2019 US Open Women's Day One Schedule: Williams against Sharapova highlights opening day of action

Monday, 26 August 2019 at 14:09

The opening day of action at the US Open is here with the start of both the men's and women's draw taking place at Flushing Meadows, in the Women's draw the highlight is Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova facing off.

It all begins at the Arthur Ashe Stadium with number two seed Ashleigh Barty; the Aussie takes on Zarina Diyas. At Louis Armstrong Stadium, Karolina Pliskova the number three seed starts proceedings off.

Venus Williams will be taking Zheng Saisai after 1 ATP match and Cincinatti champion Madison Keys will attempt to have a similar run to 2017 where she lost in the final will play after when she takes on Misaki Doi.

Angelique Kerber, Elina Svitolina, Johanna Konta and Sofia Kenin are also among the players involved on the first day in the Big Apple.

Click here for a preview of the women's and men's draw at this year's US Open.

Order of Play - Monday 26 August

Arthur Ashe Stadium
Play Starts At 12 Noon

Zarina Diyas (Kaz) V Ashleigh Barty (Aus) [2]

7pm
Serena Williams (USA) [8] V Maria Sharapova (Rus)

Louis Armstrong Stadium

Tereza Martincova (Cze) V Karolina Pliskova (Cze) [3]

After 1 ATP Match

Zheng Saisai (Chn) V Venus Williams (USA)

7pm
After 1 ATP Match

Misaki Doi (Jpn) V Madison Keys (USA) [10]

Grandstand

After 1 ATP Match

Angelique Kerber (Ger) [14] V Kristina Mladenovic (Fra)

After 1 ATP Match

Sofia Kenin (USA) [20] V Coco Vandeweghe (USA)

Court 4

Petra Martic (Cro) [22] V Tamara Zidansek (Slo)

Monica Niculescu (Rou) V Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) [32]

Court 5

Eugenie Bouchard (Can) V Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) [12]

Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) V Samantha Stosur (Aus)

Court 6

After 1 ATP Match

Ivana Jorovic (Srb) V Iga Swiatek (Pol)

Peng Shuai (Chn) V Varvara Lepchenko (USA)

Court 7

After 1 ATP Match

Elena Rybakina (Kaz) V Karolina Muchova (Cze)

After 1 ATP Match

Catherine McNally (USA) V Timea Bacsinszky (Sui)

Court 8

Monica Puig (Pur) V Rebecca Peterson (Swe)

Court 9

Mariam Bolkvadze (Geo) V Bernarda Pera (Usa)

Jana Cepelova (Svk) V Hsieh Su-wei (Tpe) [29]

Court 10

Caroline Garcia (Fra) [27] V Ons Jabeur (Tun)

After 2 ATP Matches

Caroline Dolehide (USA) V Wang Qiang (Chn) [18]

Court 11

After 1 ATP Match

Lauren Davis (USA) V Johanna Larsson (Swe)

After 1 ATP Match

Magdalena Frech (Pol) V Laura Siegemund (Ger)

Court 12

After 1 ATP Match

Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) V Jennifer Brady (USA)

Maria Sakkari (Gre) [30] V Camila Giorgi (Ita)

Court 13

After 2 ATP Matches

Viktorija Golubic (Sui) V Zhang Shuai (Chn) [33]

Zhu Lin (Chn) V Wang Xinyu (Chn)

Court 14

Ana Bogdan (Rou) V Harriet Dart (GBR)

Margarita Gasparyan (Rus) V Priscilla Hon (Aus)

Court 15

After 1 ATP Match

Fiona Ferro (Fra) V Daria Gavrilova (Aus)

Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk) V Alison Van Uytvanck (Bel)

Court 17

Johanna Konta (GBR) [16] V Daria Kasatkina (Rus)

After 1 ATP Match

Elina Svitolina (Ukr) [5] V Whitney Osuigwe (USA)

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