That’s all for our day session coverage. Thanks as always for following along and be sure to check back for full reports off tonight’s night session matches.
No 9 seed Karen Khachanov is out of the US Open after a shock 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 loss to Vasek Pospisil! The 23-year-old Russian becomes the fourth top-10 seed to crash out of the men’s draw today after No 4 Dominic Thiem, No 8 Stefanos Tsitsipas and No 10 Roberto Bautista Agut. Madness.
Coco Gauff is through to the US Open second round after rallying for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Anastasia Potapova. A wildly entertaining match between a pair of wildly talented teenagers ends with Gauff breaking her opponent. She tips her cap to the home support during an on-court interview with ESPN’s Pam Shriver: “Honestly, it’s because of the crowd. You guys were amazing. No matter where I was on the court, I could always hear somebody supporting me and I really am grateful for that.”
Pospisil has broken the ninth-seeded Khachanov for 4-2 in the fifth and moves within two holds of yet another high-profile men’s upset. Over on Armstrong the pressure only builds as Gauff is showing signs of tightness at 4-all in the third against the game Potapova.
Gauff, serving at 4-2, falls behind 15-40 to give Potapova a pair of break-point chances in their pressure-packed showcase on Armstrong. But the American follows with her third double fault of the day to gift her opponent the break and we’re on serve in the third. Also on serve in a deciding set: No 9 seed Karen Khachanov is serving at 2-3 in a touch-and-go battle with Canada’s Vasel Pospisil. Elsewhere, another Canadian upset bid is fastly unfolding as unseeded Denis Shapovalov has taken a 6-1, 6-1 lead over a listless Felix Auger-Allassime, the No 18 seed.
Coco Gauff is ahead 4-1 in the third set as Potapova takes a medical timeout for her right shoulder. The young American is in fine shape here with the second round within touching distance. Meanwhile, Frances Tiafoe is through to round two after Ivo Karlovic, who dropped the first two sets, retires early in the third.
The all-Canadian battle between Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime is under way and it’s been one-way traffic so far. The unseeded Shapovalov raced to a pair of breaks to win 6-1 in the opener. Should it continue this way and Auger-Aliassime go out, it would leave No 13 Gael Monfils, No 24 Mateo Berrettini and No 28 Nick Kyrgios as the only seeds in that entire quarter of the men’s draw.
Tennys Sandgren has completed a gripping comeback from two sets down to win 1-6, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 7-6 (5), 7-5 over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The 2018 Australian Open quarter-finalist survived a tense fourth-set tiebreak on Court 5 before earning his second break of the match in the fifth and landing the plane. He advances to face the winner of the Karen Khachanov-Vasek Pospisil match that’s just headed to a fifth set on Court 12.
Well, well, well. Coco Gauff bounces back from an underwhelming opening set to run away with the second by a 6-2 score and we’re headed to a decider on Armstrong. The American teenager is putting a bit more air under her shots to change the pace of the rallies and showing more variety in her shotmaking, mixing in drop shots and net approaches with great effect. They both went off court ahead of the third set for bathroom breaks and will resume shortly.
Dominic Thiem attributed his four-set loss Thomas Fabbiano to the illness that’s sapped his strength for most of the month. Said the 25-year-old Austrian during an abbreviated press conference beneath Arthur Ashe Stadium: “What happened is what I said before the tournament: that I’ll play, I’ll be able to play the match, but I don’t know what’s going to happen. I got very, very tired and exhausted after two sets. I’m far away from 100%. Like this, it’s very tough to win. I went on court because in tennis, especially in such long two-week tournaments, anything can happen. But it is what it is.”
He added: “I’m honest with you that, I mean, congratulations to [Fabbiano] and I’m happy for him. But it was not the real me there on the court. All I was thinking about was me, how I somehow can win the match. But I don’t know how much his performance is worth because was not against the real me. That’s why.”
Gauff is back on course in the second set after immediately breaking back for 1-all, then consolidating with a drama-free hold. Meanwhile, yet another big name is in trouble as No 9 seed Karen Khachanov finds himself down two sets to one against 216th-ranked Vasek Pospisil of Canada out on Court 12. Could the 23-year-old Russian become the fourth top-10 seed to crash out today after No 4 Dominic Thiem, No 8 Stefanos Tsitsipas and No 10 Roberto Bautista Agut?
