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Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff started the defence of their US Open titles with simple first-round victories at Flushing Meadows.
Dominic Thiem’s grand slam profession is over as he misplaced to Ben Shelton forward of his October retirement whereas Harriet Dart was a British winner.
On Tuesday, Jannik Sinner enters the fray for the primary time since his medicine controversy whereas Jack Draper, Dan Evans, Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter are additionally in British motion.
Right here, the PA information company takes a glance again at day one.
Image of the day
Dart hits the bullseye
Harriet Dart made it via to the second spherical of the US Open for the primary time after breezing previous Chloe Paquet in New York.Dart is having fun with the very best interval of her profession and after making it via to the third spherical at Wimbledon, she has adopted it up by successful her first predominant draw match at Flushing Meadows.
The 26-year-old dropped simply two video games in a dominant efficiency which noticed her win 6-1 6-2 and victory will see her rating rise to a provisional profession excessive of 66 on this planet.
Shot of the day
The subsequent teenage star?
The US Open is famed for its teenage stars, from Chris Evert and Tracy Austin to Emma Raducanu, and there’s a new child on the block. Born in 2007, Iva Jovic, who reached the semi-finals of the Wimbledon juniors, is simply 16 and the youngest participant within the draw, however she finds herself within the second spherical after she shocked world quantity 42 Magda Linette.
Stat of the day
Comeback Queen
Even Frenchwoman Clara Burel will need to have thought she could be heading residence after dropping the primary 9 video games in opposition to Sloane Stephens. Nonetheless, she mounted a sterling comeback to beat Stephens, who additionally served for the match within the decider, to win 0-6 7-5 7-5.
Quote of the day
I believe there’s a examine that exhibits that tall folks want extra sleep than possibly shorter folks. I am between 9 and 11 hours. If I sleep below 8 hours, I am a zombie.
6ft 6in Alexander Zverev
Tuesday’s Brit watch
Emma Raducanu will need her tennis to do the speaking as she seems for a primary win on the US Open since her memorable title in 2021.
Raducanu attracted the headlines over the weekend after calling Andy Murray “outdated information” and she or he begins in opposition to former Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin.
British quantity ones Jack Draper and Katie Boulter are in motion as they tackle Zhang Zhizhen and Aliaksandra Sasnovich respectively whereas Dan Evans is up in opposition to Karen Khachanov.
Fallen Seeds
Males: Holger Rune (15), Alexander Bublik (27)Ladies: Maria Sakkari (9), Dayana Yastremska (32)
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