Much to the delight of tennis fans this week the USTA changed the format of the US Open by spreading the first round singles matches over three days. The matches started Sunday, while tens of thousands of fans turned the grounds and pathways into the best-dressed 3-day mosh pit we’ve ever seen. The National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park is certainly the ‘place to be’ for the end of summer.

Although 6th seeded American Madison Keys disappointed the crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium Monday, amassing 89 unforced errors in a first round loss, Californian Jenson Brooksby beat Aleksander Vukic from Australia in 5 sets in one of the most intense matches Monday. Fan favorite Frances Tiafoe outlasted 149th ranked Yoshihito Nishioka, from Japan in the afternoon. Carlos Alcaraz surprised onlooke

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