Coco Gauff’s first major since her Wimbledon breakthrough is off to a rocky start. Her opponent, Russia’s Anastasia Potapova, capitalized on both her break-point chances in the early going to race to a 5-1 lead in the opening set before a rollicking crowd on Armstrong, but the 15-year-old American has just pulled one of them back with a backhand winner on break point before holding at love with new balls for 3-5. Potapova will now have a second chance to serve for the first set. Elsewhere, the American Tennys Sandgren has scratched back from two sets down to force a decider against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Court 5.
We weren’t lying when we said it was getting a wee bit wild in the quarter formerly known as Thiem’s. The No 4, No 8, No 10 and No 30 seeds have all gone out in the last few hours, leaving only No 13 Gael Monfils, No 18 Felix Auger-Aliassime, No 24 Mateo Berrettini and No 28 Nick Kyrgios still standing and all but guaranteeing a semi-finalist that could be safely be qualified as a surprise.
One of these 22 guys will be a #USOpen semi-finalist this year. pic.twitter.com/MomnJ0aTnX
— Bryan Armen Graham (@BryanAGraham) August 27, 2019
The emerging American star Coco Gauff has taken the court for her first-rounder against Russian teenager Anastasia Potapova. This is a bit of a tricker match for Gauff than it might appear on paper: The 18-year-old is a former junior No 1 and won the Wimbledon girls’ title in 2016. Here’s our Tumaini Carayol’s lookahead to the match.
Thomas Fabbiano strikes again, dumping fourth-seeded Dominic Thiem from the US Open in a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 upset! It’s the second high-profile scalp for the giant-killing Italian in as many major tournaments after his first-round win over Stefanos Tsitsipas at Wimbledon. That leaves No 2 Rafael Nadal and No 6 Alexander Zverev – whom it appears will survive an upset scare against Moldova’s Radu Albot on Court 17 – as the only top-10 seeds remaining in this half of the draw.
Kyle Edmund is out of the US Open after a gutting 3-6, 7-6 (1), 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 defeat to Spain’s Pablo Andújar. The British No 1 dropped the final six games on the trot, but can take some minor consolation in knowing his ranking won’t take a hit given his first-round ouster at Flushing Meadows last year. Meanwhile, Thiem is on the brink of elimination on Ashe with Fabbiano serving for the match at 5-2 in the fourth ...
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It’s all come undone for Edmund! Moments after Andújar consolidates his break for 4-2, the No 30 seed is broken at love with a series of misfires off the backhand side. Andújar will serve for the match at 5-2 after the changeover.
Andújar has nosed ahead in the fifth set against Edmund, breaking for a 3-2 lead on Court 13. The British No 1 managed to save four break points in marathon 18-point game, but Andújar finally came through on his fifth chance with a backhand winner from the baseline. On Armstrong, Simona Halep is through to the second round after ending her two-match losing streak at the US Open with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 win over the feisty Nicole Gibbs.
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Deciders abound! As Edmund and Andújar are locked at 2-all in the fifth set, Radu Albot has just forced a fifth from two sets down against the sixth-seeded Alexander Zverev on Court 17. Meanwhile, Halep has scored an early break against Gibbs in the third set on Armstrong. Excitement all around the grounds on a breezy 23C (73F) afternoon in Queens.
Halep and Gibbs are heading to a decider after a gripping end to the second set. With the Wimbledon champion trailing 2-5 after taking the opener from the American lucky loser, Halep saves no less than six set points to break her opponent’s serve ... but Gibbs immediately breaks back and we’re headed to a third set on Armstrong. Meanwhile on Ashe, Dominic Thiem is in serious trouble after falling behind 2-5 in the third set against Italy’s Thomas Fabbiano having already dropped the first.
What a turn for Edmund! He’s just broken Andújar at love, capping the game with a backhand winner down the line punctuated by a fist pump, that’s leveled the score at 6-3, 6-7 (1), 5-7, 7-5 after three hours and 34 minutes. We’re heading to a decider on Court 13.
Kyle Edmund is in a quite a fight on Court 13 against Spain’s Pablo Andújar. The No 30 seed and British No 1, who dropped the second and third sets after taking the opener, has just held for 6-5 in the fourth. The Spaniard will now serve to force a tie-breaker.
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Gibbs has broken early in the second set against the fourth-seeded Halep, a promising turn after losing three straight games to drop the opener. The American hit a lovely forehand volley winner on break point to cap an 11-shot rally, bringing the partisan Armstrong crowd to life. Elsewhere, Gilles has taken out American wild card Bjorn Frantangelo by a 5-7, 7-5, 7-5, 7-5 scoreline, a match that included a whopping 48 break points over four hours and 19 minutes.
