NEW YORK –Â The US Open began a day sooner than ordinary underneath a new-look prolonged schedule on Sunday, as the principle draw on the yr’s last main stretches to fifteen days amid a surge of recognition from New York’s famously rowdy followers.
The boys’s and ladies’s singles first rounds will play out over three days, as a substitute of two in years previous, permitting entry for an additional 70,000-odd spectators after three straight years of record-breaking attendances.
Ticket holders and the gamers have been handled to excellent circumstances on the sprawling Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Middle, the place temperatures hovered round 75 levels Fahrenheit (23.9°C) and the early programme featured a number of large names.
Ben Shelton, one of many most important house hopes, kicks off the motion at Arthur Ashe Stadium towards Peruvian qualifier Ignacio Buse, after profitable the most important title of his profession in Toronto this month.
Shelton hopes to interrupt a 22-year dry spell for American males at Flushing Meadows, with Andy Roddick was the final to hoist the trophy in 2003.
High-ranked Aryna Sabalenka, the defending champion, is up subsequent towards Swiss Rebeka Masarova.
Britain’s former winner Emma Raducanu performs Japanese qualifier Ena Shibahara on Louis Armstrong Stadium, adopted by American fourth seed Taylor Fritz, who faces compatriot Emilio Nava a yr after dropping within the last.
Novak Djokovic, the document 24-times Grand Slam singles champion, headlines the night programme on Ashe towards American Learner Tien, adopted by 2024 finalist Jessica Pegula who performs Egypt’s Mayar Sherif.
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—Reuters
