US Open – Day 1 LIVE: Iga Swiatek gets action underway on Arthur Ashe before Francis Tiafoe features in an all-American clash

Follow Mail Sport’s live blog from Flushing Meadows as the opening day of the 2023 US Open gets underway. 

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The U.S. Open has now officially begun. All the current play is mostly occurring on the outside courts as we speak. 

The main court – Arthur Ashe Stadium – isn’t in use until midday ET. The secondary stadium – Louis Armstrong – currently has Victoria Azarenka on court. 

Novak Djokovic will play for the first time at the U.S. Open since 2021 tonight. 

The No. 2 seed will take on Frenchman Alexandre Muller at 8.15pm ET. 

Victoria Azarenka (No. 18) vs. Fiona Ferro 

Karolina Muchova (No. 10) vs. Storm Sanders 

Iga Switaek (No. 1) vs. Rebecca Peterson

Belinda Bencic (No. 15) vs. Kamilla Rakhimova 

Veronika Kudermetova (No. 16) vs. Bernarda Pera 

Elena Rybakina (No. 4) vs. Marta Kostyuk 

Maria Sakkari (No. 8) vs. Rebeka Masarova

Here are some of the top men’s players in action during the morning and afternoon slates: 

Holger Rune (No. 4) vs. Roberto Carballes Baena 

Dominic Thiem vs. Alexander Bublik 

Casper Ruud (No. 5) vs. Emilio Nava

Frances Tiafoe (No. 10) vs. Learner Tien 

Taylor Fritz (No. 9) vs. Steve Johnson

Tommy Paul (No. 14) vs. Stefano Travaglia 

Felix Auger-Aliassime (No. 15) vs. Mackenzie McDonald

With Andy Roddick the last U.S. man to win a slam — all the way back in 2003 — hopes once again lie with the likes of Tiafoe and Fritz to bring an end to the drought. 

Though, there are five seeded Americans – the most since 2004. Below are the quintet and their first round opponents. 

Fritz (No. 9) vs. Steve Johnson

Tiafoe (No. 10) vs. Learner Tien 

Tommy Paul (No. 14) vs. Stefano Travaglia 

Christopher Eubanks (No. 28) vs. Soonwoo Kwon

Sebastian Korda (No. 31) vs. Marton Fuscovics

43 Americans will feature on day one in the northern part of Queens, NY. 

24 of those will be women and 19 men. Among the headliners are top-10 seeds, Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz. 

Good morning and/or afternoon! Welcome to Mail Sport’s wall-to-wall live coverage of Day 1 at Flushing Meadows for the final grand slam on the calendar. 

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