US Open at a glance
NEW YORK – A look at Monday’s play, the opening day of the $46.3 million US Open tennis championships:
WEATHER: Sunny, dry and hot. High of 95.
ATTENDANCE: Day: 37,260.
MEN’S SEEDED WINNERS:
No. 4 Rafael Nadal, No. 7 Marin Cilic, No. 9 Jo-WIlfried Tsonga, No. 10 Gael Monfils, No. 18 Pablo Cuevas, No. 20 John Isner, No. 23 Kevin Anderson, No. 31 Albert Ramos-Vinolas and No. 32 Benoit Paire.
Men’s seeded losers:
No. 13 Richard Gasquet and No. 28 Martin Klizan.
WOMEN’S SEEDED WINNERS:
No. 2 Angelique Kerber, No. 3 Garbine Muguruza, No. 7 Roberta Vinci, No. 9 Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 12 Dominika Cibulkova, No. 14 Petra Kvitova and No. 24 Belinda Bencic.
WOMEN’S SEEDED LOSERS:
No. 27 Sara Errani, No. 28 CoCo Vandeweghe, No. 30 Misaki Doi and No. 32 Monica Puig.
Top players on court tuesday:
Men: No. 2 Andy MurrayvsLukas Rosol, No. 3 Stan WawrinkavsFernando Verdasco, No. 6 Kei NishikorivsBenjamin Becker. Women: No. 1 Serena Williams vs. Ekaterina Makarova, No. 4 Agnieszka RadwanskavsJessica Pegula, No. 5 Simona HalepvsKirsten Flipkens, No. 6 Venus WilliamsvsKateryna Kozlova.
STAT OF THE DAY: 142 – The speed in miles per hour of American teenager Frances Tiafoe’s fastest serve, 3 mph more than big-serving American John Isner’s fastest during their first-round match, won by Isner in five sets.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: ‘’It’s not my fault she lost in the last round of qualies.’’ – Polona Hercog, responding to Donna Vekic, who sarcastically tweeted ‘’classy’’ after Hercog retired from her first-round match against No. 2 Angelique Kerber early in the second set. Vekic would’ve replaced Hercog in the draw if Hercog withdrew before the match.
TUESDAY ON TV (All Times EDT): 1-11 p.m., ESPN.
ON THIS DATE (Aug. 30, 1988): 17-year-old Pete Sampras loses to Jaime Yzaga in five sets and 18-year-old Jim Courier defeats Horst Skoff in three sets in their US Open debuts.
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