US Open 2024 day two: Osaka, Boulter and Swiatek win; Sinner in action – live | US Open Tennis 2024

On Grandtand, Rybakina is away and leads Alava 1-0; De Minaur leads Giron 3-1; Arnaldo (30) leads Zvajda 6-3 2-1 with a break; and Zarazua is serving for the match against Garcia.

My mouse stops working so I move devices. McDonald breaks Sinner for a 6-2 1-0 lead and is dominating – he might easily have won one of the games he didn’t – and after taking off most of spring to get fit, he’s playing beautifully here, dominating the world number one.

Oh man this is great to see. A tremendous performance from Osaka, who planned to peak for New York and seems to have managed just that. She’s moved to tears by her win and meets Muchova next; I cannot wait for that one.

Brilliant from Evans, who sees out the breaker 7-2! He’s playing better than in so long and he and Khachanov are level at a set apiece.

McDonald breaks sinner again and will now serve for the first set at 5-2! I think this is the best i’ve seen him play – he’s running down everything, and also, as our co-comms notes, seems to just like Sinner’s pace. He holds to love, leads 6-2, and the world number one – who’s had a tricky week – is under pressure. Meantime, Evans leads Khachanov 4-2 in their second-set breaker.

Sinner broke McDonald back only to be broken again; he trails 2-4 and I’m now watching that match while also checking Evans v Khachanov. They’re just about to play a second-set breaker.

Kokkinak’s ice, is, stoked. He thanks the crowd for their contribution and notes that he lost a lot of his career to injury but he’s confident in his body now and trusts he can beat anyone on a good day. He’s a bit embarrassed to have flopped to his back after a first-round match – “overkill” he says – but he’s so happy, and that’s lovely to see.

A brilliant performance from Kokkinakis, who reaches round two for the first time since 2019. He meets Borges or Coria next while Tsitsipas has some thinking to do – he’s getting further away, not closer to a first major, and if he wants to reverse momentum in a career that promised so much, he surely needs to address his backhand situation.

A forehand cross to the corner and Tsitsipas looks to respond in kind … but goes wide! Two match points to the Aussie!

Kokkinakis makes it 30-15 and is two points away from ejecting the number 11 seed…

Evans runs around his forehand on Khachanov’s second serve and it’s enough to take control of the point; he breaks for 6-7 5-5, and this match is still well in the balance.

Hello! Kokkinakis makes 30-40 and when he lands another decent return, Tsitsipas wallops long! The Aussie will shortly serve for the match at 7-6 4-6 6-3 6-5, while Evans has three break-back points against Khachanov.

Evans is still playing well but he guides a backhand into the top of the net and now trails 6-7 4-5, Khachanov soon to serve for the second set. Meantime, Kokkinakis secures his hold for 5-5 in set three; if he can manage one more, he’ll have the chance to win the match via tiebreak – at the least, because Tsitsipas is now serving at 30-all.

Tsitsipas holds for a 5-4 third-set lead, but Kokkinakis has served well today and will expect himself to avoid getting broken. Elsewhere, Mannarino leads Coric 7-5 5-2 and McDonald is up on Sinner 2-1 with a break.

Her comeback has been a joy to behold – especially as she finally got her major before retiring, so there’s no pressure – and she faces Zarazua or Garcia (28) next. The former leads 5-1 in the first.

Now then! Ostapenkz has been much more consistent in recent times, but I guess it’s not easy to bang with Osaka who, if she’s on, is as good at it as anyone. And she now leads 6-3 2-0; the Latvian is in trouble.

Sky have, of course, replaced Draper with Evans v Khachanov; the latter leads 7-6 3-4, but the Brit is playing the best match I’ve seen from him in a long while.

Yup, Zhang calls it, and Draper – who looked good even in the context – faces Diaz Acosta or Gaston next. He’ll fancy either of those.

Osaka serves out to lead Ostapenkz 6-3; Tsitsipas and Kokkinakis are 3-3 in the third; and Sinner is still fighting for his first-game hold against McDonald.

Yup, Draper gets his third-set break, but Zhang stays out there. Evans, meanwhile, is level with Khachanov at 2-2 in the second, having lost the first after serving for it at leading 40-0. Andreeva leads Osorio 6-2 3-2 with a break, Osaka leads Ostapenkz 5-3 and Sinner has been forced to deuce by McDonald in the first game of their match.

…but Tsitsipas secures his hold. Otherwise, we’re on serve in all our current matches – though Draper looks set to break Zhang leading 6-3 6-0 1-0 and I wonder whether, if he does, that’ll be the end.

Draper seals a bagel and now leads Zhang 6-3 6-0. Zhang isn’t moving well at all and I’d not be surprised to see him call it at some point. Meantime, Tsitsipas finds himself facing break point when down 2-1 2-2 to Kokkinakis…

Goodness me!

On Ashe, Jannik Sinner (1) and Mackenzie McDonald emerge to knock up.

Zhang calls the trainer when down 3-6 0-5; Tsitsipas does likewise when down 6-7 6-4 3-6 2-2.

I’d love to be watching Ostapenko v Osaka but I’m sadly limited by what’s on telly; the latter leads 2-1, on serve, in the first. Meantime, Wozniacki has bagelled Hibino to lead 6-0, Mirra Andreeva (21), leads Camila Osorio 6-2 2-0 and Otto Virtanen leads Quentin Halys 6-3 6-3 5-4.

Ah yes, while all the screen aggro was going on, Khachanov took the first-set breaker off Evans and leads 7-6(6) 1-1.

Machac’s improved a lot the last year, and this is a fine win over a fine opponent in decent nick. He meets Moutet or Korda (16) next.

OK, we’re back to two screens – I’ve got Tsitsipas 6-7 6-4 3-6 1-1 Kokkinakis on again.