US Open Tennis 2016 Results: Winners, Scores, Stats from Tuesday Singles Bracket

A day after Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Angelique Kerber breezed through their first-round matchups, the likes of Serena Williams, Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka attempted to do the same Tuesday at the 2016 U.S. Open. 

Williams, whose reign of three straight Opens came to an end last year, was part of the prime-time group at Arthur Ashe Stadium with Murray. Wawrinka, Simona Halep and Venus Williams were on the marquee early in the day, with the likes of Kei Nishikori, David Ferrer and David Goffin also playing before sundown.

Here's a look at how everything played out as the first round came to a close.

Recap

Men's Result	Score
Women's Result	Score
(2) Andy Murray def. Lukas Rosol	6-3, 6-2, 6-2
(3) Stan Wawrinka def. Fernando Verdasco	7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-4
(6) Kei Nishikori def. Benjamin Becker	6-1, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
(8) Dominic Thiem def. John Millman	6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
(11) David Ferrer def. Alexandr Dolgopolov	6-5 (ret.)
Jared Donaldson def. (12) David Goffin	4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-0
(14) Nick Kyrgios def. Aljaz Bedene	6-4, 6-4, 6-4
(16) Feliciano Lopez def. Borna Coric	3-4 (ret.)
Damir Dzumhur def. (17) Bernard Tomic	6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (0)
(19) Steve Johnson def. Evgeny Donskoy	4-6, 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-3
(21) Ivo Karlovic def. Yen-Hsun Lu	4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 7-5
(22) Grigor Dimitrov def. Inigo Cervantes	6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
Nicolas Mahut def. (25) Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-3, 7-5, 1-0 (ret.)
(27) Alexander Zverev def. Daniel Brands	3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
Janko Tipsarevic def. (29) Sam Querrey	7-6 (4), 6-7 (0), 6-3, 6-3
(30) Gilles Simon def. Radek Stepanek	6-3, 6-1, 6-4
(1) Serena Williams def. Ekaterina Makarova	6-3, 6-3
(4) Agnieszka Radwanska def. Jessica Pegula	6-1, 6-1
(5) Simona Halep def. Kirsten Flipkens	6-0, 6-2
(6) Venus Williams def. Kateryna Kozlova	6-2, 5-7, 6-4
(10) Karolina Pliskova def. Sofia Kenin	6-4, 6-3
(11) Carla Suarez-Navarro def. Teliana Pereira	6-0, 6-0
(15) Timea Bacsinszky def. Vitalia Diatchenko	6-1, 6-1
(16) Samantha Stosur def. Camila Giorgi	7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1
(17) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Louisa Chirico	6-1, 6-4
(19) Elena Vesnina def. Anett Kontaveit	7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3
Ana Konjuh def. (20) Kiki Bertens	6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Qiang Wang def. (23) Darya Kasatkina	6-4, 2-6, 6-2
(25) Caroline Garcia def. Pauline Parmentier	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
(26) Laura Siegemund def. Patricia Maria Tig	3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Denisa Allertova def. (29) Ana Ivanovic	7-6 (4), 6-1
(31) Timea Babos def. Barbara Haas	5-7, 6-3, 7-5

The trend of elites breezing through continued in the early-afternoon matches in Flushing, New York, as Halep, Wawrinka and Nishikori looked good as they advanced to the second round.

Halep, the No. 5 seed, needed only 59 minutes to dispose of Kirsten Flipkens. She overcame three double-faults thanks to scoring 22 winners and a brilliant 12-of-15 conversion rate on points at the net. Flipkens struggled throughout with service accuracy, hitting fewer than half of her first serves in play on her way to being broken six times.

Halep won the first 11 games before admittedly getting a little overzealous, dropping two straight before finishing it out, 6-0, 6-2.

"I was nervous to finish the match, 6-0, 5-0 match point against a top 50 player is not that bad," Halep said, per Steve Keating of Reuters. "Maybe I was scared that it's too good. Then I just wanted to do too much at that point, to hit maybe an ace, which is not my favorite shot.

