2019 US Open Women's Day One Schedule: Williams against Sharapova highlights opening day of action
WTAMonday, 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
Play Starts At 12 Noon
Zarina Diyas (Kaz) V Ashleigh Barty (Aus) [2]
7pm
Serena Williams (USA) [8] V Maria Sharapova (Rus)
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
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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