Shapovalov defeated Medvedev

Photo: Julio Cortez, Associated Press
The Ontario Denis Shapovalov won a first career match in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.

New York — The new darling of the tennis canadian Denis Shapovalov won a first career match in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, Monday, when he defeated the Russian Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-1, 6-2.

18 years of age, Shapovalov, who had reached the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup, earlier in August, needed just 96 minutes to overcome his rival.

Ranked 69th in the world, Shapovalov has placed 73 percent of his first balls-of-service in game and won 72 percent of points played in this situation. He has been the victim of both a break in service, but he broke his rival five times.

Shapovalov has closed the books on his first match ball, completing his sixth ace of the match.

Medvedev occupies the 54th position in the world.

In the second round, Shapovalov will intersect the iron with the French Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, eighth seeded. This last came out on top 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 over Romanian Marius Copil.

Victory for Cilic

The champion in 2014, Marin Cilic has taken the first round of the International of the United States following a victory of 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 against the American Tennys Sandgren on Monday.

Fifth head of series, Cilic played his first match since his loss against Roger Federer in the final at Wimbledon last month. No tennis player has won the International of the United States have not participated in any tournament between those at the All England Club and Flushing Meadows.

Cilic even had to miss two weeks of training due to an injury to the left leg. He still managed 55 shots winners compared to 22 for Sandgren.

Sandgren, whose first name comes from his great-grandfather’s Swedish and has nothing to do with tennis, is ranked 105th in the world. In the second round, Cilic will play against Florian Mayer, who defeated Rogerio Dutra Silva 7-5, 0-6, 6-3, 6-4.

For his part, David Ferrer was eliminated in the first round by virtue of a reverse of 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 in the face Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin.

A finalist at Roland Garros in 2013 and the 21st head of series for the fortnight in Flushing Meadows, Ferrer has reached the semi-finals at the Masters in Cincinnati earlier in August.

American John Isner has managed 22 aces in a victory of 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 against the French Pierre-Hughes Herbert, while his compatriot Steve Johnson has defeated the Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5).

In the other matches, we can note the victory of 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (5) to the 12th-seeded Pable Carreno Busta in the face to the American Evan King.

Briton Kyle Edmund has defeated the Dutch and 32nd-seeded Robin Haase 6-3, 7-5, 6-3, and qualified britain’s Cameron Norrie was leading 7-6 (7), 6-1 when Russian Dmitry Tursunov dropped out.