Novak Djokovic, world number one and great favorite to become US Open champion and already accumulate 21 Grand Slam titles, will have a placid debut on Tuesday against the Danish Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune, 18 years old and 145th in the world. in this year's edition. Since, as AS learned, the top 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 top side, which will play the ranking leader Ashleigh Barty, will start on Tuesday, and the bottom side, with reigning champion Naomi Osaka, on Monday.
As for the Spaniards, Pablo Carreño will face the American Maxime Cressy, from the previous one (24th and 151st), on Tuesday, the same 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, Roberto Bautista, against another Aussie, Nick Kyrgios, Feliciano López, in a fratricidal duel against Bernabé Zapata, Carlos Taberner, against the Dutch Botic van de Zandschulp, Alejandro Davidovich, against the Argentine Marco Trungelliti, Pablo Andújar against Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin and Carlos Alcaraz against British Cameron Norrie.
With regard to the Spanish, Garbiñe Muguruza will face the Croatian Donna Vekic on Monday, Carla Suárez, with the American Danielle Collins, and Rebeka Masarova against the Romanian Ana Bogdan. 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 compete in the men's box the British Andy Murray against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, and the one that will face the Americans Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens in the women's team, they will take place on the opening day on Monday.
US Open men's and women's draws.