Tennis player Lulu Sun is underway at the US Open
Tennis player Lulu Sun is underway at the US Open
27 August 2024
Taking on Italian Lucia Bronzetti in the first round - the New Zealander trails 4-3 on serve on court 12 at Flushing Meadows.
Meanwhile - a couple of notable day one casualties.
Ninth seed Maria Sakkari's retired injured, while men's 15th seed Holger Rune's suffered a straight sets defeat to unseeded American Brandon Nakashima.
Among those safely through are Coco Gauff , Madison Keys, Paula Badosa and Olympic champion Qinwen Zheng .
Alexander Zverev , Ben Shelton, Taylor Fritz, Andrey Rublev and Casper Ruud are through in the men's draw.
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