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US Open Glance

NEW YORK (AP) - A look at Monday's play, the opening day of the $46.3 million U.S. Open tennis championships:

WEATHER: Sunny, dry and hot. High of 95.

ATTENDANCE: Day: 37,260. Night: 23,262. Total: 60,522.

MEN'S SEEDED WINNERS: No. 1 Novak Djokovic, No. 4 Rafael Nadal, No. 5 Milos Raonic, No. 7 Marin Cilic, No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 10 Gael Monfils, No. 15 Roberto Bautista Agut, No. 18 Pablo Cuevas, No. 20 John Isner, No. 23 Kevin Anderson, No. 24 Lucas Pouille, No. 26 Jack Sock, No. 31 Albert Ramos-Vinolas and No. 32 Benoit Paire.

MEN'S SEEDED LOSERS: No. 13 Richard Gasquet and No. 28 Martin Klizan.

WOMEN'S SEEDED WINNERS: No. 2 Angelique Kerber, No. 3 Garbine Muguruza, No. 7 Roberta Vinci, No. 8 Madison Keys, No. 9 Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 12 Dominika Cibulkova, No. 13 Johanna Konta, No. 14 Petra Kvitova, No. 22 Elina Svitolina and No. 24 Belinda Bencic.

WOMEN'S SEEDED LOSERS: No. 18 Barbora Strycova, No. 21 Irina-Camelia Begu, No. 27 Sara Errani, No. 28 CoCo Vandeweghe, No. 30 Misaki Doi and No. 32 Monica Puig.

TOP PLAYERS ON COURT TUESDAY: Men: No. 2 Andy Murray vs. Lukas Rosol, No. 3 Stan Wawrinka vs. Fernando Verdasco, No. 6 Kei Nishikori vs. Benjamin Becker. Women: No. 1 Serena Williams vs. Ekaterina Makarova, No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Jessica Pegula, No. 5 Simona Halep vs. Kirsten Flipkens, No. 6 Venus Williams vs. Kateryna Kozlova.

STAT OF THE DAY: 2010 - The last time Novak Djokovic lost a set in a first-round Grand Slam match before Jerzy Janowicz won the second set Monday night.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "It's not my fault she lost in the last round of qualies." - Polona Hercog, responding to Donna Vekic, who sarcastically tweeted "classy" after Hercog retired from her first-round match against No. 2 Angelique Kerber early in the second set. Vekic would've replaced Hercog in the draw if Hercog withdrew before the match.

TUESDAY ON TV (All Times EDT): 1-11 p.m., ESPN.

ON THIS DATE (Aug. 30, 1988): 17-year-old Pete Sampras loses to Jaime Yzaga in five sets and 18-year-old Jim Courier defeats Horst Skoff in three sets in their U.S. Open debuts.

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