Carlos Alcaraz through to second round of the US Open after Sebastien Baez retires due to injury

Carlos Alcaraz is through to the second round of the US Open after beating Sebastian Baez 7-5 7-5 2-0(ret). The 19-year-old Spaniard, who is seed No. 3 at this year's Grand Slam in New York, played out two highly entertaining sets, which he narrowly came out on top in, before his opponent was forced to retire through injury.

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1 race after shock Tsitsipas loss?7 HOURS AGO Baez avoided an early disaster as he fought back to take his first service game after Alcaraz blew a break point. The rallies were intense and played with unbelievable pace, and Alcaraz was finding Baez a tricky customer to deal with but managed to remain on serve despite a couple of scares. In the 10th game of the first set, Alcaraz built three break points but somehow managed to squander each one as Baez held service to make it 5-5.

But the Spaniard wasn’t going to be denied. After rattling through a dominant game to hold, Alcaraz made the first break of the match to take the first set thanks to two ferocious forehands. Norrie powers past Paire in straight sets including two bagels 'It flies off the strings!' — Corretja compares different tennis balls after controversy Alcaraz cut a frustrated figure as Baez took a lengthy break between sets, but he held his nerve to break his opponent in the second game of the second set to take a fourth straight game, racing into a 2-0 lead.