The U.S. Open men’s and women’s singles competitions continued Monday as the second group of players began their campaigns at the final Grand Slam of the year, held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.<\/p>\n
Last year’s women’s champion, Aryna Sabalenka, won her first-round match 7-5, 6-1 against Rebeka Masarova on Sunday. On the men’s side, defending champion Jannik Sinner is scheduled to open his title defense Tuesday against Vit Kopriva.<\/p>\n
Monday’s action featured several big names, including Venus Williams, Frances Tiafoe, Madison Keys, Reilly Opelka, Carlos Alcaraz and Jack Draper, as they looked to challenge top seeds and returning champions on Day 2.<\/p>\n
Both the men’s and women’s champions will take home $5 million each.<\/p>\n
Results after Day 2<\/p>\n
U.S. Open \u2013 Men’s First Round Results<\/p>\n
No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz def. Reilly Opelka 6-4, 7-5, 6-4<\/p>\n
No. 5 Jack Draper def. Federico Agust\u00edn G\u00f3mez 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-2<\/p>\n
No. 9 Karen Khachanov def. Nishesh Basavareddy 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-5, 6-1<\/p>\n
No. 11 Holger Rune def. Botic van de Zandschulp 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)<\/p>\n
No. 12 Casper Ruud def. Sebastian Ofner 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (5)<\/p>\n
No. 15 Andrey Rublev def. Dino Pri\u017emi\u0107 6-4, 6-4, 6-3<\/p>\n
No. 17 Frances Tiafoe def. Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-3<\/p>\n
Adam Walton def. No. 22 Ugo Humbert 6-4, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-1<\/p>\n
No. 24 Flavio Cobolli def. Francesco Passaro 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3<\/p>\n
Francisco Comesa\u00f1a def. No. 28 Alex Michelsen 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4<\/p>\n
No. 31 Gabriel Diallo def. Damir D\u017eumhur 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-5, 7-5<\/p>\n