Day 1 matches of note-
1.Caroline Dolehide over Shelby Rogers 3-6 7-6 6-3
2.Belinda Bencic over Timea Babos 1-6 6-1 7-6
3.Naomi Osaka over Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-4
4.Sam Stosur over Lauren Davis 3-6 6-3 6-4
5.Sasha Vickery over Eugenie Bouchard 6-3 6-4
Day 2:
TV- Tennis Channel 2pm-2am
Synopsis-
1.Men start play as well as Women
2.Serena Williams is the prime time match (7pm pst) and Vika is the late match out west, Ryan Harrison is the late afternoon match out west( 630pm in the East)
3.The middle match on Court 2 would be the between session match on Stadium and that has Dennis Shapovalov
Schedule: times eastern
Stadium 1-
2pm-Taylor Fritz vs Reilly Opelka
4pm-Sara Sorribes Tormo vs Catherine Bellis, Steve Johnson vs Danil Medvedev and Ryan Harrison vs Frederico Delbonis
10pm-Serena Williams vs Zarina Diyas and Victoria Azarenka vs Heather Watson
Stadium 2-
2pm-Danielle Collins vs Taylor Townsend, Borna Corcic vs Donald Young, Alize Kornet vs Sofya Zhuk, Dennis Shapovalov vs Ricardas Berankis and Jared Donaldson vs Evan King
1130pm-Karen Khachnov vs Evgeny Donskoy
TV Matches-
2pm-Fritz vs Opelka and some Collins vs Townsend
4pm-both matches
6pm-Ryan Harrison match
8pm-Dennis Shapovalov match
10pm-2am- Stadium 1 night session
Matches to watch:
ESPN3 has all courts online
2pm-Taylor Fritz vs Reilly Opelka (Stadium 1), this will also be seen on Tennis Channel but, 2 Americans do battle and should be good (alternative- Taylor Townsend vs Danielle Collins (Stadium 2), 2 American women do battle as well)
330pm-Borna Corcic vs Donald Young (Stadium 2), should be a close one (alternative- Ivo Karlovic vs Maximilian Marterer (Stadium 5) always fun to watch Dr. Ivo’s hard serve/
5pm-Christina McHale vs Katerina Siniakova (Stadium 4), good women’s match in a small court and will not be seen by many (alternative-Fernando Verdasco vs Guido Pella (Stadium 3), 2 veteran players)
630pm-Ryan Harrison vs Frederico Delbonis (Stadium 1), young american gets a good challenge (alternative- Dennis Shapavlova vs Ricardo Berankis (Stadium 2), a young stud in Shapavlova plays his 1st match)
8pm-Jared Donaldson vs Evan King (Stadium 2), between session match and should be a good one between 2 Americans
10pm-2am- Serena Williams vs Zarina Diyas and approx 1130pm Victoria Azarenka vs Heather Watson, 2 good matches with marquee players on tap (Alternative- Karen Khachanov vs Evgeny Donsky at 1130pm, in the late match on Stadium 2)
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