Almost a perfect start for Arthur Fery, who races to a 40-0 lead on serve before ploughing the ball into the net.

But that's the only blip as Lorenzo Musetti goes long on the next point.

Arthur Fery takes a quick glance at his notebook and then heads to the baseline, where he will serve to get us up and running.

We've seen what the British number one can do at Wimbledon. What has he got in his locker for New York? Let's find out!

*denotes next server

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It's a tough opening draw for Arthur Fery, who came so close to being seeded for this year's US Open.

Lorenzo Musetti reached the quarter-finals in New York last year, while he's gone as far as the semi-finals at Roland Garros and Wimbledon.

However, after reaching the quarter-finals at this year's Australian Open, Musetti missed both the French Open and Wimbledon because of a thigh injury.

He has showed signs of rediscovering his best level in recent runs to the Washington and Cincinnati quarter-finals.

"Some weeks you get good draws, some weeks you get tougher draws - it is how it is," said Fery.

"I missed out by one spot on a seeded position and then I draw the 13th seed - it's a bit unfortunate but some things go your way and some things don't."

This graph shows just how quickly Arthur Fery has risen up the rankings in the last 15 months. How far can he go?

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Arthur Fery's run to the semi-finals at SW19 scuppered an already-booked holiday to Greece, but a rearranged lads' trip to Spain provided the chance to recover from suddenly finding himself in the global spotlight.

He returned to tennis a month later, making his ATP Masters debut in Cincinnati, which ended in second-round defeat by fifth seed Alex de Minaur.

From there Fery travelled to North Carolina, where he finished runner-up to Peru's Ignacio Buse at the ATP 250 event in Winston-Salem.

And now he's got a tough first-round tie against Italian 13th seed Lorenzo Musetti in New York to contend with.

Here he is! Arthur Fery struts on to court with his game face on.

Lorenzo Musetti, meanwhile, looks a bit more relaxed as he smiles and waves at the crowd.

Here's a quick look at a few of the other matches ongoing in New York:

• Women's fifth seed Mirra Andreeva has just taken the first set 6-2 against Indonesian player Janice Tjen
• Swiss 12th seed Belinda Bencic won the first set against Yulia Putintseva, while 2021 semi-finalist Maria Sakkari lost the first set against American Robin Montgomery
• In the men's singles, Argentine 24th seed Francisco Cerundolo has taken the opening set against Filip Misolic
• Seeded players Elena Rybakina, Madison Keys, Flavio Cobolli and Taylor Fritz have already secured their progess on a rain-disripted third day

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Elena Rybakina, speaking on-court after her round victory: "She [Frodin] played really well today and she has great shots, great serves and it was not easy. I'm just happy to be here, play here and thank you so much for coming and supporting us. It's always a nice atmosphere and I really enjoyed it. Just looking forward for the next one."

On returning from injury: "We see day-by-day, I'm glad I played the match and I won the match and we'll see how I am tomorrow because I had to take a break and wasn't playing or doing much physically. So, for me now it's a step at a time and the most important is to recover and listen to the body but for now it's been OK."

On potentially becoming world number one should she made the semi-finals: "I'm definitely motivated. I feel like I had the opportunities before and it didn't go my way. Of course, everybody plays really well and as I said, with this injury I've had I feel like for me, each day is important and of course it will be an amazing achievement but it's still too far [away].

"I need to focus on my day off tomorrow, my recovery and then just keep on going."

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It was only seven weeks ago that Arthur Fery salvaged British hopes at Wimbledon with an astonishing run to the semi-finals.

He arrived at the Championships as the world number 114 and had never been beyond the second round of a Grand Slam.

But the 24-year-old defied all expectations to reach the last four, where he finally fell to French Open champion Alexander Zverev.

Now Fery starts the US Open as the 33rd-ranked player in the world, the British men's number one and a recent first-time finalist on the ATP Tour.

Can he have another fairytale fortnight in New York?

Elena Rybakina made light work of that, so now it's time for our next match on Grandstand.

And we've got some British interest coming up. All aboard the Fery...

Grandstand erupts as Thea Frodin obliterates an ace for 0-30. She's had a bit of joy on Elena Rybakina's serve late in this second set.

But there's nothing she can do when Rybakina hits wide aces like that!

With another two crunching first serves, she earns match point number four.

Thea Frodin smirks after hitting her fifth ace of the game for advantage.

And she comes through to hold, Elena Rybakina planting a down-the-line return into the tramlines.

Can Rybakina serve out the win?

Ace! Saved!

Thea Frodin can only applaud on her strings as Elena Rybakina scorches a cross-court backhand return into the corner of the court.

Match point number three for the second seed.

Got carried away with ourselves there. Thea Frodin double faults. Back to deuce we go.

Ha ha! Three aces in a row! When Thea Frodin's first serve clicks...

Advantage Frodin.

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Another ace wipes out the second!

Thea Frodin saves the first match point with an ace!

Thea Frodin spends several seconds at the back of the court, staring at the wall, after missing a backhand for 15-30.

Elena Rybakina follows it with a thumping backhand return.

Two match points.