Otto Virtanen has won his opening round match in the men’s singles of the US Open tennis tournament.
Otto Virtanen23, knocked off France in their opening round match Quentin Halys 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2 in men’s singles at the US Open.
Like Virtanen, Halys, who made it to the main series through the qualifiers, never found an answer to the Finn’s game, as the French player failed to break Virtanen’s pass even once.
The Finn came close to winning the match straight in three sets, but the Frenchman cleared two match points in the third set.
The fact that according to the US Open’s tournament pages, the Finn hit no less than 57 throughs and only 13 unforced errors in the match says something about the control of Virtanen, who mixed his powerful basic stroke game with stop shots. Halys’ corresponding readings, on the other hand, were 43 and 41.
In the second round, Virtanen will face either Australia, ranked tenth in the tournament by Alex de Minaur or the United States by Marcos Giron.
Virtanen advanced to the second round of a grand slam tournament for the second time in his career. Last time Virtanen was seen in the second round at Wimbledon played in July. At that time, he bowed out in a five-round battle with the United States To Tommy Paul.