2015 US Open bracket update: Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic advance past 1st round

Top seeds Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic blazed through their first-round opponents on the first day of the US Open Monday. Williams absolutely dominated Vitalia Diatchenko in her first set (6-0), and after Williams went up 2-0 in the second set Diatchenko retired from the match with an injury. Meanwhile, Djokovic wasn’t threatened once in his straight-set victory, dropping only three games in total against Joao Souza, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1. The second round will begin on Wednesday.

There was one massive upset on the men’s side as Japanese No. 4 seed Kei Nishikori fell to his unseeded first-round opponent, Benoit Paire. Nishikori dropped the opening set but looked in control after taking the next two, but he narrowly lost the fourth and Paire took the fifth without much issue, winning 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-4.

Nishikori was the runner-up in the US Open a year ago, and this is a huge blow to what was an impressive season thus far. Nishikori has achieved a career-best No. 4 ranking in singles, so this upset was completely unexpected. The man he lost to in the final last year, No. 9 seed Marin Cilic, downed his first-round opponent, Guido Pella, 6-3, 7-6(3), 7-6(3).

On the women’s side, there was another significant upset as Dominika Cibulkova downed No. 7 seed Ana Ivanovic in three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Ivanovic has played some rocky tennis of late, and Cibulkova is a dangerous opponent for anyone, so it wasn’t a massive upset.

Venus Williams made it through her first-round opponent, Monica Puig. Williams dropped the second set, but dominated the third to win the match, 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-3. No. 8 seed Karolina Pliskova dropped her match against Anna Tatishvili, 6-2, 6-1. No. 15 seed Agnieszka Radwanska was also victorious in her match, while No. 10 seed Carla Suarez Navarro lost hers. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (No. 19) and Jeremy Chardy (No. 27) were among the other seeded men who won their matches.

Below, we’ve got results from pertinent seeded matches. You can find the full schedule here, and full results from Monday here.

No. 1 Novak Djokovic def. Joao Souza, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1
Benoit Paire def. No. 4 Kei Nishikori, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4
No. 7 David Ferrer def. Radu Albot, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-0
No. 9 Marin Cilic def. Guido Pella, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
No. 10 Milos Raonic def. Tim Smyczek, 6-4, 7-6 (8), 6-1
No. 14 David Goffin def. Simone Bolelli, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
No. 17 Grigor Dimitrov def. Matthew Ebden, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
No. 18 Feliciano Lopez def. Nikoloz Basilashvili, 7-6 (5), 6-1, 6-3
No. 19 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. Jarkko Nieminen, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
No. 23 Roberto Bautista Agut def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7)
No. 25 Andreas Seppi def. Tommy Paul, 6-4, 6-0, 7-5
No. 26 Tommy Robredo def. Michael Berrer, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
No. 27 Jeremy Chardy def. Ryan Shane, 6-2, 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-2

No. 1 Serena Williams def. Vitalia Diatchenko, 6-0, 2-0 ret.
Dominika Cibulkova def. No. 7 Ana Ivanovic, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Anna Tatishvili def. No. 8 Karolina Pliskova, 6-2, 6-1
Denisa Allertova def. No. 10 Carla Suarez Navarro, 6-1, 7-6 (5)
No. 12 Belinda Bencic def. Sesil Karatantcheva, 6-1, 6-2
No. 13 Ekaterina Makarova def. Teliana Pereira, 6-3, 6-3
No. 15 Agnieszka Radwanska def. Katerina Siniakova, 6-2, 6-3
No. 17 Elina Svitolina def. Elizaveta Kulichkova, 6-1, 6-4
No. 19 Madison Keys def. Klara Koukalova, 6-2, 6-4
Oceane Dodin def. No. 21 Jelena Jankovic, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
No. 23 Venus Williams def. Monica Puig, 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-3
No. 25 Eugenie Bouchard def. Alison Riske, 6-4, 6-3
Coco Vandeweghe def. No. 29 Sloane Stephens, 6-4, 6-3
Kristina Mladenovic def. No. 30 Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-3, 7-5
No. 31 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Magdalena Rybarikova, 6-4, 7-5