Cobolli Comes Back from Two Sets Down at US Open, While Misolic Falls in First Round
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- Fifth-seeded Italian Flavio Cobolli rallied from two sets down to beat Argentina’s Francisco Comesana 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in 4 hours and 13 minutes.
- Taylor Fritz defeated fellow American Darwin Blanch in straight sets in 1 hour and 40 minutes.
- Women’s seeds Elena Rybakina and Mirra Andreeva won in straight sets to reach the second round.
Flavio Cobolli turned a two-set deficit into a five-set victory at the US Open, overcoming Argentina’s Francisco Comesana after 4 hours and 13 minutes on Tuesday.
The fifth-seeded Italian, a French Open finalist, lost the opening two sets 6-3 and 6-2 before recovering to win the next three, 6-3, 6-4 and 6-4.
Taylor Fritz needed far less time to advance. The American defeated compatriot Darwin Blanch 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in 1 hour and 40 minutes.
The leading women’s seeds also moved through without major trouble. Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina, seeded second, beat American Thea Frodin 6-3, 6-2. Russia’s fifth-seeded Mirra Andreeva defeated Indonesia’s Janice Tjen 6-2, 6-2.
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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