US Open day one: Plenty of respect for ‘legend’ Andy Murray while Naomi Osaka is all smiles

Andy Murray rolled back the years as he agonisingly lost out to third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas on a sensational opening day at the US Open.
The former world No 1 pushed Tsitsipas all the way in a five-set marathon, but was left frustrated by the Greek’s lengthy bathroom breaks and made his feelings clear afterwards.
It was a tough day for the British contingent with only Dan Evans making it through.
Meanwhile, Naomi Osaka got her title defence up and running with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Marie Bouzkova.
Here, we look back at day one at the US Open.
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Shot of day
Down the line with some 💪@ElinaSvitolina is cruising in her #USOpen opener. pic.twitter.com/0r7seggTe5
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 30, 2021
Tweet of the day
Murray is such a legend. However, this turns out, the fact that he’s going after the number 3 player in the world after all of it is insane. He literally has a metal hip ….. respect
— andyroddick (@andyroddick) August 30, 2021
From one Andy to another
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Brit watch
Murray’s defeat was quickly followed by Cameron Norrie going down in straight sets to Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz. Johanna Konta’s withdrawal through injury pre-empted a miserable day for Britain’s women with Heather Watson and Harriet Dart departing. But Dan Evans made it through, beating Brazil’s Thiago Monteiro 6-3 7-6 (6) 6-4 6-1.
Fallen seeds
Men: John Isner (19), Ugo Humbert (23), Cameron Norrie (26), Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29), Marin Cilic (30)
Women: Yulia Putintseva (31)
Up next
Fourth seed Alexander Zverev gets the action under way on Arthur Ashe against Sam Querrey, before women’s world No 1 Ashleigh Barty takes on Vera Zvonareva. Novak Djokovic then begins his bid for the Calendar Grand Slam against Holger Rune.
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