by Karen
Day 1 of the US Open starts today at 11:00 a.m. EST and sees 32 matches from the top half of the women’s draw. There are some tasty matches in store and fans of the women’s game are in for a treat.
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Day 1 of the US Open starts today at 11:00 a.m. EST and sees 32 matches from the top half of the women’s draw. There are some tasty matches in store and fans of the women’s game are in for a treat.
For the first time that I can
recall a men’s champion who is defending a Major has been shunted off to an
outside court for his first match of his title defence. Only at the US Open could this ever
happen. Taking top billing today on
Arthur Ashe stadium are 3 women’s matches, the first of which are day time
matches featuring Ana Ivanovic going up against Dominika Cibulkova and Venus
Williams against Monica Puig.
To be honest of the 4 players on
this court, only 1 has had any good hard court results to speak of and that is
Cibulkova, who is 3 months into her return from an extended injury break where she
had surgery on her right foot. I think this may very well be the match of the
day as although Ivanovic has posted some good results, she has not had a
stellar year this year. Cibulkova will
be looking to test Ivanovic’s fitness and Ivanovic will be going for her all
out first strike tennis. I am picking
the upset today. Venus Williams has not
had good results coming into this US Open. She lost in the first round of
Toronto and withdrew with a viral illness from her scheduled second round match
against Ivanovic in Cincinnati. Look for her to come out of the gates against a
player who has all but disappeared from the scene over the last year.
There are some players who could
really use some match wins right now, not the least of whom are Svetlana
Kuznetsova who withdrew from the Citi Open earlier this summer and who has not
really played a match since then, Carla Suarez-Navarro who is on a 6 match
losing streak, as is Eugenie Bouchard and Heather Watson. Sloane Stephens has not had good results
since winning her first title at the Citi Open and Madison Keys, while winning a
few matches in New Haven has also not had very good results.
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Court Assignment
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Players
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Arthur Ashe
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Cibulkova v. Ivanovic
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Williams (V) v. Puig
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Williams (S) v. Diatchenko
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Louis Armstrong
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Vandeweghe v. Stephens
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Grandstand
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Tatishvilli v. Pliskova
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Keys v. Koukalova
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Court 4
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Zheng v. Brengle
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Linette v. Radwanska (U)
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Court 5
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Kozlova v. Mattek-Sands
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Bencic v. Karantcheva
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Court 6
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Kenin v. Duque-Marino
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Suarez-Navarro v. Allertova
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Court 7
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Pegula v. Van Uytvanck
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Mladenovic v. Kuznetsova
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Court 9
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Friedsam v. Kanepi
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Konjuh v. Maria
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Court 10
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Kontaveit v. Dellacqua
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Hantuchova v. Doi
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Court 11
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Siniakova v. Radwanska (A)
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Falconi v. Crawford
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Court 12
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Pereira v. Makarova
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Bertens v. Lucic-Baroni
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Court 13
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Dodin v. Jankovic
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King v. Vinci
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Court 14
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Svitolina v. Kulichkova
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Hercog v. Diyas
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Court 15
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Pavlyuchenkova v. Rybarikova
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Smitkova v. Mitu
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Court 16
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Arruabarrena v. Jovanovski
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Court 17
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Davis v. Watson
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Bouchard v. Riske
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