US Open - Day 1 - Discussion (Men)

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DAY 1: MONDAY, AUGUST 31

Arthur Ashe Stadium — 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 1
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [7] vs. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)

Not Before: 1:00 PM

Women's Singles - Round 1
Venus Williams (USA) [23] vs. Monica Puig (PUR)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] vs. Joao Souza (BRA)

7:00 PM— 2015 US OPEN OPENING CEREMONY

Women's Singles - Round 1
Serena Williams (USA) [1] vs. Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Rafael Nadal (ESP) [8] vs. Borna Coric (CRO)

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Louis Armstrong Stadium — 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - Round 1
Kei Nishikori (JPN) [4] vs. Benoit Paire (FRA)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Marin Cilic (CRO) [9] vs. Guido Pella (ARG)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Sloane Stephens (USA) [29] vs. Coco Vandeweghe (USA)

Not Before: 5:00 PM

Women's Singles - Round 1
Maria Sharapova (RUS) [3] vs. Daria Gavrilova (AUS)

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Grandstand — 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - Round 1
Marco Cecchinato (ITA) vs. Mardy Fish (USA)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) [8] vs. Anna Tatishvili (USA)

Men's Singles - Round 1
David Ferrer (ESP) [7] vs. Radu Albot (MDA)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Madison Keys (USA) [19] vs. Klara Koukalova (CZE)

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Court 17 — 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 1
Lauren Davis (USA) vs. Heather Watson (GBR)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Milos Raonic (CAN) [10] vs. Tim Smyczek (USA)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) [25] vs. Alison Riske (USA)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Fabio Fognini (ITA) [32] vs. Steve Johnson (USA)

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Court 13 — 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - Round 1
David Goffin (BEL) [14] vs. Simone Bolelli (ITA)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [21] vs. Oceane Dodin (FRA)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Tommy Robredo (ESP) [26] vs. Michael Berrer (GER)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Vania King (USA) vs. Roberta Vinci (ITA)

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Court 1 — 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 1
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [15] vs. Katerina Siniakova (CZE)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [19] vs. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Irina Falconi (USA) vs. Samantha Crawford (USA)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Gael Monfils (FRA) [16] vs. Illya Marchenko (UKR)

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Court 4 — 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 1
Saisai Zheng (CHN) vs. Madison Brengle (USA)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Magda Linette (POL) vs. Urszula Radwanska (POL)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) vs. Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Sam Groth (AUS) vs. Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)

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Court 5 — 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - Round 1
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [17] vs. Matthew Ebden (AUS)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs. Tommy Haas (GER)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Belinda Bencic (SUI) [12] vs. Sesil Karatantcheva (BUL)

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Court 6 — 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 1
Sofia Kenin (USA) vs. Mariana Duque-Marino (COL)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Andreas Seppi (ITA) [25] vs. Tommy Paul (USA)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) [10] vs. Denisa Allertova (CZE)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) [23] vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)

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Court 7 — 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 1
Jessica Pegula (USA) vs. Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [30] vs. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) [27] vs. Ryan Shane (USA)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) vs. Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)

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Court 9 — 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - Round 1
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs. Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) vs. Kaia Kanepi (EST)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) vs. John Millman (AUS)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Ana Konjuh (CRO) vs. Tatjana Maria (GER)

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Court 10 — 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 1
Anett Kontaveit (EST) vs. Casey Dellacqua (AUS)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) [18] vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Florian Mayer (GER) vs. Martin Klizan (SVK)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) vs. Misaki Doi (JPN)

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Court 12 — 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 1
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) [13] vs. Teliana Pereira (BRA)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Lukas Lacko (SVK) vs. Marcel Granollers (ESP)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Lucas Pouille (FRA) vs. Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Kiki Bertens (NED) vs. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)

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Court 14 — 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - Round 1
Marsel Ilhan (TUR) vs. Radek Stepanek (CZE)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Elina Svitolina (UKR) [17] vs. Elizaveta Kulichkova (RUS)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Polona Hercog (SLO) vs. Zarina Diyas (KAZ)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Elias Ymer (SWE) vs. Diego Schwartzman (ARG)

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Court 15 — 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - Round 1
Joao Sousa (POR) vs. Ricardas Berankis (LTU)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) [31] vs. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs. Dudi Sela (ISR)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Tereza Smitkova (CZE) vs. Andreea Mitu (ROU)

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Court 16 — 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 1
Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) vs. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) vs. Pablo Andujar (ESP)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Filip Krajinovic (SRB) vs. Alejandro Gonzalez (COL)

 

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RE: US Open - Day 1, Monday August 31 - Order of Play

We're trying something new for the US Open. At the top of the ATP & WTA forums, in the "Forum Announcements" section, each day's order-of-play will be posted. This way, you will always know where to find the latest information, since it will always be at the top, whereas regular threads get moved up and down, depending on use.

Since it's an announcement, it can't be used like a regular thread, so we're still going to have a thread for each day in the "Important Threads" section, which can be used for discussion.

 

[tented]

RE: US Open - Day 1, Monday August 31 - Order of Play

Interesting that only 2/5 matches on Ashe are men's, but they are big names: Djokovic and Nadal.

Also note last year's runner-up and winner are playing back-to-back on Armstrong.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

RE: US Open - Day 1 - Discussion

In addition to the Nadal-Coric match , Kei has a tricky first rounder too. Paire has been playing good tennis this year and nobody knows how Kei is feeling.

 

[atttomole]

RE: US Open - Day 1 - Discussion

I think Groth versus Dolgopolov could be exciting, with the contrast of styles.

