US Open Day 1 Results

US Open started off sucessfully, with top seeds fighting of in the first round. It has been a mixed day for the Americans in the field. While Rafael Nadal overcame local hopeful Ryan Harrison in straight sets, the Williams sisters cruised past their first round opponents. Take note that one of them is a wimbledon semi-finalist and other is a former french open winner.

In women’s draw, the only major upset was that of Flipkens, who was seeded 12th. But 2 seeded players were sent packing in the first round itself. While Fernando Verdasco was overcome by Ivan Dogig in 5 sets, Kei Nishikori and Gulbis were sent packing by Dan Evans and Andreas Haider- Maurer respectively.

Day 1 results :

MEN’S SINGLES:

R.Nadal(ESP) [2] d. R.Harrison(USA) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2,
R.Gasquet(FRA) [8] d. M.Russell(USA) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
D.Ferrer(ESP) [4] d. Kyrgios(AUS) 7-5, 6-3, 6-2
B.Tomic(AUS) d. A.Ramos(ESP) 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 I.Dodig(CRO) uspet F.Verdasco(ESP) [27] 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 4-6, 6-3 J.Tipsarevic(SRB) [18] d. P.Cuevas(URU) 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 retd.
T.Robredo(ESP) [19] d. Matosevic(AUS) 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2
D.Evans(GBR) upset K.Nishikori(JPN) [11] 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
B.Klahn(USA) d. K. De Schepper(FRA) 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 7-6
A.Haider-Maurer(AUT) upset E.Gulbis(LAT) [30] 3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6, 6-4
R.Bautista Agut(ESP) d. T.Bellucci(BRA) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
F.Lopez(ESP) [23] d. F.Serra(FRA) 6-7, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
D.Sela(ISR) d. A.Kuznetsov(RUS) 7-6, 6-3, 6-7, 5-7, 6-4
N.Davydenko(RUS) d. R.Williams(USA) 6-3, 4-6, 1-6, 7-5, 6-0
D.Tursunov(RUS) [32] d. A.Bedene(SLO) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
S.Robert(FRA) d. A.Olivetti(FRA) 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
F.Dancevic(CAN) d. R.Haase(NED) 7-6, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6
M.Kukushkin(KAZ) d. A.Martin(SVK) 6-4, 7-6, 7-5
G.Rufin(FRA) d. J.Struff(GER) 7-6, 6-3, 2-6, 2-6, 6-1

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WOMEN’S SINGLES

A.Radwanska(POL) [3] d. S.Soler-Espinosa(ESP) 6-1, 6-2
V.Williams(USA) d. K.Flipkens(BEL) [12] 6-1, 6-2
S.Williams(USA) [1] d. F.Schiavone(ITA) 6-0, 6-1
N.Li(CHN) [5] d. O.Govortsova(BLR) 6-2, 6-2
S.Stephens(USA) [15] d. M.Minella(LUX) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6
J.Jankovic(SRB) [9] d. M.Keys(USA) 6-3, 6-4
L.Robson(GBR) [30] d. L.Dominguez Lino(ESP) 7-5, 6-0
J.Hampton(USA) [23] d. L.Arruabarrena(ESP) 6-4, 6-2
S.Lisicki(GER) [16] d. V.Dushevina(RUS) 6-2, 7-6
P.Ormaechea(ARG) d. K.Date-Krumm(JPN) 6-3, 7-6
E.Bouchard(CAN) d. Ka.Pliskova(CZE) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
A.Kerber(GER) [8] d. L.Hradecka(CZE) 6-1, 6-1
C.Suarez Navarro(ESP) [18] d. L.Davis(USA) 6-0, 6-0
K.Mladenovic(FRA) d. A.Medina Garrigues(ESP) 6-1, 1-6, 6-1
K.Kanepi(EST) [25] d. V.King(USA) 4-6, 7-6, 6-1
S.Cirstea(ROU) [19] d. S.Fichman(CAN) 7-5, 5-7, 6-1
C.Vandeweghe(USA) d. A.Krunic(SRB) 6-4, 7-6
A.Kleybanova(RUS) d. M.Puig(PUR) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
A.Schmiedlova(SVK) d. S.Voegele(SUI) 6-1, 5-7, 7-6
K.Nara(JPN) d. A.Cadantu(ROU) 6-2, 6-2
B.Mattek-Sands(USA) d. M.Johansson(FRA) 6-3, 6-1
P.Mayr-Achleitner(AUT) d. M.Rybarikova(SVK) [29] 7-6, 6-3
U.Radwanska(POL) d. I.Begu(ROU) 6-1, 6-3
E.Makarova(RUS) [24] d. P.Hercog(SLO) 6-2, 6-4
M.Torro-Flor(ESP) d. M.Erakovic(NZL) 6-0, 6-4
C.Garcia(FRA) d. S.Rogers(USA) 6-3, 6-2
A.Pavlyuchenkova(RUS) [32] d. V.Razzano(FRA) 7-5, 6-0
S.Arvidsson(SWE) d. P.Cetkovska(CZE) 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
J.Zheng(CHN) d. K.Bertens(NED) 6-1, 6-3
Y.Shvedova(KAZ) d. O.Puchkova(RUS) 6-1, 6-0
A.Barty(AUS) d. E.Cabeza Candela(ESP) 6-1, 6-4
G.Voskoboeva(KAZ) d. M.Niculescu(ROU) 6-4, 6-3