Yoshihito Nishioka News

Fresh from his Italian Open victory without dropping a set eight days ago, the defending champion Novak Djokovic broke Nishioka, who deployed a risky strategy of playing tight angles from the start, to move 4-2 up. 

Andy Murray produced an astonishing fightback to outlast Japan`s Yoshihito Nishioka 4-6, 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(4), 6-4 in the US Open first round on Tuesday. Murray, the 2012 US open champion, was contesting a singles match at a major for the first time since the 2019 Australian Open. The 33-year-old Briton appeared to be heading for an early exit after losing the first two sets but launched a thrilling fightback to complete the win in 4 hrs 38 mins.

Djokovic, who finished the match with 40 winners to 23 unforced errors, will next take on 14th-seeded Argentinian Diego Schwartzman.

Out of action Yuki Bhambri dropped eight places to 94, while Sasi Kumar Mukund, who made his first ever singles quarterfinals at Challenger level, jumped 45 places to career-best 377 in the ATP singles chart issued on Monday.

The 30-year-old Nadal clinched Thursday`s victory in the ninth game of the second set with a overhead smash at the net after Nishioka`s return landed well short.

Nadal, who is playing his first tournament since falling to Roger Federer in the Australian Open final, made short work of the 38th-ranked Lorenzi.

Isner defeats Japan`s Yoshihito Nishioka 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the ATP Memphis Open quarter-finals.