Georgian tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili overcame the first qualifying round of US Open. No.5 seed Basilashvili beat Oriol Roca Batalia of Spain 6:2, 6:4 in 53 minutes.

Nikoloz served 4 aces and made 1 double fault. The Georgian tennis player won 58 rallies and the Spaniard – 38. Basilashvili is world No.97 and Batalia – world No.218.

In the second round Nikoloz will face world No.240 Mitchell Krueger of America.

If Basilashvili beats Krueger, in the third round he will play either Gigounon of Belgium or Fabbiano of Italy. The Georgian will earn 25 ranking points in case of overcoming the qualifying round.