NEW YORK (Reuters) ? World number one Novak Djokovic advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday when his opponent, Conor Niland of Ireland, retired sick while trailing 6-0 5-1.
Niland, the first Irishman ever to make the main draw of the U.S. Open, called it quits after just 44 minutes. He had been suffering from food poisoning even before the match began and was unable to muster any real challenge to the tournament favourite.
Djokovic raced through the first set in just 21 minutes. Niland won his first game of the match when he held serve in the eighth game, to make it 1-1, drawing cheers from the National Tennis Center crowd.
But after losing four more games, Niland threw in the towell. Djokovic will next play either Pere Riba of Spain or Carlos Berlocq of Argentina.
(Reporting by Larry Fine, Editing by Julian Linden; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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