Andy Murray and Francisco Cerundolo face off on Day 1 of US Open. Read for more details

Andy Murray and Francisco Cerundolo face off on Day 1 of US Open. Read for more details
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Andy Murray will play against Francisco Cerundolo on August 29 in the opening games of the US Open. It will be played at Louis Armstrong Stadium.

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Andy Murray is back at the US Open after ten years since his big maiden victory in the state of New York. The legendary British player was playing his first match on an opening day at Flushing Meadows. The match ended up being a tricky first-round tie.

Murray has been facing a lot of issues and injuries since the buildup to the tournament. He has suffered cramps when playing hard-court swing in North America. Murray believes he will gain his best form in the US Open and aspires to be in the fourth round of a major tournament.

If he achieves this, it will be his first time since the last game in 2017.


Vital information about the US Open

The US tournament will start on August 29, Monday. It will continue to go on for two weeks. The men's singles final will take place on September 11, and the women's singles final will take place on September 10.

Andy Murray V/S Francisco Cerundolo

Andy Murray is set to play against Francisco Cerundolo in his first round in New York. Cerundolo has been seeded in the 24th position. However, the Argentinian has never won a match in the main draw at any grand slam. In July, Cerundolo took his title as the senior member of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) at the Swedish Open.

Murray vs. Cerundolo will open on the court of Louis Armstrong Stadium.

It will begin in the evening at four in British Summer Time (eleven in the morning in Eastern Standard Time).

The order of play on the first day of the US Open:

Day session begins at 4 p.m. BST (Louis Armstrong Stadium).

Andy Murray of Great Britain vs. Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina
Daria Snigur of Ukraine vs Simona Halep of Romania
Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine vs. Madison Keys of United States of America


Day session begins at 5 p.m. BST (Arthur Ashe Stadium).

Stefan Kozlov of the United States of America vs. Daniil Medvedev of Russia
"Coco Gauff" of the United States of America vs. "Leolia Jeanjean" of France


Night Session at midnight BST (Louis Armstrong Stadium)

Daniel Elahi Galan of Colombia vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece
Oceane Dodin of France vs. Leylah Fernandez of Canada


Night Session at midnight BST (Arthur Ashe Stadium)

Serena Williams of the United States of America vs. Danka Kovinic of Montenegro
Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia vs Nick Kyrgios of Australia

From Serena Williams To Andy Murray, When Racquets Bore The Brunt Of Players' Rage

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Made In 4 Weeks, Gone In 3 Seconds

The manufacturing of a tennis racquet involves modern methods — like 3D technology — to age old skills such as cutting and moulding. A racquet begins its journey as an idea on the engineer’s computer. From there it goes to the workshop, where different materials, chiefly carbon fibre, are cut, treated, moulded, painted and dried. The carbon is sometimes stored in a room with sub-zero temperatures. The racquet is strung and gripped. This is followed by testing. Only then is it released for sale or shipped to the player it was commissioned by.

A few years ago, Djokovic appeared in a video for his racquet manufacturer, showing the process of ordering a customised racquet. The wait time for the model was six weeks. But as we saw in Paris, three hard blows against the court in a couple of seconds mangled the frame beyond recognition.

Here are moments when racquets bore the brunt of a player’s rage, and a racquet engineer somewhere cringed in horror:


It took Novak Djokovic about three seconds to break his racquet at the French Open. It probably took between three to six weeks to make it.



The top seeds of the US Open:

Men-

Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
Casper Ruud (Norway)
Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canda)
Cameron Norrie (Great Britain)
Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)
Andrey Rublev (Russia)
Taylor Fritz (United States of America)
Jannik Sinner (Italy)
Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain)
Matteo Berrettini (Italy)
Diego Schwartzman (Argentina)
Marin Cilic (Croatia)
Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain)


Women-

Iga Swiatek (Poland)
Anett Kontaveit (Estonia)
Maria Sakkari (Greece)
Paula Badosa (Spain)
Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)
Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
Simona Halep (Romania)
Jessica Pegula (United States of America)
Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain)
Daria Kasatkina (Russia)
Emma Raducanu (Great Britain)
Coco Gauff (United States of America)
Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)
Leylah Fernandez (Canada)
Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil)
Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia)


What are the odds of different players winning?

Men-

Murray has the odd of fifty to one.
Norrie has the odd of forty to one.
Fritz has the odd of twenty-five to one.
Auger-Aliassime has the odd of twenty to one.
Tsitsipas has the odd of fourteen to one.
Kyrgios has the odd of seven to one.
Alcaraz has the odd of seven to two.
Nadal has the odd of five to one.
Medvedev has the odd of nine to four.


Women-

Williams has the odd of forty to one.
Fernandez has the odd of thirty-three to one.
Jabeur has the odd of twenty-two to one.
Pegula has the odd of twenty to one.
Andreescu has the odd of twenty to one.
Raducanu has the odd of sixteen to one.
Osaka has the odd of fourteen to one.
Gauff has the odd of twelve to one.
Rybakina has the odd of eleven to one.
Halep has the odd of seven to one.
Swiatek has the odd of three to one.
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