Luciano Darderi vs Harry Wendelken — R128 — US Open

The return games separated it, as Darderi converted seven of 20 break chances against four of 17 the other way, enough to cover a serve of his own that was broken four times. Wendelken, the 196th-ranked qualifier, out-hit him 54 winners to 42 and won 23 of 31 points at net, and still finished 130 points to 145. The fourth set came down to one return game. Darderi broke in game 11 for 6-5 after conceding the break back in game 6 for 3-3, the clay-bred baseliner who extends rallies rather than ends them outlasting an opponent on the surface where his season reads 8-8. Three hours and 48 minutes for an opening-round win, and the No. 21 seed is into the second round at the US Open.