Fifth-seeded Flavio Cobolli rallied from two sets down to beat Francisco Comesana at the US Open on Tuesday, where top-seeded Alexander Zverev and No. 4 Coco Gauff were finally slated for first-round action.
“I’m glad I played the match, won the match. “You have to fight to the last point. “She has great shots, great serve. It was not easy.
Keys had to work harder, the 2025 Australian Open champion overcoming first-match jitters to beat 19-year-old Russian Alina Korneeva 7-5, 6-4.
“In a Grand Slam it’s never done,” Cobolli said. “We will see day by day,” Rybakina said of the injury. “She played really well today,” Rybakina said of the youngster, who peppered Rybakina with 11 aces, showed a tremendous serve but was prey to errors.
We’ll see how I feel tomorrow.
“So I changed everything and maybe it works. Cobolli rallied from an early break in the fifth set, breaking back to pull level, breaking again for a 5-4 lead and sealing the triumph in the next game with a blistering forehand volley. Cobolli saved all eight break points he faced in the third set, including two in the final game, and roared to a 4-0 lead on the way to taking the fourth. World number two Elena Rybakina, whose match on Grandstand court was one of those delayed by rain, raced past 17-year-old US wild card Thea Frodin 6-3, 6-2.
“After two sets down I went to the toilet and I changed everything because maybe unlucky,” he told the crowd in an on-court interview.
