Jannik Sinner, Lorenzo Musetti and Fabio Fognini enter the second round of the US Open tennis.
Outside instead Lucia Bronzetti and Elisabetta Cocciaretto.
Sinner (n.13 in the Atp) struggled to beat the German Daniel Altmaier (n.93): the South Tyrolean seeded n.11 in Flushing Meadows ended the match in 5-7 6-2 6-1 3- 6 6-1, after more than three and a half hours of play.
Musetti (# 30) beat the former Belgian top 10 David Goffin (# 62) in a comeback, with a score of 3-6 7-5 6-4 3-6 7-6 (11-9).
A suffered victory also for Fognini (n.60), who got the better of the Russian Aslan Karatsev (n.38) for 1-6 5-7 6-4 6-1 6-4.
Bronzetti (# 59 in the WTA) was forced to retire on a score of 4-6 7-6 5-4 in favor of her opponent, the American Lauren Davis (# 105).
Cocciaretto (n.99) gave 6-2 6-4 to Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich (n.32) instead.