Russian tennis player Pavel Kotov’s defeat by Belgian Zizou Bergs put an end to the first round match of the US Open Tennis Championship. This became known on August 28 at the end of the match.
The world’s 60th ranked player lost in five matches to the 180th ranked player in the world. The final score is 2:6, 6:4, 2:6, 6:3, 6:7. The match lasted four hours and twenty-two minutes.
Bergs thus advanced to the second round of the competition. His next opponent will be Italian Flavio Cobolli, who defeated Australian James Duckworth 6:1, 4:6, 6:4, 6:4.
The US Open men’s singles tournament will be held from August 26 to September 8. The prize fund of the competition is $75 million (6,861,052,350 rubles). The current winner of the competition is Serbian Novak Djokovic.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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