"I tried too much and then I got a little bit upset with myself and I was rushing," Halep continued. "But then I just said that I had to calm down and to finish the game."

Wawrinka didn't have quite as easy of a time with Fernando Verdasco but still managed a 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-4 win in a little over two hours. The two players traded holds nearly the entire match, with Wawrinka getting the only two breaks. Verdasco was 0-4 on break chances, which essentially made the difference in an upset win and a straight-sets loss.

Wawrinka spent most of the early afternoon struggling to find a first-serve rhythm. Fewer than half of his first attempts went in play, and he double-faulted on four occasions. While Wawrinka still managed dominance on his serve overall, it was far from his best effort.

Luckily, Wawrinka had some other tricks up his sleeve:

Nishikori couldn't quite complete the dominant sweep that seemed preordained after a hot start, but he still managed a 6-1, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 win over Benjamin Becker. The No. 6 seed got through the first two sets in 49 minutes and completely controlled the pace for most of the match. He hit 47 winners, had seven aces and took advantage of 10 double-faults and 43 unforced errors from Becker.

The only issues came in the third set, when Nishikori failed on all three of his break attempts while Becker went 1-of-1 to take the set 6-3. Nishikori got back into a rhythm in the fourth set to break Becker twice and move on.

“I'm very satisfied with my tennis today. Credit to him, he played really well in the third and fourth sets," Nishikori said, per Simon Cambers of Reuters. "But I stepped it up in the last two games. I played a little more aggressive and I took the little chance. It was great match, and I think good start of this week."

Venus Williams also underwent a similar scare, needing all three sets to take down Kateryna Kozlova. Williams needed two hours and 42 minutes to take down the upstart, recording 63 unforced errors in an uncharacteristically sloppy performance. 

The New York crowd was gifted a surprise upset when Goffin dropped the final three sets to lose to American Jared Donaldson. The 19-year-old, a first-round ouster each of the last two years, recorded 12 aces and completely took over as Goffin fell apart in the final two sets.

Goffin took the first set in 26 minutes, taking advantage of Donaldson putting just 26 percent of his first serves in play. But it was the Belgian who struggled as the match went along, finishing with an astounding 17 double faults. Add in an uncharacteristic 56 unforced errors and all Donaldson had to do was hold on to his own serve to pull off the upset.

ESPN Tennis offered Donaldson's comments:

"

Upset Complete ✔️

American qualifier Donaldson ousts No.12 seed Goffin 4-6 7-5 6-4 6-0. #USOpen pic.twitter.com/CW67H6F27n

— ESPNTennis (@ESPNTennis) August 30, 2016"

Damir Dzumhur also eliminated No. 17 seed Bernard Tomic in four sets. 

On the women's side, Ana Konjuh's defeat of No. 20 seed Kiki Bertens marked the most significant upset early on. It continued a trend of lower-seeded women struggling so far in New York. Eight women seeded No. 20 or lower have failed to reach the second round. 

While some of the lower-seeded women have struggled, the later sessions brought more of the same for the marquee names.

Serena Williams cruised to a straight sets victory over Ekaterina Makarova, 6-3, 6-3. According to Greg Garber of ESPN.com, Williams is a single Grand Slam match win away from tying Martina Navratilova’s Open era record of 306.

Elsewhere, Agnieszka Radwanska had an even easier time with American Jessica Pegula and won in decisive fashion, 6-1, 6-1.

On the men’s side, Murray handled Lukas Rosol in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Nicolas Atkin of ESPN called it “a clinical display from Murray” and also deemed the Olympic gold medalist “the man to beat at the US Open.”

It wasn’t all straightforward for highly seeded players in the later sessions. Arguably the best match of the day came from No. 8 Dominic Thiem, who needed a dramatic comeback to outlast a challenge from unseeded John Millman.

Thiem appeared to be well on his way to an easy win when he took the first set at 6-3, but he stumbled and dropped the next two. From there, he bounced back and won the fourth set by a single break at 6-4 to set up the fifth and final set, where he came through with the 6-3 victory.