NEW YORK – A look at Monday’s play at the $21.6 million US Open tennis championships:
WEATHER: Partly cloudy and mild. High of 71 F (27 C).
ATTENDANCE: Day: 36,085 (opening day record). Night: 23,763. Total: 59,848 (opening day record).
MEN’S SEEDED WINNERS: No. 1 Roger Federer, No. 5 Andy Roddick, No. 8 Nikolay Davydenko, No. 12 Robin Soderling, No. 14 Tommy Robredo, No. 15 Radek Stepanek, No. 20 Tommy Haas, No. 21 James Blake, No. 23 Philipp Kohlschreiber and No. 31 Lleyton Hewitt.
MEN’S SEEDED LOSERS: No. 26 Paul-Henri Mathieu and No. 28 Victor Hanescu.
WOMEN’S SEEDED WINNERS: No. 2 Serena Williams, No. 3 Venus Williams, No. 7 Vera Zvonareva, No. 8 Victoria Azarenka, No. 10 Flavia Pennetta, No. 12 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 14 Marion Bartoli, No. 15 Samantha Stosur, No. 17 Amelie Mauresmo, No. 18 Li Na, No. 20 Anabel Medina Garrigues, No. 22 Daniela Hantuchova, No. 26 Francesca Schiavone, and No. 31 Elena Vesnina.
WOMEN’S SEEDED LOSERS: No. 25 Kaia Kanepi and No. 28 Sybille Bammer.
TOP PLAYERS ON COURT TUESDAY: Men: No. 2 Andy Murray and No. 4 Novak Djokovic. Women: No. 1 Dinara Safina, No. 5 Jelena Jankovic and No. 29 Maria Sharapova.
STAT OF THE DAY: 1,370 – the ranking of Roger Federer’s opponent, American Devin Britton, who managed to break Federer’s serve twice before losing 6-1, 6-3, 7-5.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I thought that for, you know, 10, 15 seconds before he broke me at love the next game. You know, it was fun for the 10, 15 seconds. It was probably the best seconds of my life.” – American wild card Devin Britton, on whether he thought he might be able to beat Roger Federer after breaking Federer’s serve to go up 3-1 in the second set.
ON THIS DATE: Sept. 1, 1977: Renee Richards, the 43-year-old transsexual who had fought for more than a year for the right to play in the women’s singles draw of a major championship, loses in the first round to Virginia Wade. AP