Zverev, Ruud ease through, Fritz Berrettini set R2 clash in New York

p Can a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a cap a strong year of Grand Slam performances with his maiden major title at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a? /p

p The fourth seed made a solid start to his campaign on Monday in New York with a 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2 triumph against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/maximilian-marterer/mn13/overview'Maximilian Marterer/a. Zverev sent down 21 aces and converted six of 16 break points he earned to wrap a two-hour, 53-minute victory on Grandstand and set a second-round clash with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adam-walton/w09e/overview'Adam Walton/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexandre-muller/mp20/overview'Alexandre Muller/a. /p

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p With victory against his fellow German Marterer, Zverev improved to 15-3 at the majors this year. The 27-year-old reached the semi-finals at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a, the championship match at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a, and the fourth round at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a, and his past history at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a suggests he is more than capable of forging a deep run this fortnight. Zverev reached his first Grand Slam final at the 2020 edition of the hard-court major before falling to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/dominic-thiem/tb69/overview'Dominic Thiem/a. /p

p Zverev is also competing in New York knowing that he can further boost his strong position in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin. The 22-time ATP Tour champion is currently third behind a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a in his bid to secure a spot at the season-ending a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a. /p

p a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matteo-berrettini/bk40/overview'Matteo Berrettini/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ugo-humbert/hh26/overview'Ugo Humbert/a all enjoyed comfortable early victories on Monday in New York. The 2022 finalist Ruud overcame Chinese qualifier a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yunchaokete-bu/y09v/overview" target="_blank"Buyunchaokete/a 7-6(2), 6-2, 6-2 to set a second-round clash against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gael-monfils/mc65/overview'Gael Monfils/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/diego-schwartzman/sm37/overview'Diego Schwartzman/a. Ruud has now racked up a 45-14 record for the season, including a 20-6 tally on hard courts./p

pimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/08/26/20/30/ruud-singles-us-open-2024-monday.jpg" style="width: 100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a" /br /

emsubsupRuud will face either a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gael-monfils/mc65/overview'Gael Monfils/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/diego-schwartzman/sm37/overview'Diego Schwartzman/a in the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a second round (Photo Credit: Mike Stobe / Getty Images)/sup/sub/em/p

p Italyrsquo;s Berrettini booked his first tour-level win on hard courts for the season by defeating a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/albert-ramos-vinolas/r772/overview'Albert Ramos-Vinolas/a 7-6(2), 6-2, 6-3. Berrettini, a former a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a semi-finalist who has this year lifted three ATP 250 clay-court crowns in Marrakech, Gstaad and Kitzbuhel, respectively, will next meet 12th seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a. The No. 1 American in the PIF ATP Rankings downed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/camilo-ugo-carabelli/u182/overview'Camilo Ugo Carabelli/a 7-5, 6-1, 6-2./p

p The 17th seed Humbert eased past a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thiago-monteiro/mj08/overview'Thiago Monteiro/a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second round for the third time in his career. Humbert, who is now 27-18 for the season, will take on a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/francisco-comesana/c0df/overview'Francisco Comesana/a next after the Argentine defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/dominic-stricker/s0la/overview'Dominic Stricker/a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3. /p

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