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Cape Town - South Africa’s Kevin Anderson breezed into the second round of the US Open with a straight-sets win over Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka on Monday.
The South African No 1 won in straight sets with a score of 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.
Anderson blasted 48 winners, including 17 aces to notch an impressive opening round win.
The world No 35 will next face Canada’s Vasek Pospisil, who comfortably beat Slovakia’s Jozef Kovalik 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 in their first round encounter.
Anderson and Pospisil, who is ranked No 123 in the world, have duelled once before on the ATP World Tour - in 2014 at the Masters 1000 clay event in Rome.
Anderson won that encounter 7-5, 7-6 (7/4).
Results from the first day of the 2016 US Open tennis championships at Flushing Meadows on Monday (x denotes seeded player):
Men
First round
Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Jerzy Janowicz (POL) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
Jiri Vesely (CZE) bt Saketh Myneni (IND) 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
Guido Pella (ARG) bt Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) bt Martin Klizan (SVK x28) 6-2, 6-1, 6-1
John Isner (USA) bt Francis Tiafoe (USA) 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, 7-6 (7/3)
Steve Darcis (BEL) bt Jordan Thompson (AUS) 5-7, 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 7-5, 7-5
Ernesto Escobedo (USA) bt Lukas Lacko (SVK) 6-4, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, retired
Kyle Edmund (GBR) bt Richard Gasquet (FRA x13) 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
James Duckworth (AUS) bt Robin Haase (NED) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) bt Jozef Kovalk (SVK) 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x9) bt Guido Andreozzi (ARG) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Kevin Anderson (RSA x23) bt Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
Jack Sock (USA x26) bt Taylor Fritz (USA) 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4
Mischa Zverev (GER) bt Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 6-4, 7-6 (8/6), 4-6, 6-0
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) bt Gastao Elias (POR) 6-1, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4)
Marin Cilic (CRO x7) bt Rogrio Dutra Silva (BRA) 6-4, 7-5, 6-1
Rafael Nadal (ESP x4) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
Andreas Seppi (ITA) bt Stephane Robert (FRA) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) bt Thomaz Belluci (BRA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8/6)
Albert Ramos (ESP x31) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
Lucas Pouille (FRA x24) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) bt Guilherme Clezar (BRA) 2-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-2, 6-4
Federico Del Bonis (ARG) bt Brian Baker (USA) 3-6, 6-7 (6/8), 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP x15) bt Guillermo Garca-Lopez (ESP) 7-5, 6-1, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/3)
Gael Monfils (FRA x10) bt Gilles Muller (LUX) 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (7/5)
Jan Satral (CZE) bt Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) bt Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (9/7)
Pablo Cuevas (URU x18) bt Dudi Sela (ISR) 6-3, 6-2, 0-6, 5-7, 6-3
Benoit Paire (FRA x32) bt Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 6-2, 2-6, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Facundo Bagnis (ARG) 6-4, 6-2, 1-1 retired
Ryan Harrison (USA) bt Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3
Milos Raonic (CAN x5) bt Dustin Brown (GER) 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
Women
First round
Kayla Day (USA) bt Madison Brengle (USA) 6-2, 4-2 retired
Duan Ying-Ying (CHN) bt Maria Sakkari (GRE) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Naomi Osaka (JPN) bt CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-4
Monica Niculescu (ROM) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE x18) 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 6-1
Ana Bogdan (ROM) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 0-6, 7-5, 6-2
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) bt Taylor Townsend (USA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x9) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-1, 6-2
Johanna Konta (GBR x13) bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 6-3, 6-3
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) bt Virginie Razzano (FRA) 6-1, 6-2
Andrea Petkovic (GER) bt Kristina Kucova (SVK) 7-6 (7/3), 6-3
Belinda Bencic (SUI x24) bt Samantha Crawford (USA) 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, 6-4
Zheng Saisai (CHN) bt Monica Puig (PUR) 6-4, 6-2
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) bt Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 6-0, 7-5
Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) bt Anna Karolna Schmiedlov (SVK) 6-3, 6-3
Garbine Muguruza (ESP x3) bt Elise Mertens (BEL) 2-6, 6-0, 6-3
Roberta Vinci (ITA x7) bt Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) 6-2, 6-4
Christina McHale (USA) bt Mona Barthel (GER) 6-2, 6-2
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) bt Sabine Lisicki (GER) 6-1, 6-2
Carina Witthoeft (GER) bt Misaki Doi (JPN x30) 6-4, 6-1
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) bt Irina Begu (ROM x21) 6-0, 6-4
Wang Yafan (CHN) bt Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4)
Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) bt Danielle Collins (USA) 6-1, 6-2
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x12) bt Magda Linette (POL) 6-2, 6-3
Petra Kvitova (CZE x14) bt Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 7-5, 6-3
Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR) bt Irina Falconi (USA) 6-2, 6-1
Lauren Davis (USA) bt Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
Elina Svitolina (UKR x22) bt Mandy Minella (LUX) 6-7 (5/7), 6-0, 6-2
Shelby Rogers (USA) bt Sara Errani (ITA x27) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3)
Catherine Bellis (USA) bt Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 6-2, 6-3
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) bt Alize Cornet (FRA) 6-4, 6-1
Angelique Kerber (GER x2) bt Polona Hercog (SLO) 6-0, 1-0 retired
