Novak Djokovic survived a scare in the US Open first round but won 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-1Danish qualifier Holger Rune, 18, won the second set against the world No 1 on Wednesday'I got to say it's never nice to finish a match like that. It wasn't the best of my performance but he played well and I didn't serve well in the decisive moments of the second set. It was a curious set from Djokovic, with five double faults and 15 unforced errors telling its own story. Canadian Shapovalov raced into the second round with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Federico Delbonis of Argentina in just one hour and 49 minutes. Ninth seed Pablo Carreno Busta, who beat Djokovic in the Olympic bronze medal match, was a surprise first-round casualty, losing a deciding set tie-break against American Maxime Cressy.

Source: Daily Mail September 01, 2021 05:15 UTC