenko beat Dominik Koepfer: 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Kyrian Jacquet (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Alexandre Muller (WC) beat Adam Walton: 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-3, 6-4
Gael Monfils beat Diego Schwartzman (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-2, 6-1
Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
Miomir Kecmanovic beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-6 (2), 2-6, 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 ret.
Francisco Cerundolo (29) beat Sebastian Ofner: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
Lorenzo Musetti (18) beat Reilly Opelka: 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-1, 7-5
Jiri Lehecka (32) beat Marton Fucsovics: 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 3-0 ret.
Taylor Fritz (12) beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 7-5, 6-1, 6-2
Andrey Rublev (6) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-3, 7-6 (3), 7-5
Pedro Martinez Portero beat Maks Kasnikowski (Q): 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (6)
Alexei Popyrin (28) beat SoonWoo Kwon: 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
Casper Ruud (8) beat Yunchaokete Bu (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-2
Matteo Berrettini beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-3
Ben Shelton (13) beat Dominic Thiem (WC): 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
Ugo Humbert (17) beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Juncheng Shang beat Alexander Bublik (27): 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
Roberto Bautista Agut beat Luca Nardi: 7-5, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)
Mitchell Krueger (Q) beat Hugo Grenier (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
Alexander Zverev (4) beat Maximilian Marterer (LL): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2
Francisco Comesana beat Dominic Stricker: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3
Roberto Carballes Baena beat Jan Choinski (Q): 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-7 (5), 6-3