US Open Tennis 2011: Wednesday Schedule, Preview and Bracket Update

The 2011 US Open is underway and the first round is in the books. The tournament has already brought some surprises as Li Na dropped her opening match to 19-year-old Romanian Simona Halep.

Maria Sharapova had a bit of trouble in her first match, but she escaped with a close victory, while the top men had no problem.

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer all cruised through their opening matches and are poised to make deep runs into the tournament.

Andy Roddick and Venus Williams headline the action for today at Arthur Ashe Stadium, with the finale featuring Anastasiya Yakimova and Maria Sharapova.

Here is the schedule of matches for Wednesday, August 31st:

Arthur Ashe Stadium - 11:00 AM ET Start Time

• K.Bondarenko (UKR) v V.Zvonareva (RUS) [2] Women's Singles - 2nd Round
• S.Devvarman (IND) v A.Murray (GBR) [4] Men's Singles - 1st Round
• V.Williams (USA) v S.Lisicki (GER) [22] Women's Singles - 2nd Round
• A.Roddick (USA) [21] v M.Russell (USA) Men's Singles - 1st Round
• A.Yakimova (BLR) v M.Sharapova (RUS) [3] Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Louis Armstrong Stadium - 11:00 AM ET Start Time

• M.Keys (USA) v L.Safarova (CZE) [27] Women's Singles - 2nd Round
• J.Del Potro (ARG) [18] v F.Volandri (ITA) Men's Singles - 1st Round
• C.Vandeweghe (USA) v S.Stosur (AUS) [9] Women's Singles - 2nd Round
• M.Baghdatis (CYP) v J.Isner (USA) [28] Men's Singles - 1st Round

Grandstand - 11:00 AM ET Start Time

• R.Soderling (SWE) [6] v L.Sorensen (IRL) Men's Singles - 1st Round
• M.Bartoli (FRA) [8] v C.McHale (USA) Women's Singles - 2nd Round
• R.Ginepri (USA) v J.Souza (BRA) Men's Singles - 1st Round
• A.Kerber (GER) v A.Radwanska (POL) [12] Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Court 17 - 11:00 AM ET Start Time

• J.Benneteau (FRA) v N.Almagro (ESP) [10] Men's Singles - 1st Round
• L.Pous-Tio (ESP) v J.Goerges (GER) [19] Women's Singles - 2nd Round
• B.Bryan (USA) [1] / M.Bryan (USA) [1] v I.Karlovic (CRO) / F.Moser (GER) Men's Doubles - 1st Round
• J.Sock (USA) v M.Gicquel (FRA) Men's Singles - 1st Round

Court 4 - 11:00 AM ET Start Time

• J.Pegula (USA) / T.Townsend (USA) v K.Jans-Ignacik (POL) / A.Rosolska (POL) Women's Doubles - 1st Round
• R.Machado (POR) v R.Haase (NED) Men's Singles - 1st Round
• N.Petrova (RUS) [24] v P.Hercog (SLO) Women's Singles - 2nd Round
• R.Kops-Jones (USA) / A.Spears (USA) v L.Huber (USA) [4] / L.Raymond (USA) [4] Women's Doubles - 1st Round

Court 6 - 11:00 AM ET Start Time

• A.Dulgheru (ROU) v M.Niculescu (ROU) Women's Singles - 2nd Round
• D.Junqueira (ARG) v K.Beck (SVK) Men's Singles - 1st Round
• M.Niculescu (ROU) / S.Peer (ISR) v I.Benesova (CZE) [9] / B.Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) [9] Women's Doubles - 1st Round
• G.Dimitrov (BUL) / D.Tursunov (RUS) v E.Butorac (USA) [8] / J.Rojer (AHO) [8] Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Court 7 - 11:00 AM ET Start Time

• V.Dushevina (RUS) v M.Kirilenko (RUS) [25] Women's Singles - 2nd Round
• D.Istomin (UZB) v R.Sweeting (USA) Men's Singles - 1st Round
• S.Cirstea (ROU) / A.Morita (JPN) v C.Dellacqua (AUS) / R.Stubbs (AUS) Women's Doubles - 1st Round
• I.Dodig (CRO) / B.Tomic (AUS) v P.Andujar (ESP) / D.Gimeno-Traver (ESP) Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Court 8 - 11:00 AM ET Start Time

• G.Garcia-Lopez (ESP) v D.Gimeno-Traver (ESP) Men's Singles - 1st Round
• J.Gajdosova (AUS) [16] / B.Mattek-Sands (USA) [16] v J.Dokic (AUS) / V.Razzano (FRA) Women's Doubles - 1st Round
• S.Giraldo (COL) / P.Riba (ESP) v M.Mirnyi (BLR) [2] / D.Nestor (CAN) [2] Men's Doubles - 1st Round
• A.Clement (FRA) / L.Dlouhy (CZE) v D.Marrero (ESP) / A.Seppi (ITA) Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Court 9 - 11:00 AM ET Start Time

