Victoria Duval — AP
• The upset of Sam Stosur by 17-yr-previous American Victoria Duval was the story of the day (we’ll get to it in a minute), but other than that it was a fairly friendly day for the favorites.
Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Victoria Azarenka cruised in their first round matches, with names like Caroline Wozniacki, Sara Errani and John Isner additionally having fun with a pleasant Tuesday, with none of these names dropping a set.
• American Donald Young, who made a splash on this match back in 2011 when he superior to the fourth spherical, gained his match in straight units towards Martin Klizan to advance to the second spherical in a Grand Slam for the first time since the 2012 Australian Open.
In what not solely was the upset of the day but also the match of the day, 17-year-previous American Victoria Duval beat No. eleven Sam Stosur, a decide of lot of individuals had advancing deep into this match contemplating her friendly bracket.
Duval lost the first set 7-5, but bounced again, taking the second and third units 6-four to advance to the second spherical at the U.S. Open.
The Duval story is great contemplating she was taking part in within the junior event right here final yr and whereas the teenager seemed composed on the court docket as she took out a former champion of this occasion, she told ESPN after the match, “I’m simply so excited!”
Victoria Duval — AP
This is what a 17-year-old winning her first Grand Slam on residence soil looks like. A shocking, and unimaginable picture of Victoria Duval, the story of this Tuesday at the U.S. Open.
Ana Ivanovic — Getty Images
In my opinion Ana Ivanovic can do no wrong, and that continued to be true with this outfit she rocked during her first round win over Anna Tatishvili on Tuesday.
Tomas Berdych — AP
There was lots to love about Tomas Berdych’s straight set win over Paolo Lorenzi, but this outfit was not a kind of issues.
This man could be loads of things, but sunburned is not going to be certainly one of them.
Wednesday will give us Andy Murray’s opening spherical, Sloane Stephen’s return to the courtroom after a close to upset on Monday, and both Serena and Venus Williams making an attempt to advance to the third round.
U.S. Open, Day 2: American Victoria Duval upsets Sam Stosur
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