Shapovalov defeats ailing Hungarian Marton Fucsovics in U.S. Open 1st round

Canada's Denis Shapovalov advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open with a convincing 6-4, 6-4, 6-0 win over Hungary's Marton Fucsovics on Tuesday in New York City.

Shapovalov took the second set with a hard-fought break in the decisive game that came after the Canadian failed to put the game away on serve when up 5-3.

The 27th seed from Richmond Hill, Ont., took that momentum into the third set, claiming an early break en route to taking a 3-0 lead. Fuscovics took a medical timeout during the ensuing game and was clearly playing with discomfort for the remainder of the match.

Shapovalov put the game away on his first match point, picking up his eighth break of the match.

The crowd at Court 17 of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center was solidly behind the Canadian, frequently breaking into chants of "Let's go, Shapo!"

The Canadian improved to 28-0 in Grand Slam matches when leading after two sets.

Jannik Sinner looked fully recovered from a recent illness as he started his U.S. Open title defence Tuesday with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Vit Kopriva.

The top-ranked Sinner had to stop playing in the Cincinnati final against Carlos Alcaraz on Aug. 18 because he was sick, pulled out of the U.S. Open mixed doubles tournament that began the next day and said he still wasn't quite feeling 100% late last week.

But he had extra time to recover with first-round matches now spread over three days with the tournament's new Sunday start and nothing seemed wrong when the No. 1 seed rolled through his Czech opponent in 1 hour, 39 minutes.

"Obviously very happy that I'm healthy again, that we did our best to be in the best possible shape here," Sinner said.

The Italian earned his second Grand Slam title when he beat Taylor