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Stefanos Tsitsipas addressed his on-court spat with chair umpire Damien Dumusois during today’s first-round loss to Andrey Rublev. The 21-year-old Greek, who battled cramps during the business end of the nearly four-hour match, was vocally perturbed after receiving a point penalty for a second time violation.
Q. As you had the argument with the chair umpire, could you take us through what made you so upset? You were heard saying, ‘You’re all weirdos.’ Who were you talking about?
STEFANOS TSITSIPAS: The chair umpire was very incorrect in what he was telling me during the match. I don’t know what this chair umpire has in specific against my team but he’s been complaining and telling me that my team talks all of the time when I’m out on the court playing. He’s very – I don’t know. I believe he’s not right, because I never hear anything of what my team says from the outside. And there is nothing that I personally believe can help my game or make me play better.
My father outside, who usually does the talking, he’s trying to pump me up by saying, you know, Come on. Raising my confidence by not coaching but by trying to boost me up. I believe the coach for my opponent does the same thing, which is normal.
This chair umpire, I don’t know, he has something against me. I don’t know why.
Q. So you’re saying the chair umpires were weirdos?
STEFANOS TSITSIPAS: I wish that all the chair umpires were like Mohamed Lahyani because I believe he’s the best out in the game, and we need more like him in tennis because he’s fair to everyone. I feel like some of them have preferences when they are on the court.
Upset alert on Ashe as fourth-seeded Dominic Thiem has dropped the first set to Italy’s Thomas Fabbiano. The world No 87 is no stranger to early-round upsets, having taken out Tsitsipas at the All England Club this summer. Meanwhile on Armstrong, Wimbledon champion Simona Halep is off to a promising start against the American Nicole Gibbs, nabbing an early break to race ahead in the opening set.
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Tsitsipas’s section of the draw is even more wide open than it was before. He’s out. No 10 seed Roberto Bautista Agut is out after a highly entertaining five-set loss to Mikhail Kukushkin. That leaves only two seeds remaining in the section: No 24 Matteo Berrettini and No 28 Nick Kyrgios.
The second time’s the charm for Andrey Rublev. After getting broken while serving for the match, the young Russian breaks right back and serves out the match to seal a 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (7), 7-5 win over the eighth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas. The cruel summer for the 21-year-old Greek and Australian Open semi-finalist continues: He was 32-11 on the year entering his French Open fourth-rounder against Stan Wawrinka, but has lost eight of 13 matches since including the last four on the trot.
That’s all from me. Bryan Armen Graham is at Flushing Meadows and will bring you all the action live from New York, including the finale of this dramatic match. Thanks for joining. Bye.
Tsitsipas breaks to stay in the match. Rublev’s fifth double fault opens the door and his second in a row widens that opening. That was a terrible second serve. Some Tsitsipas magic makes it 0-40 and a superb return from the Greek snatches the break. Suddenly it’s 5-5 with all to play for.
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Tsitsipas holds serve to love and shows no signs of the cramps that have been troubling him. Rublev will serve for the match now though.
Tsitsipas is all over the place in the fourth set against Rublev. He has played the last few games almost on one leg, with the medical staff on helping him carry on. He’s also called the umpire a weirdo and now finds himself 5-3 down and two sets to one down. He needs to muster something from somewhere or the No 8 seed is out.
Andujar wins the second set 7-6! Edmund has a terrible tie break record recently and an awful start to this one sees him 5-0 down in no time. He gets himself on the board but a poor backhand leaves him 6-1 behind. Six break points for Andujar and he takes the first on serve. That is poor from the British No 1. He was a break up and in control in that set but lost all momentum and was crushed in the tie break.
It’s a second set tie break for Edmund. He’s not great at these.
Naomi Osaka beats Anna Blinkova 6-4, 6-7, 6-2! Blinkova opens with a double fault as the shadows peer across the court. It’s her fourth of the match. She avoids a fifth and Osaka finds the net with a forehand. That’s the champion’s 49th unforced error, to Blinkova’s 21. Her 50th takes the game to 30-all but a brutal forehand return from Osaka sets up match point. A fine rally ends with an unerring backhand from Osaka and that’s the match.
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Kyle Edmund has been broke back in the second set against Andujar and now finds himself at 5-5. Blinkova holds serve, and Osaka follows suit. It’s 5-2 to the world No 1 in the final set now. Can she close out the match.
