Aug 31 (Reuters) – Highlights of the second day at U.S. Open on Monday (times GMT):
1607 MUCHOVA MOVES ONTO SECOND ROUND
Wimbledon finalist Karolina Muchova brushed aside Sinja Kraus as the Czech seventh seed won 6-3 6-0 in their first-round match.
1500 PLAY BEGINS
Play began in New York under cloudy skies, with the temperature around 23 degrees Celcius.
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U.S. OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON MONDAY (prefix number denotes seeding):
ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (1530 GMT/1130 ET)
1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Camila Osorio (Colombia)
Roman Safiullin (Russia) v 2-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
8-Ben Shelton (U.S.) v Tallon Griekspoor (Netherlands)
13-Naomi Osaka (Japan) v Anastasia Zakharova (Russia)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM (1500 GMT/1100 ET)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) v 10-Arthur Fils (France)
Ashlyn Krueger (U.S.) v 10-Amanda Anisimova (U.S.)
8-Iga Swiatek (Poland) v Wang Xiyu (China)
Martin Damm (U.S.) v 11-Frances Tiafoe (U.S.)
(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru)
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