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A set down to Hanne Vandewinkel, Karolina Pliskova found her way back. The 2016 US Open finalist is through to the second round.

Tomas Machac won eight games all afternoon. Toby Samuel needed three straight sets to put the Czech out of the US Open on opening day.

The world No. 3 needed ten break points to make the first one count, then dropped only five games. Venus Williams or Sofia Kenin waits in the second round.

The 2021 champion needed 2 hours 16 minutes and never lost serve. A year after going out in the first round in New York, Medvedev started this one properly.

Casper Ruud will not play the US Open. The Norwegian announced on Sunday that his back has not healed in time, and a lucky loser inherits his place in the draw.

Alcaraz has not played since April. The Opta supercomputer still gives him nearly double the title odds of the top seed at Flushing Meadows.

Every player in the draw goes home with six figures $140,000 for losing in the first round. That number has never existed in tennis before, and it applies to all 128 players in each main draw at Flushing Meadows this fortnight. The US Open starts on Sunday with a total purse of $108 million, up…

The US Open opens with a record $108 million pot and a $5.5 million payday for each champion. Craig Tiley says a revenue share is not on the table.

A 6-0 set in the middle of it Diane Parry lost the second set without winning a game. She won the trophy anyway. The 23-year-old beat Elise Mertens 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 in the final of the Abierto GNP Seguros de Monterrey, and it is the first WTA title of her career. It was also the…