• O.Rochus (BEL) / A.Sa (BRA) v J.Knowle (AUT) / H.Zeballos (ARG) Men's Doubles - 1st Round
• E.Birnerova (CZE) / K.Zakopalova (CZE) v I.Begu (ROU) / S.Halep (ROU) Women's Doubles - 1st Round
• P.Martic (CRO) / K.Pervak (RUS) v V.Diatchenko (RUS) / O.Savchuk (UKR) Women's Doubles - 1st Round
• B.Jovanovski (SRB) / V.Lepchenko (USA) v A.Hlavackova (CZE) [8] / L.Hradecka (CZE) [8] Women's Doubles - 1st Round
• M.Granollers (ESP) [13] / M.Lopez (ESP) [13] v G.Garcia-Lopez (ESP) / A.Montanes (ESP) Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Court 10 - 11:00 AM ET Start Time

• V.Pospisil (CAN) v L.Rosol (CZE) Men's Singles - 1st Round
• M.Damm (CZE) / R.Stepanek (CZE) v C.Fleming (GBR) / R.Hutchins (GBR) Men's Doubles - 1st Round
• S.Mirza (IND) [6] / E.Vesnina (RUS) [6] v S.Crawford (USA) / M.Keys (USA) Women's Doubles - 1st Round
• C.Berlocq (ARG) / L.Rosol (CZE) v S.Bolelli (ITA) / F.Fognini (ITA) Men's Doubles - 1st Round
• N.Petrova (RUS) / J.Murray (GBR) v E.Vesnina (RUS) [7] / L.Paes (IND) [7] Mixed Doubles - 1st Round

Court 11 - 11:00 AM ET Start Time

• F.Lopez (ESP) [25] v T.Ito (JPN) Men's Singles - 1st Round
• A.Bogomolov Jr. (USA) v S.Johnson (USA) Men's Singles - 1st Round
• D.Cibulkova (SVK) [14] v I.Falconi (USA) Women's Singles - 2nd Round
• F.Pennetta (ITA) [26] v R.Oprandi (ITA) Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Court 13 - 11:00 AM ET Start Time

• A.Medina Garrigues (ESP) [30] v L.Robson (GBR) Women's Singles - 2nd Round
• S.Peng (CHN) [13] v T.Pironkova (BUL) Women's Singles - 2nd Round
• R.Mello (BRA) v G.Simon (FRA) [12] Men's Singles - 1st Round
• Y.Wickmayer (BEL) [20] v A.Kudryavtseva (RUS) Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Court 14 - 11:00 AM ET Start Time

• M.Bachinger (GER) / P.Kohlschreiber (GER) v J.Delgado (GBR) / J.Marray (GBR) Men's Doubles - 1st Round
• J.Melzer (AUT) [9] / P.Petzschner (GER) [9] v S.Gonzalez (MEX) / J.Murray (GBR) Men's Doubles - 1st Round
• V.King (USA) [3] / Y.Shvedova (KAZ) [3] v P.Cetkovska (CZE) / R.Voracova (CZE) Women's Doubles - 1st Round
• T.Pironkova (BUL) / C.Scheepers (RSA) v N.Llagostera Vives (ESP) [14] / A.Parra Santonja (ESP) [14] Women's Doubles - 1st Round
• D.Istomin (UZB) / M.Kukushkin (KAZ) v J.Brunstrom (SWE) / J.Nieminen (FIN) Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Court 15 - 11:00 AM ET Start Time

• L.Dekmeijere (LAT) / J.Jankovic (SRB) v C.Chuang (TPE) [13] / O.Govortsova (BLR) [13] Women's Doubles - 1st Round
• J.Erlich (ISR) / A.Ram (ISR) v L.Arnold Ker (ARG) / J.Monaco (ARG) Men's Doubles - 1st Round
• S.Hsieh (TPE) / G.Voskoboeva (KAZ) v G.Arn (HUN) / A.Rus (NED) Women's Doubles - 1st Round
• A.Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) / V.Zvonareva (RUS) v M.Lucic (CRO) / T.Paszek (AUT) Women's Doubles - 1st Round
• J.Gajdosova (AUS) / B.Soares (BRA) v K.Peschke (CZE) [4] / A.Qureshi (PAK) [4] Mixed Doubles - 1st Round

Court 16 - 11:00 AM ET Start Time

• M.Kohlmann (GER) / A.Waske (GER) v S.Lipsky (USA) [16] / R.Ram (USA) [16] Men's Doubles - 1st Round
• F.Cermak (CZE) [11] / F.Polasek (SVK) [11] v D.Bracciali (ITA) / P.Starace (ITA) Men's Doubles - 1st Round
• Y.Chan (TPE) [10] / A.Rodionova (AUS) [10] v A.Klepac (SLO) / A.Tatishvili (GEO) Women's Doubles - 1st Round
• M.Martinez Sanchez (ESP) [12] / A.Medina Garrigues (ESP) [12] v M.Johansson (FRA) / P.Parmentier (FRA) Women's Doubles - 1st Round
• Y.Chan (TPE) / M.Fyrstenberg (POL) v A.Ivanovic (SRB) / N.Zimonjic (SRB) Mixed Doubles - 1st Round