Roberto Bautista Agut is out! A topsy turvy five-setter against Mikhail Kukushkin ends in defeat for the No 10 seed. That is a big win for the world No 47 from Kazakhstan, by a score of is 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Blinkova will not lie down. She fights hard and forces a break-back point but Oskaka holds firm and wins through to go 4-1 up.
Osaka puts her foot down and Blinkova struggles to cope. The defending champion saves break points on her own serve but escapes unscathed and harnesses that momentum to break her opponent’s. It’s 3-1 in the decider but we’ve seen Osaka surge and drop off before in this match.
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Edmund broke early in the second set and is showing little sign of letting up. He’s 4-2 and a set up on Andujar. Tsitsipas is back in trouble though. The third set tie break was as hard fought as the rest of the match and Rublev emerged the stronger, taking it 9-7 to go two sets to one up on the No 8 seed. Osaka and Blinkova are 1-1 in the deciding set.
Blinkova wins the second set tie break to level the match against Osaka. It’s first blood to the Russian in the tie break. She earns a mini-break then produces a sublime backhand winner to go 3-1 up. The crowd are urging Osaka on though and she responds, winning three points in a row. She has the edge but an incredible rally ends with Blinkova springing to her right to get back a seemingly impossible ball and make it 4-4. Two poor groundstrokes give Blinkova set point No 4. She cant take the first but wins the second when Osaka’s return hits the tape. What a fighter Blinkova is. Game on.
Blinkova breaks back to force a tie break against Osaka. The No 1 seed produces two poor errors to go 0-30 down but a fine swinging serve gets her into the game. A drilled forehand down the line and then a similar winner on the backhand side set up match point. Blinkova does not blink though, and goes on the attack to force deuce and then break point. And she holds her nerve to stay in the match.
The surge in adrenaline after saving those set points seems to supercharge Osaka. She produces her best forehand of the match to close out her most impressive game of it. She breaks to love and will now serve for the match.
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Osaka saves three set points against Blinkova. A combination of errors from the Japanese and clever play from the youngster earn the chances to level the match but Osaka rouses herself to escape with the game. It’s 5-5, but there’s been huge pressure on the favourite’s serve in this set.
Marin Cilic was champion here five years ago and he looks in the mood to do some damage again. He’s raced through the second set 6-2 and now leads Klizan by two sets to love. Meanwhile Bautista Agut has recovered his poise to take his match with Kukushkin to a fifth set, and Tsitsipas and Rublev are 5-5 in the third.
Kyle Edmund takes the first set 6-3 against Andujar. A break in the eighth game proves the difference and the Briton serves out to put himself in charge of the match.
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Most people assumed Blinkova would fade away after losing the first set to Osaka, but she is hanging in there. The 20-year-old Russian shows immense steel amid some punishing forehands to hold serve and go 4-3 up. She has some talent.
Edmund and Andujar are relentlessly trading blows from the baseline, but no far no one has buckled. It’s 3-2 in the first set and going with serve, although the Briton looks the likelier to break.
Hello all wherever you are. I arrive with news that Alison Riske has stormed back to beat Garbiñe Muguruza 2-6, 6-1, 6-3. The No 24 seed has had a poor year and it’s getting worse. She looked to be in control there and imploded.
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Kyle Edmund is underway against Pablo Andujar. It’s 1-1 in the first and, from here, Rob Bleaney is going to take care of you for the next little bit of the evening. Stay with him!
Osaka fights off a break point, at advantage Blinkova, with a rapier-like forehand that her opponent can’t return. Blinkova has perked up again here but can’t manoeuvre herself into a repeat of the first set situation – it’s now 1-1 in the second.
Kukushkin now leads Bautista Agut by two sets to one, so there’s a seed in real trouble. Cilic has got over that early scare against Klizan, winning the first set 6-3.
Blinkova creditably clears her head with a service win to love at the start of the second set. Is she still in this?
Fernando Verdasco, seeded 32, is 3-1 up in the first set against Tobias Kamke. The 35-year-old leads the 33-year-old!
And Osaka takes the first set 6-4! That was tough stuff though; she’s had a stern examination here, however the second pans out.
Osaka and Blinkova are producing some lengthy rallies now, and it’s taking more and more for the latter to stay in them. She saves one break point with a tremendous forehand but can’t retrieve the next – Osaka breaks again and leads 5-4. She’s recovered well from that early scare.
