Cerundolo beats Misolic in straight sets at US Open

Francisco Cerundolo needed no fifth gear in the US Open first round, controlling Filip Misolic 6-4 6-3 7-5 without ever surrendering a set. Neither man was clean on serve — the Argentine coughed up 10 double faults to Misolic's nine — but Cerundolo made far more of the deliveries that did land, winning 73.3% of his first-serve points and 51.2% behind the second. Misolic's numbers told the story of the afternoon: just 43.3% of first serves in, 64.4% of those points won, and only 40.7% off the second ball. Cerundolo also struck six aces to his opponent's one, and moves on with three tidy sets banked.