Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 33 seed, advanced to the second round of the US Open by defeating Russian Veronika Kudermetova in a hard-fought match in New York on Monday. Mertens, who is ranked No 35, will face either Australian Ajla Tomljanovic or American qualifier Ann Li in her next match.
In other first-round results from the New York Grand Slam, here are the most recent outcomes:
– Shelby Rogers vs. Jessica Pegula
– Bianca Andreescu vs. Jasmine Paolini
– Emma Raducanu vs. Sofia Kenin
– Mayar Sherif vs. Karolina Pliskova
– Anastasia Potapova vs. Leylah Fernandez
– Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Elina Avanesyan
– Nadia Podoroska vs. Diana Shnaider
– Qiang Wang vs. Liudmila Samsonova
– Eva Lys vs. Marie Bouzkova
– and many more matches have taken place, with Madison Keys, Coco Gauff, and many others securing victories in their respective matches.