Stefanos Tsitsipas recovers from a break down to level Andrey Rublev at 4-6 7-6(5) on Armstrong. This is a battle.
— Tumaini Carayol (@tumcarayol) August 27, 2019
Tumaini is on location. And he’s not wrong. It’s tight out there.
Tsitsipas levels the match with Rublev! He was improving, wasn’t he, and he took a tight tie-break 7-5. Ostapenko beat Krunic 6-3, 7-6 (9-7).
Marin Cilic is out on court by the way, and is a break down to Martin Klizan already.
Osaka is back in business! She breaks back to love, so it’s 4-3 to Blinkova on serve. She’s purring with some of those groundstrokes there. Has order been restored?
Rublev and Tsitsipas will play a second-set tie-break ... I’ll keep you posted on that. In the latest dramatic turnaround elsewhere, Riske leads Muguruza 5-1 in the second having lost the first 6-2.
Blinkova forces a forehand error from Osaka, goes 4-1 up and yells “COME ON!”. Osaka doesn’t look at all right so far. Francesca Di Lorenzo has just beaten Veronika Kudermetova 7-6, 6-2.
Osaka gets off the mark. Kvitova is serving for the match against Allertova. Meanwhile Cornet has beaten Pegula 6-2, 6-3.
Blinkova goes 3-0 up and can have a free hit at Osaka’s serve now, really. She’s looking very positive and sharp. Tsitsipas and Rublev remain on serve as the second set reaches its business end.
And she takes the first, so Osaka is in early trouble. Blinkova, the world No 84, is 2-0 up in the first set.
Popyrin is now two sets up against Delbonis. Meanwhile Osaka is being given a good early test by Blinkova here – the underdog looks aggressive at the net and has two break points ...
Kukushkin completed that turnaround against Bautista Agut, taking the second set 6-1 so it’s one apiece. And another Kazakh has taken inspiration! Alexander Bublik went down 6-2 to Santiago Giraldo in their first set but has taken the second 6-2.
Now Osaka is underway against the Russian, Blinkova. No boos today! Blinkova serves first and it’s a nice start, with some good long rallies. It reaches deuce.
Here’s our first completed match of the day: Bencic defeats Minella 6-3, 6-2.
Tsitsipas has broken back here – 2-2 in the second – and this could completely galvanise his confidence, which was clearly lacking earlier.
Men’s 24th seed Matteo Berretini is a set up, 6-1, against Richard Gasquet. And Bautista Agut, who won comfortably enough in his first set against Kukushkin, is now 5-0 down in the second!
Bit of a turnaround in that Vikhlyantseva v Gorges match. Remember how Gorges lost the first set 6-1? She’s just won the second by that very score!
Osaka gets underway quite soon, by the way, so we’ll have a big focus on that match before long ...
Rublev breaks in the second set! And it comes from a needless Tsitsipas double fault. He is firmly in the driving seat here now, leading 3-1.
Kvitova won the first set against Allertova; Bencic is 3-1 up in the second set against Minella and closing in on a quickish victory.
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Only a sprinkling of fans watching this one, which is a shame as it’s good fun. Rublev came under some pressure in his first service game of the second set but held to 30 and it’s 1-1.
Jelena Ostapenko, always a tricky prospect, leads Aleksandra Krunic by a set. So does Garbine Muguruza against Alison Riske.
Rublev takes the first set 6-4 against Tsitsipas with a superb ace. So we could see a seed on the way out as things stand. This was one of the toughest first-round ties Tsitsipas could have faced, to be fair, and he’s found Rublev to be in excellent nick. He’s looked very smooth throughout.
Men’s tenth seed Roberto Bautista Agut, who has never got beyond the fifth round here, is a set up over the Kazakh player Mikhail Kukushkin. Meanwhile Tsitsipas certainly seems to be over that early wobble but Rublev will now serve for the set ...
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Bencic has battled back against Minella to win that first set 6-3. Aliza Cornet has taken the first set against US hope Jessica Pegula, winning 6-2.
Twice quarter-finalist Petra Kvitova is among others in action right now. She’s the sixth seed and, at 4-2 up in the first set against her compatriot Denisa Allertova, is looking good.
Tsitsipas does seem to have got over that early knee problem and is showing signs of looking sharp around the net. He earns two break-back points ... the first goes begging and then he totally miscues a massive swing at Rublev’s second serve to squander the next one. Rublev sails though deuce for 4-2.
