The first round of the 2026 US Open reaches its final day on Tuesday, September 1, with several of the tournament’s biggest names finally getting their campaigns underway. Coco Gauff, Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz and Madison Keys headline a packed Day 3 at Flushing Meadows.
The second day already gave the tournament plenty to talk about. Carlos Alcaraz returned from a four-month wrist injury lay-off with a straight-sets win over Roman Safiullin, while defending champion Aryna Sabalenka also made a winning start, beating Camila Osorio 6-2, 6-4 to extend her US Open winning streak to 14 matches.
Iga Swiatek was equally convincing, beating Wang Xiyu 6-2, 6-3, while last year’s runner-up Amanda Anisimova marked her birthday with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Ashlyn Krueger. Both moved into the second round without dropping a set.
Now the first-round spotlight shifts towards the players still waiting to enter the tournament. Arthur Ashe Stadium gets the star treatment, with Gauff, Zverev, Fritz and Keys all scheduled to play, while Elena Rybakina, Mirra Andreeva, Lorenzo Musetti, Alex de Minaur, Gael Monfils and Alexandra Eala headline the action elsewhere.
GAUFF, ZVEREV LEAD THE WAY
Coco Gauff comes into her home Grand Slam with some momentum behind her after a strong run through the North American hard-court swing. The 2023 US Open champion will begin her campaign against Zeynep Sonmez on Arthur Ashe Stadium, with their match scheduled for 4:30 AM IST on September 2.
Gauff will be looking to make the most of another run in New York after her breakthrough title here three years ago. Sonmez, meanwhile, has the rather unenviable job of opening the tournament against one of the home crowd’s biggest favourites.
Alexander Zverev follows Gauff on Ashe, beginning his campaign as the men’s top seed. The German arrives as the reigning Roland-Garros champion and will face Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego in his opening match.
Before them, Taylor Fritz will take on Darwin Blanch, while Australian Open champion Madison Keys opens the day’s action against Alina Korneeva.
There is plenty of heavyweight action away from Ashe as well. Second seed Elena Rybakina faces Thea Frodin on Grandstand, fifth seed Mirra Andreeva meets Janice Tjen on Louis Armstrong Stadium, while Lorenzo Musetti, Alex de Minaur, Gael Monfils and 17th seed Alexandra Eala are also in action.
US OPEN 2026 DAY 3 FULL SCHEDULE
Arthur Ashe Stadium — 9:00 PM IST
- 9:00 PM: Madison Keys (22) vs Alina Korneeva
- Following: Taylor Fritz (9) vs Darwin Blanch
- 4:30 AM, September 2: Zeynep Sonmez vs Coco Gauff (4)
- Following: Alexander Zverev (1) vs Lorenzo Sonego
Louis Armstrong Stadium — 8:30 PM IST
- 8:30 PM: Francisco Comesana vs Flavio Cobolli (5)
- Following: Mirra Andreeva (5) vs Janice Tjen
- 4:30 AM, September 2: Adolfo Daniel Vallejo vs Gael Monfils
- Following: Mary Stoiana vs Alex Eala (17)
Grandstand — 8:30 PM IST
- 8:30 PM: Thea Frodin vs Elena Rybakina (2)
- Following: Arthur Fery vs Lorenzo Musetti (13)
- Following: Iva Jovic (14) vs Magdalena Frech
- Not before 5:30 AM, September 2: Andrea Guerrieri vs Alex de Minaur (6)
Stadium 17 — 8:30 PM IST
- 8:30 PM: Yulia Putintseva vs Belinda Bencic (12)
- Following: Daria Kasatkina vs Paula Badosa
- Following: Rafael Jodar (12) vs Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Not before 5:00 AM, September 2: Marcos Giron vs Ignacio Buse (32)
Court 5 — 8:30 PM IST
- Filip Misolic vs Francisco Cerundolo (24)
- Following: Anastasia Potapova (24) vs Tereza Valentova
- Following: Kaitlin Quevedo vs Elise Mertens (23)
- Following: Jan Choinski vs Botic van de Zandschulp
Court 6 — 8:30 PM IST
- Gabriela Knutson vs Eva Lys
- Lucie Havlickova vs Anna Bondar
- Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs Arthur Gea
- Magda Linette vs Francesca Jones
Court 7 — 8:30 PM IST
- Dane Sweeny vs Corentin Moutet
- Darja Vidmanova vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Arantxa Rus vs Leolia Jeanjean
Court 10 — 8:30 PM IST
- Mattia Bellucci vs Zsombor Piros
- Jesper de Jong vs Francesco Passaro
- Nikola Bartunkova vs Mayar Sherif
Court 11 — 8:30 PM IST
- Nishesh Basavareddy vs Tristan Schoolkate
- Tatjana Maria vs Jelena Ostapenko (30)
- Fabian Marozsan vs Michael Zheng
Court 12 — 8:30 PM IST
- Maria Sakkari (32) vs Robin Montgomery
- Zizou Bergs (31) vs Carlos Taberner
- Zachary Svajda vs Daniel Altmaier
- Oleksandra Oliynykova vs Reese Brantmeier
Court 13 — 8:30 PM IST
- Yuliia Starodubtseva vs Ella Seidel
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs Jan-Lennard Struff
- Alex Molcan vs Benjamin Bonzi
Court 15 — 8:30 PM IST
- Anhelina Kalinina vs Himeno Sakatsume
- Aoi Ito vs Oksana Selekhmeteva
- Dalibor Svrcina vs Valentin Royer
Note: Matches marked “Following” will begin after the preceding match on that court finishes, so they do not have a fixed start time. The session timings above have been converted from New York local time to IST.
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