Sinner breezes into the third round

World No 1 Jannik Sinner (right), vying to add the US Open title to the Australian Open crown he won in January, breezed into the third round on Thursday with a 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 victory over Alex Michelsen.

Italy's Sinner needed just an hour and 39 minutes to get past the 49th-ranked Michelsen, giving himself a match point with a crisp forehand winner down the line and polishing it off with a crosscourt forehand volley.

"It was a real improvement, for sure," said Sinner, who had to rally from a set and a break down in an unconvincing first-round win over Mackenzie McDonald.