Popyrin has taken the first set 6-1 against Delbonis. That was quick! Almost as rapid is Natalia Vikhlyantseva, who has stormed to a 6-1 opening set lead over Julia Gorges.
Rublev is all over the court at the moment, looking on very good form. He’s just held to love and leads 3-1.
Bencic has broken back against Minella, while Popyrin now leads Delbonis 4-1 in the first set.
Rublev holds his serve to deuce and has control of the first set here – he leads 2-0.
Greg emails: “What price a Williams-Osaka rematch in the final? I’m torn. I really want Serena to reach 24 slams but also feel bad about how Osaka didn’t get to enjoy her victory last year. Thoughts?”
I’d quite like a rematch too – as long as everyone around the court behaves properly, which shouldn’t be too much to ask.
On Court Eight, Alexei Popyrin and Federico Delbonis have already swapped breaks.
An early break for Rublev! Sealed with a whipped double-handed backhand. Tsitsipas seems to be uncomfortable already, waggling his knee about and doing some stretches. Is he for real or just reacting to the loss of serve?
We’ll be most closely following Tsitsipas-Rublev for the next little while, by the way, while still casting eyes around the other courts. If you’re watching – or even at! – one of the other matches then do write in with your thoughts!
Fifteen matches are underway – including this one, as of a moment or two ago! Belinda Bencic, the women’s 15th seed, is a break down already to Mandy Minella.
First up on Louis Armstrong will be Stefanos Tsitsipas against Andrey Rublev – two richly talented 21-year-olds who should serve up a very close first-round tie here. They will be starting pretty soon.
Daniela Hantuchova has just compared Gauff’s on-court movement to that of Martina Hingis. That’s some accolade! Do we agree?
@NickAmes82
— krish (@vkmagus) August 27, 2019
How far do you reckon Coco Gauff will go in this tournament
We need a fresh talent a la Boom Boom Becker of 1985#USOpen
We could do with that, yes. I’m quietly optimistic for her but don’t want to make bold predictions. She’s certainly got a chance of making a big, big impact. Here’s a very relevant piece by Tumaini Carayol:
Kyle Edmund is speaking on the telly:
“I’m feeling excited, had a good week’s training, really enjoyed it and feel like I’ve been progressing nicely. What I’ve got right now is the best I’ve had in a while so it’s just about going and seeing what I’ve got out there on the match court. The conditions here suit me well, the balls fly off, I’ve always enjoyed it. I’m confident in terms of belief in myself in my game but I’m a realist, I haven’t won a huge amount of matches but feel I’ve also done a lot of good stuff.”
He’s not gone past the second round in any of his last four grand slams – let’s hope for a revival here.
Here’s a scene-setter for Osaka’s big return, courtesy of Bryan Armen Graham – who’ll be with you later too:
@NickAmes82 I feel this is finally Serena's 24th Slam after what I saw yesterday. We have quite a few interesting matches today. Tsitsipas v Rublev, Shapovalov v Auger-Aliassime, Pospisil v Khachanov, Potapova v Gauff to name a few young guns facing each other.
— Dan Dracea (@DDracea) August 27, 2019
Yes, Serena was on sizzling form. Good shout on those other games. Coco Gauff will probably be on at around 9pm UK time.
Any thoughts ahead of today’s action? Or based on yesterday’s, for that matter? Send your emails and tweets in to the addresses above. Let’s interact!
Gates are open and Day 2 is a go🚦 #USOpen pic.twitter.com/mE3mnyzxh3
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 27, 2019
The fans are pouring into Flushing Meadows.
Good day!
And what a day we have in store! Various big guns get underway in the next few hours and they’ll all do well to dish out the kind of hiding Serena Williams handed Maria Sharapova yesterday. Novak Djokovic had a straightforward time of things too, but what of today’s contenders?
At midday local time – 5pm UK time – we’ll see the women’s champion Naomi Osaka take on the Russian, Anna Blinkova. That’s in Arthur Ashe Stadium and the third match there will see Rafael Nadal, a semi-finalist last year, face the experienced Australian John Millman.
Those tussles should bookend the day nicely. We’ll also see Simona Halep against Nicole Gibbs, Sloane Stephens taking on Anna Kalinskaya, Nick Kyrgios playing Steve Johnson and Great Britain’s own Kyle Edmund facing Pablo Andujar. The latter will probably take place around teatime UK time.
That’s just some of it; we’ll dig into the rest very soon. Tuesday’s play starts at 4pm UK time
