Novak Djokovic, world number one and big favorite to become US Open champion and already accumulate 21 Grand Slam titles, will have a placid debut at Arthur Ashe on Tuesday (01:00, Eurosport) against the Danish Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune, 18 years old and 145th in the world, in this year’s edition. Since, as AS learned before the order of play was published, the upper part of the men’s team will start on the second day of competition. The drop, where the main candidate to beat the Serbian, Daniil Medvedev, will do so on Monday. While in the feminine, it will be exactly the same. The upper side, for which Ashleigh Barty, leader of the ranking, will play, will start on Tuesday (around 9:00 p.m.) against the Russian Vera Zvonareva, and the lower, with the reigning champion, Naomi Osaka, on Monday (01:00) against the Czech Marie Bouzkova.
As for the Spaniards, Pablo Carreño will face the American Maxime Cressy, from the previous one (24th and 151st), on Tuesday at a time to be confirmed, as well as Jaume Munar, who will face the Russian Aslan Karatsev, Albert Ramos, with the French Lucas Pouille, and Roberto Carballés, with the American Tommy Paul. On Monday they will start the competition Pedro Martínez, against the Australian James Duckworth (around 19:00), Roberto Bautista, against another Aussie, Nick Kyrgios (around 03:00), Feliciano López, in a fratricidal duel against Bernabé Zapata (17: 00), Carlos Taberner, against the Dutch Botic van de Zandschulp (around 22:00), Alejandro Davidovich, against the Argentine Marco Trungelliti (around 20:00), Pablo Andújar against the Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin (around 19:00 ) and Carlos Alcaraz against the British Cameron Norrie (around 0:00).
With regard to the Spanish, Garbiñe Muguruza will face the Croatian Donna Vekic (5:00 p.m.), Carla Suárez, with the American Danielle Collins (around 8:00 p.m.), and Rebeka Masarova against the Romanian Ana Bogdan (around 23:00). On Tuesday, Sara Sorribes will appear on stage, against Czech Karolina Muchova, Paula Badosa, against Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck, Nuria Parrizas, against Russian Varvara Gracheva, and Cristina Bucsa, against Swiss Jill Teichmann.
Murray-Tsitsipas and Keys-Stephens, Monday
The two most interesting matches, a priori, of the first round, those who will play in the men’s draw the British Andy Murray against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (around 20:00), and the one that will face the Americans Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens in the women’s team (18:00), they will take place on the opening day on Monday.
Men’s and women’s tables from the US Open.
Order of play for Monday 30.
