Alex Eala cruises into US Open second round, top seed Zverev survives

Published On 2 Sep 20262 Sep 2026Alexander Zverev has weathered a storm from Lorenzo Sonego to reach the US Open second round and keep alive his bid to reach a third straight tennis Grand Slam final, after relentless rain wreaked havoc with the schedule at Flushing Meadows in New York.Americans Madison Keys, Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz earlier powered through under the roof of Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday before new crowd favourite Alexandra Eala underlined her growing promise with a near-flawless display.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4US Open: Alcaraz wins on return, aggressive Sabalenka advanceslist 2 of 4Venus Williams bows out of US Open with straight-sets defeat to Sofia Keninlist 3 of 4Djokovic suffers shock first round exit at US Open amid tears and painlist 4 of 4‘Not a goodbye’: Tearful Federer inducted into Tennis Hall of Fameend of listFrench Open champion and Wimbledon finalist Zverev, handed top billing in New York in the absence of injured world number one Jannik Sinner, was taken the distance by Sonego but came through with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(7), 7-5, 6-4 win.“I’m just happy I won, that’s it,” Zverev said after four hours and 53 minutes on court.“I’m ha...