 

[Carol]

RE: US Open - Day 1 - Discussion

Hmmm, difficult to know who will be the the winner of this USO. Last year Roger had a very easy draw and we know what happened, this year he and Rafa have difficult draw and meanwhile Novak has easier but I wouldn't bet for him either
I was very surprised how much energy and speed Roger showed in Cincy, even more than when he was younger, but I don't think he is going to repeat it and less playing at 5 sets. He has Leo Mayer first, not too easy opponent and later if he would pass to the next round then probably Isner, Gasquet, Muzz or Wawrinka, etc
But we'll see how every player will play, the first week could be more interesting than usually it is

Meanwhile to each his own theme lol
http://youtu.be/jbcBByxnDhI

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

RE: US Open - Day 1 - Discussion

Roger should have had an abundance of energy at Cincy as he hadn't played any other warm-up until that point. I would be alarmed if he didn't show up the freshest of the top players.

 

[Fiero425]

RE: US Open - Day 1 - Discussion

This is probably one of the first "Day 1's" in memory; even if you go with just the one Stadium Court! It's very impressive for both the men and ladies' draws! ;-)

 

[nehmeth]

RE: US Open - Day 1 - Discussion

Anyone picking Coric over Nadal? :nono

Benoit (Paire) is playing well, but Nishikori will do the same to him that Djoker did. Maybe one set will be close.

Fognini v. Johnson might be interesting.

And after his first ATP final, I'm wondering how Herbert will do against Agut.

 

[Moose]

RE: US Open - Day 1 - Discussion

I think we're getting 2 headline worthy upsets today. Rafa, Kei, Venus, Jelena and Ana better be on heightened alert.

 

[Moose]

RE: US Open - Day 1 - Discussion

Anyone picking Coric over Nadal? :nono

I am. Borna beat Rafa the only time they have played (and it was on hard court), and I'm liking Coric's game a lot more than Rafa's right now.

 

[Fiero425]

RE: US Open - Day 1 - Discussion

I think we're getting 2 headline worthy upsets today. Rafa, Kei, Venus, Jelena and Ana better be on heightened alert.

You mean another "Black Monday" like the FO back in '90? Becker and Edberg were upset on day one! :cover I didn't knock it, made for a better Wimbledon final in 5; not like either was going to win on dirt that year! :ras: :nono :angel:

 

[Denis]

RE: US Open - Day 1 - Discussion

Anyone picking Coric over Nadal? :nono

I am. Borna beat Rafa the only time they have played (and it was on hard court), and I'm liking Coric's game a lot more than Rafa's right now.

Night match too.

 

[kskate2]

RE: US Open - Day 1 - Discussion

We will rue the day that ESPN got sole coverage of the Open. They have at least 4 channels and none of them are showing tennis matches (on the first day of this country's national slam). Their coverage starts at noon. Instead, we're forced to watch coverage of Brady's woes, RG3, other NFL crap, First Take (can't stand Skip Bayless), Mike & Mike and a bunch of sports reporters running their mouths about stuff they're hardly an expert in. :cover

 

[Moose]

RE: US Open - Day 1 - Discussion

We will rue the day that ESPN got sole coverage of the Open.

I've said this from the day they took over USA's night coverage. USA always came on at 7 PM with coverage, and while I struggled with Tracy Austin's sometime insipid commentary, overall USA did a spectacular job covering night matches.

Since taking over the night matches, you get evenings where ESPN does not pick up coverage at all on occasion, relegating you to watching on your laptop, or only coming on at 9, after having missed 2 hours of play, or having to channel hop to find coverage.

 

[Moose]

RE: US Open - Day 1 - Discussion

Allez Benoit!

I wonder if Iveta Melzer is watching?

 

[GameSetAndMath]

RE: US Open - Day 1 - Discussion

We will rue the day that ESPN got sole coverage of the Open. They have at least 4 channels and none of them are showing tennis matches (on the first day of this country's national slam). Their coverage starts at noon. Instead, we're forced to watch coverage of Brady's woes, RG3, other NFL crap, First Take (can't stand Skip Bayless), Mike & Mike and a bunch of sports reporters running their mouths about stuff they're hardly an expert in. :cover

no, ESPN had clearly stated that TV coverage will be on starting at 1 p.m. only during the early rounds.

I would anyday take ESPN over the NBC and CBS which used to show semifinal matches with a tape delay (i.e., if you are lucky, otherwise you don't even get that).

 

[tented]

We will rue the day that ESPN got sole coverage of the Open. They have at least 4 channels and none of them are showing tennis matches (on the first day of this country's national slam). Their coverage starts at noon. Instead, we're forced to watch coverage of Brady's woes, RG3, other NFL crap, First Take (can't stand Skip Bayless), Mike & Mike and a bunch of sports reporters running their mouths about stuff they're hardly an expert in. :cover

no, ESPN had clearly stated that TV coverage will be on starting at 1 p.m. only during the early rounds.

However, play began at 11 A.M.

 

[kskate2]

RE: US Open - Day 1 - Discussion

We will rue the day that ESPN got sole coverage of the Open. They have at least 4 channels and none of them are showing tennis matches (on the first day of this country's national slam). Their coverage starts at noon. Instead, we're forced to watch coverage of Brady's woes, RG3, other NFL crap, First Take (can't stand Skip Bayless), Mike & Mike and a bunch of sports reporters running their mouths about stuff they're hardly an expert in. :cover

no, ESPN had clearly stated that TV coverage will be on starting at 1 p.m. only during the early rounds.

I would anyday take ESPN over the NBC and CBS which used to show semifinal matches with a tape delay (i.e., if you are lucky, otherwise you don't even get that).

That's my point. They wanted sole coverage of the event and now they have it. But starting the TV window at 1pm when play starts at 11am is silly. They could have given that window of coverage to the TC.

 

[crystalfire]

tbh all espn cares about is NFL and NBA. worldwide sports coverage my a$$.