US Open court docket ‘smells like Snoop Dogg’s front room’ as weed scent strikes once more
There’s already been a couple of upsets within the first spherical of this 12 months’s US Open with prime seeds Holger Rune, Karen Khachanov and Felix Auger-Aliassime crashing out on the first hurdle within the males’s draw. It’s been an analogous story within the ladies’s draw with Caroline Garcia, Maria Sakkari and Barbora Krejcikova unable to get by means of to the second spherical.
There was no such issues for Carlos Alcaraz or Novak Djokovic, each of whom cruised previous their first-round matches. But the most important story for the Brits has been that each one seven gamers in each attracts made it by means of to the following spherical with none of them dropping a single set.
Andy Murray, Cam Norrie, Jack Draper and Dan Evans all made mild work of doubtless tough ties. Jodie Burrage, Katie Boulter and Lily Miyazaki additionally progressed with a couple of blockbuster matches arrange within the subsequent spherical.
Qualifier Miyazaki faces off in opposition to Olympic champion Belinda Bencic whereas Draper will tackle Hubert Hurkacz. Murray might be up in opposition to outdated foe Grigor Dimitrov, however Burrage has the choose of the lot as she takes on No 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka.