Sloane Stephens — Getty Images
• Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams both cruised in their opening matches, winning in straight sets without much pushback from their opponents. Nadal took down American Ryan Harrison 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 while Williams dropped only a single recreation in her two sets towards Italian Francesca Schiavone.
• Venus Williams was additionally a big story on Day One, taking down No. 12 seed Kristen Flipkens 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the second round in a Grand Slam for the first time for the reason that Australian Open this 12 months. Williams was impressive along with her first serve, successful 75 % of her factors when she obtained it in and appears like some of the nagging injuries which have sidelined her are gone for now.
• Weather was a problem all day on the U.S. Open, forcing a number of the late matches, together with Roger Federer, to Tuesday.
It looked like American Sloane Stephens may be out earlier than the match really began, dropping her first set of this U.S. Open to Mandy Minella. A rain delay helped Stephens find her way, and after winning the second set faced one other powerful spot in the third after getting broken to fall down four-2 to Minella within the ultimate set.
That was the place Stephens showed the combat that we have seen in previous Grand Slams, taking the third set to a tiebreaker and finally profitable that 7-5 to advance to the second spherical.
This return by Rafael Nadal in his opening match towards Ryan Harrison was simply downright ridiculous.
Francesca Schiavone — Getty Images
It was a tough match for Francesca Schiavone, who obtained smoked by Serena Williams, but this image of her hugging a ball boy is one of the best from the primary day of the U.S. Open.
Bernard Tomic — Getty Images
Bernard Tomic survived a gritty 5-set win over Albert Ramos, and did it in type along with his glossy Nike gear on.
It was a formidable win by Venus Williams on Monday at the U.S. Open, however her outfit left a lot to be desired. No, it wasn’t simply the gown and the hair,
check out what she had on her left hand
during her opening round win over Kristen Flipkens.
Day Two of the U.S. Open will open with matches being accomplished that got pushed due to weather in New York on Monday evening.
Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Victoria Azarenka are all scheduled to play on Tuesday, and we will be following all of the motion so verify back with us.
U.S. Open, Day 1: Sloane Stephens survives a first round scare as the Williams sisters advance
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