US Open Tennis 2014: Day 2 Schedule, Matchup Predictions for New York Bracket

Tuesday is something of an overwhelming dream for tennis fans. There are 64 matches (if we include the doubles showdowns) featuring some of the top players in the entire world battling for position at the 2014 U.S. Open.

Here is a look at the entire singles schedule. The doubles matches can be found here, while a bracket for the entire Grand Slam event can be found here.

Competitor	Competitor	Court	Match Number
Men
Marcos Giron	(13) John Isner	Arthur Ashe Stadium	2nd Match
Mikhail Kukushkin	Jan-Lennard Struff	Court 10	2nd Match
(15) Fabio Fognini	Andrey Golubev	Court 11	2nd Match
(26) Gilles Simon	Radu Albot	Court 11	3rd Match
Noah Rubin	Federico Delbonis	Court 13	2nd Match
Paolo Lorenzi	Yoshihito Nishioka	Court 13	3rd Match
Pere Riba	Adrian Mannarino	Court 14	2nd Match
Albert Ramos-Vinolas	Sam Groth	Court 15	4th Match
Denis Istomin	(12) Richard Gasquet	Court 17	2nd Match
Alejandro Gonzalez	Dmitry Tursunov	Court 4	4th Match
Filip Krajinovic	Tim Smyczek	Court 5	3rd Match
Bernard Tomic	Dustin Brown	Court 5	4th Match
Victor Estrella Burgos	Igor Sijsling	Court 6	2nd Match
Andreas Haider-Maurer	(17) Roberto Bautista Agut	Court 7	3rd Match
(29) Lukas Rosol	Borna Coric	Court 8	2nd Match
Pablo Andujar	Jack Sock	Grandstand	2nd Match
(20) Gael Monfils	Jared Donaldson	Grandstand	4th Match
Damir Dzumhur	(4) David Ferrer	Louis Armstrong Stadium	3rd Match
Wayne Odesnik	(10) Kei Nishikori	Court 17	1st Match
(25) Ivo Karlovic	Jarkko Nieminen	Court 4	1st Match
Yen-Hsun Lu	(28) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	Court 6	1st Match
Jurgen Melzer	Marcel Granollers	Court 8	1st Match
Maximo Gonzalez	Sam Querrey	Louis Armstrong Stadium	1st Match
Marinko Matosevic	(2) Roger Federer	Arthur Ashe Stadium	4th Match
Women
(3) Petra Kvitova	Kristina Mladenovic	Arthur Ashe Stadium	3rd Match
(1) Serena Williams	Taylor Townsend	Arthur Ashe Stadium	5th Match
Francesca Schiavone	Vania King	Court 11	4th Match
Elena Vesnina	Yung-Jan Chan	Court 12	2nd Match
Yaroslava Shvedova	Monica Niculescu	Court 12	3rd Match
Coco Vandeweghe	Donna Vekic	Court 13	4th Match
Zarina Diyas	Lesya Tsurenko	Court 14	3rd Match
Aleksandra Krunic	Katarzyna Piter	Court 14	4th Match
Elina Svitolina	Polona Hercog	Court 15	3rd Match
Nicole Gibbs	Caroline Garcia	Court 17	4th Match
(30) Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova	Ashleigh Barty	Court 4	2nd Match
Chanelle Scheepers	Christina McHale	Court 4	3rd Match
(11) Flavia Pennetta	Julia Goerges	Court 5	2nd Match
(12) Dominika Cibulkova	Catherine Carta Bellis	Court 6	3rd Match
Ajla Tomljanovic	(15) Carla Suarez-Navarro	Court 6	4th Match
Shelby Rogers	Maryna Zanevska	Court 7	2nd Match
Teliana Pereira	(23) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Court 7	4th Match
Klara Koukalova	Petra Cetkovska	Court 8	3rd Match
Misaki Doi	(16) Victoria Azarenka	Grandstand	3rd Match
Olga Govortsova	(7) Eugenie Bouchard	Louis Armstrong Stadium	2nd Match
Jarmila Gajdosova	(27) Madison Keys	Louis Armstrong Stadium	4th Match
Alison Riske	(8) Ana Ivanovic	Arthur Ashe Stadium	1st Match
(29) Casey Dellacqua	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	Court 10	1st Match
Mona Barthel	Zhang Shuai	Court 11	1st Match
Paula Kania	Wang Qiang	Court 12	1st Match
Sorana Cirstea	Heather Watson	Court 13	1st Match
Pauline Parmentier	Kaia Kanepi	Court 14	1st Match
Karolina Pliskova	Yvonne Meusburger	Court 15	1st Match
Svetlana Kuznetsova	Marina Erakovic	Court 5	1st Match
Varvara Lepchenko	Alison Van Uytvanck	Court 7	1st Match
(24) Samantha Stosur	Lauren Davis	Grandstand	1st Match

Let’s dig into some predictions for a couple of the top matches.

Serena Williams vs. Taylor Townsend

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Talk about getting thrown into the spotlight.

Taylor Townsend, who reached the third round of the French Open and received a wild card for the U.S. Open, will face off against No. 1 Serena Williams. The 18-year-old Townsend is reportedly friends with the 17-time Grand Slam champion, but that probably won’t help her against the tournament’s favorite.

Williams discussed the match when asked what Arthur Ashe would think of the pairing, via NBC Chicago: "I think he would be really proud and honored to see so many young African-American players doing so well and playing so hard and just being role models for even the next generation."

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While Townsend certainly has a bright future, she is not going to win Tuesday.

Williams has far too much momentum on her side. In fact, she’s won 12 of her past 13 matches and has five titles under her belt this season. She is coming off of championships at Stanford and Cincinnati and reached the semifinals in Montreal as well.

Despite those accolades, Williams has actually faltered at the Grand Slams this year. She is yet to make it out of the fourth round at a major, but that is likely to change in Flushing Meadows. She is the two-time defending champion here and is playing her best tennis of the season.

Townsend is just the first step.

Prediction: Williams in straight sets

Roger Federer vs. Marinko Matosevic

Speaking of an all-time great who has plenty of momentum on his side, Roger Federer will take on Marinko Matosevic Tuesday in his first match.

Federer has reached the semifinals in 12 of his last 16 events and has made the finals in four consecutive tournaments. In fact, he sports a 9-1 record during the summer hard-court season thus far.

What’s more, Federer has won 15 of 23 matches against the top 10 during that span, proving he is more than just dominant against lower competition. He is also coming off a championship in Cincinnati at the Western & Southern Open and made the finals in Wimbledon before losing a heartbreaker to Novak Djokovic.

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Looking beyond the momentum, Federer has a rich history of success at the U.S. Open. He won titles in Flushing Meadows in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and would certainly like to add to that total this year.

Unfortunately for Matosevic, Federer is on a roll right now and won’t lose in the first round in a familiar location. 

Prediction: Federer in straight sets

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