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FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – No Canadian women in action Monday on the first day of the 2023 US Open.

And you know what that means: all the women will play Tuesday.

Can’t even blame the schedulers; they all ended up in the same half of the draw.

Top most is world No. 1 Iga Swiatek, who will begin her quest for a two-peat against Swede Rebecca Peterson on Arthur Ashe.

As for Caroline Wozniacki, who got a great first-round draw and is returning to the Grand Slam level for the first time in her unretirement, she gets to follow Tsitsipas vs Raonic on Louis Armstrong.

She wore a … Taylor Townsend vintage body suit, and came out wearing a black sort of Dracula cape/wrap.

US Open ’23: Men’s Day 1 results

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US Open
Location: Flushing Meadows, NY
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Aug. 28 – Sept. 10, 2023
Prize money: $65,000,020
Draws: S128 – D64 – X32

Monday, Aug. 28, 2023
Final results
Women’s singles, first round

Upsets

Rebeka Masarova (ESP) def [8] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 64 64

Bernarda Pera (USA) def [16] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 75 64

Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) def [28] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 64 75

[Q] Kaja Juvan (SLO) def [29] Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) 62 75

Extra time

[32] Elise Mertens (BEL) def. [Q] Mirjam Bjorklund (SWE) 36 63 76 [10-3]
Wang Xiyu (CHN) def. ~~Julia Grabher (AUT)~~ [LL] Viktoria Krunkacova (SVK) 46 63 76 [10-6]

Seeds struggling to victory

[6] Coco Gauff (USA) def. [Q] Laura Siegemund (GER) 36 62 64
[19] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) def. Sloane Stephens (USA) 62 57 64
[20] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 62 46 61

Seeds cruising

[1] Iga Swiatek (POL) def. Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 60 61
[4] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def. Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 62 61
[10] Karolina Muchova (CZE) def. [WC] Storm Hunter (AUS) 64 60
[11] Petra Kvitova (CZE) def. Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 61 76 (5)
[15] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) 62 64
[18] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) def [WC] Fiona Ferro (FRA) 61 62
[24] Magda Linette (POL) def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 63 61
[30] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def. [WC] Kayla Day (USA) 62 63

Other results (in alphabetical order)

Mirra Andreeva (RUS) def. [Q] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) 16 63 64
Elena Avanesyan (RUS) def Alizé Cornet (FRA) 62 16 64
[PR] Jennifer Brady (USA) def. [LL] Kimberly Birrell (AUS) 63 76 (4)
Danielle Collins (USA) def. Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) 62 60
Lauren Davis (USA) def. Danka Kovinic (MNE) 62 62
Magdalena Frech (POL) def Emma Navarro (USA) 76 (10) 16 62
Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) def Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 64 62
[Q] Lily Miyazaki (GBR) def [PR] Margarita (Gasparyan) Betova (RUS) 63 63
[PR] Daria Saville (AUS) def. [WC] Clervie Ngounoue (USA) 60 62
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) def. Kateryna Baindl (UKR) 64 36 63
[PR] Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) def Panna Udvardy (HUN) 36 62 64
Taylor Townsend (USA) def Varvara Gracheva (FRA) 64 62
Wang Xinyu (CHN) def. [Q] Katie Volynets (USA) 63 64
[WC] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) def [Q] Tatiana Prorozova (RUS) 63 62
Zhu Lin (CHN) def. Mayar Sherif (EGY) 63 75