Spanish seeds had mixed results at the US Open on Monday with Pablo Carreno Busta progressing to the second round while David Ferrer was lost his first round match.
Carreno Busta, the 12th seed, was the first seeded player to progress to the next round after accounting for American qualifier Evan King 6-3 6-2 7-6 (7-5).
Ferrer, the 21st seed, won the first set against Mikhail Kukushkin but the Kazakh qualifier was too good after that point and won 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-1.
South African veteran Kevin Anderson, the 28th seed, beat American qualifier JC Aragone 6-3 6-3 6-1.
Diego Schwartzman, the Argentine 29th seed, overpowered his countryman Carlos Berlocq 6-2 6-1 6-3.
Kyle Edmund of Great Britain caused an upset with a 6-3 7-5 6-3 victory over Dutchman Robin Haase, the 32nd seed.
American Steve Johnson accounted for experienced Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-4 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-5) while Frenchman Benoit Paire beat Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-3 6-2 7-6 (7-5).
Korean Chung Hyeon defeated Horacio Zeballos of Argentina 3-6 7-6 (10-8) 6-4 6-3 and Florian Mayer of Germany edged Rogerio Dutra Silva of Brazil 7-5 0-6 6-3 6-4.
British qualifier Cameron Norrie was two sets to the good when Russian opponent Dmitry Tursunov retired while Evgeny Donskoy of Russia was also the beneficiary of a retirement.


