On Monday, US Open Tennis 2023 kicked off with huge surprises and crazy reactions for the night 1's winners and losers.
The top headline of the night is the return of Serbian Hurricane Novak Djokovic to the No.1 seed to move the Spanish Boy Carlos Alcaraz from topping the international ranks.
On the other hand, world No.4 seed Holger Rune was knocked out by Roberto Carballes Baena.
For ladies, the top seeds Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina captured first-round wins, however, Maria Sakkari concluded a brutal year at Grand Slams with another first-round exit.
The results of Monday are as follows:
Men's Singles
Roberto Carballes Baena def. No. 4 Holger Rune, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 Casper Ruud def. Emilio Nava, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
No. 10 Frances Tiafoe def. Learner Tien, 6-2, 7-5, 6-1
No. 20 Francisco Cerundolo def. Zachary Svajda, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
No. 21 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina def. Marcos Giron, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
No. 22 Adrian Mannarino def. Yosuke Watanuki, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-5
Dominik Thiem def. No. 25 Alexander Bublik, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
No. 32 Laslo Djere def. Brandon Nakashima, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
Women's Singles
No. 1 Iga Swiatek def. Rebecca Peterson, 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 Elena Rybakina def. Marta Kostyuk, 6-2, 6-1
Rebeka Masarova def. No. 8 Maria Sakkari, 6-4, 6-4
No. 10 Karolina Muchova def. Storm Hunter, 6-4, 6-0
No. 15 Belinda Bencic def. Kamilla Rakhimova, 6-2, 6-4
Bernarda Pera def. No. 16 Veronika Kudermetova, 7-5, 6-4
No. 18 Victoria Azarenka def. Fiona Ferro, 6-1, 6-2
No. 19 Beatriz Haddad Maia def. Sloane Stephens, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
Sara Sorribes Tormo def. No. 28 Anhelina Kalinina, 6-4, 7-5
Kaja Juvan def. No. 29 Elisabetta Cocciaretto, 6-2, 7-5