Tsitsipas' US Open woes continue with first-round exit

Stefanos Tsitsipas suffered an early US Open exit for nan seventh twelvemonth successful a statement arsenic nan 11th seed mislaid to Thanasi Kokkinakis successful nan first round.

Greek Tsitsipas has ne'er gone beyond nan 3rd information successful New York, losing successful nan first information connected 3 occasions.

He struggled for consistency erstwhile again successful a 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 6-3 7-5 nonaccomplishment to Australian world number 86 Kokkinakis.

Tsitsipas is nan highest-ranked subordinate to suffer connected nan men's broadside of nan tie successful nan first 2 days astatine Flushing Meadows.

A two-time Grand Slam finalist, Tsitsipas has had a mixed year, pinch his champion awesome showing a quarter-final quality astatine nan French Open.

He halted his coaching partnership pinch his begetter successful nan lead-up to nan US Open, having being captious of his coaching strategies successful his caller Cincinnati Open exit.

But Tsitsipas had his chances against Kokkinakis - he was 40-0 up connected service astatine 3-4 down successful nan 3rd group earlier being surgery and was surgery cheaply astatine 5-5 successful nan fourth.

Tsitsipas converted conscionable 3 of his 10 break constituent opportunities, compared to 4 retired of 8 by Kokkinakis successful nan adjacent four-hour match.

Kokkinakis, who had only reached nan 2nd information erstwhile successful 5 erstwhile attempts successful New York, will play either Nuno Borges of Portugal aliases Argentina's Federico Coria next.

Canadian 19th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime besides suffered a first-round exit, aft he was thrashed 6-2 6-4 6-2 by Czech teen Jakub Mensik.

But seventh seed Hubert Hurkacz, continuing his return from knee surgery, hit Kazakh Timofey Skatov 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-3).

World number 1 Jannik Sinner and 2022 champion Carlos Alcaraz statesman their US Open campaigns later connected Tuesday.

Fifth seed and 2021 victor Daniil Medvedev is besides successful action connected nan 2nd day's play.