Day 1 of the 2013 US Open has ended and there weren’t many surprises. All top-seeded players advanced to the second round without too much trouble.
There were a couple matches on the men’s singles side that went all the way to five sets and those matches were the most interesting ones of US Open Day 1. American Sloane Stephens (15th seed) had the most trouble in the women’s singles first round against Mandy Minella but was able to overcome 0-1 set deficit and win the match 2-1 by winning 3rd set tiebreak (7-5).
Also, former World No.1 Venus Williams was able to beat Kirsten Flipkens (12th seed) in straight sets.
Most important Men’s Singles First Round scores (Day 1):
Rafael Nadal (1) def. Ryan Harrison (3:0) (6:4; 6:2; 6:2)
Richard Gasquet (8) def. Michael Russell (3:0) (6:4; 6:3; 6;2)
David Ferrer (4) def. Nick Kyrgios (3:0) ( 7:5; 6:3; 6:2)
Bernard Tomic def. Alberto Ramos (3:2) (6:3; 3:6; 4;6; 7:6; 6:3)
Ivan Dodig def. Fernando Verdasco (3:2) (6:3; 7:5; 1:6; 4:6 ; 6:3)
Janko Tipsarevic (18) def. Pablo Cuevas (2:1 ret) (6:3; 6:7; 6:3 ret.)
Tommy Robredo (19) def. Marinko Matosevic (3:1) (6:3; 6:7; 6:3; 6:2)
Daniel Evans def. Kei Nishikori (3:0) (6:4; 6:2; 6:2)
Feliciano Lopez (23) def. Florent Serra (3:1) (6:7; 6:2; 6:3; 6:3)
Most Important Women’s Singles First Round scores (Day 1):
Agnieszka Radwanska (3) def. Silvia Soler – Espinosa (2:0) (6:1; 6:2)
Venus Williams def. Kirsten Flipkens (12) (2:0) (6:1; 6:2)
Serena Williams (1) def. Francesca Schiavone (2:0) (6:1; 6:0)
Na Li (5) def. Olga Govortsova (2:0) (6:2; 6:2)
Sloane Stephens (15) def. Many Minella (2:1) (4:6; 6:3; 7:6)
Jelena Jankovic (9) def. Madison Keys (2:0) (6:3; 6:4)
Laura Robson def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino (2:0) (7:5; 6:0)
Sabine Lisicki (16) def. Vera Dushevina (2:0) (6:2; 7:6)
Carla Suarez Navaro (18) def. Lauren Davis (2:0) (6:0; 6:0)
Ekatarina Makarova def Polona Hercog (2:0) (6:2; 6:4)