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As soon as the qualifiers are decided and placed, the US Open officials get to work on finalizing the schedule for Day 1.

And the day matches on Arthur Ashe aren’t too surprising, for both the men and the women.

Félix Auger-Aliassime threw the schedule all out of whack as he needed exactly four hours to defeat qualifier Evgeny Donskoy in four sets.

And the comebacks from two sets to none down were legion.

US Open Day 1 – Women’s singles final results

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Singles, first round

Canadian Corner

[12] Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def. Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) 76 (0) 36 76 (1) 76 (8)

0-2 comebacks

Pablo Andujar (ESP) def [LL] Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 36 46 64 64 62
Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) def. Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 67 (10) 36 75 63 64
Botic Van De Zandschulp (NED) def Carlos Taberner (ESP) 26 36 64 75 63
Pedro Martinez (ESP) def. James Duckworth (AUS) 46 46 76 (7) 62 62
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 36 46 64 63 63

To the limit

Kevin Anderson (RSA) def. Jiri Vesely (CZE) 76 (1) 46 36 76 (5) 76 (4)

Five-setters

[3] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) def. Andy Murray (GBR) 26 76 (7) 36 63 64
[Q] Peter Gojowczyk (GER) def [23] Ugo Humbert (FRA) 16 61 62 57 64
[Q] Marco Trungelliti (ARG) def [29] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 57 63 75 67 (3) 64
[LL] Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) def Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 57 76 (6) 46 63 63
Dominik Koepfer (GER) def. [Q] Quentin Halys (FRA) 64 36 46 63 64

Upsets

[WC] Brandon Nakashima (USA) def [19] John Isner (USA) 76 (7) 76 (6) 63
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def. [26] Cameron Norrie (GBR) 64 64 63
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) def [30] Marin Cilic (CRO) 67 (4) 67 (3) 62 61 20 retd
[PR] Guido Pella (ARG) def [32] Filip Krajinovic (SRB) 67 (2) 63 62 62

Seeds pushed

[16] Cristian Garin (CHI) def Norbert Gombos (SVK) 63 46 64 76 (4)
[24] Daniel Evans (GBR) def. Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 63 67 (6) 64 61

Seeds straight-setting

[2] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def. Richard Gasquet (FRA) 64 63 61
[5] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def. [Q] Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 63 76 (3) 63
[8] Casper Ruud (NOT) def. ~~Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)~~ [LL] Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 63 62 62
[11] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) def. Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 75 63 63
[15] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) def. [WC] Sam Riffice (USA) 61 76 (3) 63
[18] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) def. Nick Kyrgios (AUS) 63 64 60

Other results (in alphabetical order)

Facundo Bagnis (ARG) def. Taro Daniel (JPN) 63 63 63
Marcos Giron (USA) def. [Q] Antoine Hoang (FRA) 63 64 75
[Q] Henri Laaksonen (SUI) def John Millman (AUS) 76 (6) 76 (2) 61
Dusan Lajovic (SRB) def Benoit Paire (FRA) 63 75 26 64
[Q] Alex Molcan (SVK) def [Q] Cem Ilkel (TUR) 46 63 61 61
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) def. Radu Albot (MDA) 63 67 (3) 63 63
Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) def. [Q] Kamil Majchrzak (POL) 64 62 36 61
Frances Tiafoe (USA) def. [Q] Christopher Eubanks (USA) 76 (8) 57 63 64