adminNEW YORK. — Former champions Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova sparkled under the Arthur Ashe Stadium lights to end a steamy first day that proved more than a little stressful for several of the US Open tennis tournament favourites on Monday.
Djokovic, who had won only two matches in the hard court run-up to the season’s final Grand Slam after getting married just days after his Wimbledon triumph, was back to his best once the centre court spotlight shone on him at Flushing Meadows.
The 2011 champion treated his first-round match against unseeded 22-year-old Argentine Diego Schwartzman like a breezy workout, dominating in all phases with 24 winners including seven aces in a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 rout. — SuperTennis.
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