Babos reacted with a loud yell. His earliest exit came on his debut in 2000, back when Tiafoe was still to reach his second birthday. Certainly it would be uplifting if one of the new contenders crashed the party, and the most likely of those is Alexander Zverev, whose rising stature earned him the second night match on the main court on day one, against the Bajan Darian King.
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Sharapova is sporting a different look from that night, when she was wearing a black dress under the lights.
The Swiss, looking to claim a record-extending 20 grand slam title, needed to play five sets to advance into round two as questions were raised over his fitness after a back injury.
Nick Kyrgios couldn’t overcome problems with his shoulder or countryman John Millman.
The Maryland teen ran away with the fourth set, going up 2-1 before breezing to an easy 6-1 win.
And its seems like no one knew how much they wanted this look until they saw it. “It took a while to get used to it”. “He was out for six months [in 2016] and didn’t hit a ball”.
An all-day rain of the kind that plagued the US Open on Tuesday can wreak havoc on the schedule. Nadal started a bit sluggish, but once he won the first-set tiebreaker, he put his game on cruise control. The other favourite, Roger Federer, will also begin his campaign Tuesday against American teenager Frances Tiafoe.
The teenaged Tiafoe, who played with assurance in the five-set loss despite being outplayed by the world No. 3, has only advanced beyond the first round of a Slam twice.
“I think in many ways people were hoping for a great battle between a Next Gen [the name associated with the up-and-coming players] and an established player”, Federer said, per Sandra Harwitt of USA Today.
Tennis observers have noticed these movements and superstitions for years, including his habit of jumping at the net during the coin toss, running to the baseline for warm-ups, and running out to the court from the chairs, to name a few. The No. 23 seed beat Misaki Doi of Japan 6-1, 6-3. But ultimately Federer’s skill and experience won out over the course of the two-hour, 37-minute encounter. She’ll meet USA qualifier Nicole Gibbs, while No. 15 Madison Keys faces Tatjana Maria and No. 20 CoCo Vandeweghe plays Ons Jabeur.
Even though the U.S. Tennis Association tried to lessen the noise in Arthur Ashe Stadium after the retractable cover’s debut during last year’s tournament, there was still quite a bit of ambient sound when the top was shut because of rain Tuesday.
The weather shouldn’t be a problem Wednesday, with sunny skies and almost ideal conditions. She faces Timea Babos of Hungary.
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On the women’s side, ninth-seeded Venus Williams returns to action against Oceane Dodin of France in a 7 p.m. match at Ashe.
