Ferrer cruises as Federer waits at US Open

August 27, 2013,  Others  No comments

It was a straight sets victory for the Spanish 31-year-old, taking one hour and 53 minutes to dismantle Kyrgios 7-5 6-3 6-2.

The Spanish fourth seed was tested by Kyrgios early in the contest but managed to break the junior world number one in the 12th game to prevent a tiebreak and win the first set.

Ferrer gradually started to wear down Kyrgios over the next two sets, with the Australian making more unforced errors as the match progressed.

Despite having one more winner than his veteran opponent, Kyrgios slapped 44 unforced errors to Ferrer’s 14 and, ultimately, this proved the difference.

Number two seed Rafael Nadal breezed past American Ryan Harrison 6-4 6-2 6-2 in a confident display.

The 2010 US Open champion was rarely troubled on serve as he won 82 per cent of the points on his first delivery.

Swiss champion Roger Federer had his match against Slovenia’s Grega Zemlja postponed until Tuesday because of rain, while Santiago Giraldo of Colombia had his match against Argentine Carlos Berlocq suspended because of the inclement weather.

Giraldo led 3-6 6-3 7-6 (8-6) 2-1 when the rain forced play to be abandoned.

Australia’s Bernard Tomic toiled through a draining five-setter as he outlasted Spain’s Albert Ramos 6-3 3-6 4-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-3.

But it was bad day for Tomic’s compatriot Marinko Matosevic, who is still yet to win a grand slam match after his 6-3 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 6-2 loss to 19th-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo.

Eighth seed Richard Gasquet comfortably accounted for America’s Michael Russell 6-3 6-4 6-2.

Croatia’s Ivan Dodig let slip a two-sets-to-love lead before rallying in the fifth set to defeat 27th seed Fernando Verdasco 6-3 7-5 1-6 4-6 6-3.

Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic, seeded 18th, advanced after Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas retired at the beginning of the fourth set with the score at 6-3 5-7 6-3.

Japanese 11th seed Kei Nishikori was bundled out in straight sets 6-4 6-4 6-2 by Englishman Daniel Evans.

Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer knocked out 30th-seeded Latvian Ernests Gulbis 3-6 6-3 1-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 in a topsy-turvy encounter, while Spain’s 23rd seed Feliciano Lopez recovered from dropping the first set against France’s Florent Serra to win 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 6-3 6-3 and Russian 32nd seed Dmitry Tursunov blitzed Slovenian opponent Aljaz Bedene in the fourth set during his 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-0 triumph.

In other first-round matches, France’s Guillaume Rufin was two sets to love up before overcoming Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 2-6 2-6 6-1, Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin defeated Slovakia’s Andrej Martin 6-4 7-6 (7-2) 7-5 and Frenchman Stephane Robert breezed past compatriot Albano Olivetti 6-3 6-3 6-4.

Other winners were Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko, Canadian Frank Dancevic, Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, America’s Bradley Klahn and Israel’s Dudi Sela.