August 31, 2021
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Highlights of the second day at the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday (times GMT):
1753 ZVEREV DEFEATS QUERREY IN STRAIGHT SETS
In-form German Alexander Zverev extended his winning streak to 12 matches by completing a routine 6-4 7-5 6-2 win over local favourite Sam Querrey in less than two hours.
1722 OPELKA FIRES 33 ACES, BEATS KWON
American 22nd seed Reilly Opelka, a finalist at the Canadian Open earlier this month, hit 33 aces past South Korea’s Soonwoo Kwon to claim a 7-6(3) 6-4 6-4 victory.
Belgian 27th seed David Goffin lost 6-2 7-5 6-3 to American world number 30 Mackenzie McDonald.
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1633 PLISKOVA MOVES PAST MCNALLY
Czech fourth seed and former finalist Karolina Pliskova fired eight aces, including one on her second match point, to beat American Caty McNally 6-3 6-4 and move into the second round in just over an hour.
1510 PLAY UNDERWAY
Fourth seed and former finalist Karolina Pliskova began her first-round match against American Caty McNally at Louis Armstrong Stadium with the temperature hovering around 28 degrees Celsius (82.4°F).
(Reporting by Anuron Kumar Mitra in Bengaluru; editing by Clare Fallon)
Source: One America News Network
