Rain, Djokovic, Serena: what to remember from the night at the US Open – US Open

The number

20

Sad day in New York. Because of the constant showers Big Apple the organization of the tournament decided to postpone all matches to the day of Thursday, with the exception of those scheduled on courts with a roof (Arthur-Ashe and Louis – Armstrong). There are 20 games counting for the second round of men's and women's singles which are postponed, in addition to the first doubles matches … The meetings briefly started Wednesday on the open courts of Flushing Meadows, but after a few exchanges only, the rain interrupted them and the organizers announced their postponement. "Due to the weather, the day session of the US Open Wednesday was canceled for all the outdoor courts," announced the organizers shortly before 18h in New York.

The injury

"The pain in my shoulder embarrassed me in the service and in reverse (…) I have to do with and know how to seize every opportunity." Like Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, protected from the rain by the roof of the court Arthur-Ashe, validated his ticket to the 3^e turn, despite a painful left shoulder. He won his 40th win of the year against Ignacio Londero (6-4, 7-6, 6-1) but did not hide some concern. Before leaving the court, he quipped that he was going to "jam (his) arm during the next two days of rest," later stating that his left shoulder had been hurting him for two weeks. "I'm going to show this to experts in sports medicine and I hope that in two days I can play without pain." To be continued…

The phrase

"Tonight, I survived! I'm not happy with the way I played, I promise to do better. In the middle of the second set, I could not play worse, so I thought 'let out a little Serena!' "Serena Williams had humiliated Maria Sharapova in the first round. She suffered in night assignment against Cathrine McNally, a young compatriot with a wild card who was not born when she won the first of her six US Open in 1999 … The youngest of the Williams sisters who Always aiming to equal the record Grand Slam titles (24) stammered his tennis before regaining his wits to overcome his young compatriot.

The surprise

Fabio Fognini's first round knockout, seed 11, Reilly Opelka of the United States was surprised by the German qualifier Dominik Koepfer, 118^e World Cup in qualifying (6-4 6-4 7-6) in the late evening on the Louis Armstrong court. This is a new disappointment for American men's tennis.

Polemic

As a regular. Austrian Nick Kyrgios sparked a controversy by declaring Tuesday night after his first-round win over Steve Johnson (6-3, 7-6, 6-4), ATP was corrupt. A phrase dropped in response to a question about his recent fine of $ 113,000, following his excesses at the Cincinnati Masters 1000. The controversial Kygios returned a few hours later on his comments via social networks. "I would like to clarify my comment about the corruption of ATP. It was not the right choice of vocabulary and I wanted to point out what I see as a double standard rather than corruption. I know that my behavior has sometimes been controversial and has caused me problems, which sometimes was deserved, but I have trouble with the fact that others have more or less the same behavior and are not sanctioned . "