Sinner survives scare to beat McDonald at US Open

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 28 - Jannik Sinner claimed victory on Tuesday night in the first round of the US Open over Mackenzie McDonald, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2.
    The world number one beat US player Mackenzie McDonald (No. 140) at the Arthur Ashe Stadium, surviving a scare after being a set and a break down.
    The Italian player then moved through in two hours and 24 minutes.
    He now faces Winston-Salem finalist Alex Michelsen in the second round.
    Sinner, who missed the Paris Olympics due to tonsilitis, played two tournaments on the American hard-court swing before arriving at Flushing Meadows.
    He lost to Andrey Rublev in the quarter-finals of the Canadian Open before winning in Cincinnati, beating Rublev in the last eight and then overcoming Alexander Zverev and Frances Tiafoe, respectively in the semi-finals and final. (ANSA).