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FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – No. 1 Iga Swiatek begins her US Open campaign, trying to do what she has not yet done in her career – make a deep US Open run. She started well.

And Venus Williams, at 42, returned to New York and got Ashe Stadium for her first-round match against Alison Van Uytvanck. After which she was one and done.

Naomi Osaka, was n for a ride against a feisty Danielle Collins, who came in woefully short of match play this summer. But she remembers how to do it.

2022 US Open – Day 2 men’s final results

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US Open
Location: Flushing Meadows, NY
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Aug. 29- Sept. 11, 2022
Draws: S128 – D64

Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022
Final results
Singles, first round

Suspended

[28] Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. [WC] Peyton Stearns (USA) 64 22 – suspended

Upsets

Zheng Qinwen (CHN) def [16] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 63 36 64
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def [24] Amanda Anisimova (USA) 63 63
[Q] Clara Burel (FRA) def [25] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 64 64
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) def [32] Elise Mertens (BEL) 36 62 63

To the limit

[22] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) def. Magda Linette (POL) 62 46 76 [10-8]

Former champions out

Alizé Cornet (FRA) def [11] Emma Raducanu (GBR) 63 63

[19] Danielle Collins (USA) def. Naomi Osaka (JPN) 76 (5) 63

Injury retirements

Lauren Davis (USA) def Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 46 76 (3) *54 30-30 retd

Seeds advancing

[1] Iga Swiatek (POL) def. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 63 60
[4] Paula Badosa (ESP) def Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 36 76 (4) 63
[6] Aryna Sabalenka def. [Q] Catherine Harrison (USA) 61 63
[8] Jessica Pegula (USA) def. [Q] Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 62 62
[9] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) def. Clara Tauson (DEN) 63 76 (5)
[13] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. Andrea Petkovic (GER) 62 46 64
[21] Petra Kvitova (CZE) def. [Q] Erika Andreeva 76 (3) 60
[26] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) def. [Q] Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 61 46 62

Other results (in alphabetical order)

Marie Bouzkova (CZE) def. [Q] Linda Noskova (CZE) 62 67 (3) 62
[Q] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) def Kaja Juvan (SLO) 64 64
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def. Laura Siegemund (GER) 64 64
[Q] Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) def Wang Xinyu (CHN) 63 64
Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) def Bernarda Pera (USA) 64 64
Kaia Kanepi (EST) def Tereza Martincova (CZE) 76 (4) 63
Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def. Mayar Sherif (EGY) 76 (2) 64
Petra Martic (CRO) def Varvara Gracheva 64 76 (3)
Jule Niemeier (GER) def [WC] Sofia Kenin (USA) 76 (3) 64
Anastasia Potapova def. Claire Liu (USA) 61 64
Aliaksandra Sasnovich def [Q] Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) 62 64
Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def [PR] Taylor Townsend (USA) 64 46 62
Sloane Stephens (USA) def. Greet Minnen (BEL) 16 63 63
[Q] Yuan Yue (CHN) def. [WC] Jaimee Fourlis (AUS) 63 62
Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) def [WC] Venus Williams (USA) 61 76 (5)