Ash Barty bounces back to win first round at US Open

• Ashleigh Barty beat Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 1-6 6-3 6-2
• Alex de Minaur beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 6-4 6-2 6-7 (6-8) 7-5

Ashleigh Barty breathed a big sigh of relief after surviving a scare and progressing to the second round of the US Open in New York. Australia’s world No.2 had to pull out all the stops before battling past dogged Kazakh Zarina Diyas 1-6 6-3 6-2 on day one.

Barty used her trusty trademark serve to drag herself out of a deep hole and set up a date on Wednesday with unseeded American Lauren Davis.

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