US Open 2019 First Round Picks, Featured Matches

[Williams S.] (8) vs. Sharapova M.  -- Wattage. Bright lights. Maria Sharapova will be fresh and this is her best chance to beat Serena Williams. Serena needs to be focused and not expect to use this match to shake off rust.

[Osaka N.] (1) vs. Blinkova A.  -- Tricky matchup for Osaka if she lets errors pile up, particularly coming off a knee injury.

Sharma A.vs. [Linette M.]

Potapova A. vs. [Gauff C.] (WC) -- Good matchup, with a nod to Gauff's power and composure.

Babos T. (Q)  vs. [Suarez Navarro C.] (28) -- Suarez Navarro's moxie and consistency.

[Kontaveit A.] (21) vs. Sorribes Tormo S.

[Tomljanovic A.] vs. Bouzkova M.

[Cornet A.] vs. Pegula J.

Minella M. vs. [Bencic B.] (13)

[Sabalenka A.] (9) vs. Azarenka V.  -- Tough matchup for both, slight nod to Sabalenka.

[Putintseva Y.] vs. Brengle M. -- Great matchup. Putintseva is tough on everyone.

Kanepi K. vs. [Maria T.]

Hogenkamp R. (Q) vs. [Vekic D.] (23)

[Goerges J. ] (26) vs. Vikhlyantseva N.

Di Lorenzo F. (WC) vs. [Kudermetova V.]

Parmentier P. vs. [Pavlyuchenkova A.]

Badosa G. P. (Q) vs. [Bertens K.] (7)

[Halep S.] (4) vs. Gibbs N. (Q)

[Townsend T.] (Q) vs. Kozlova Kat.

Cirstea S. vs. [Siniakova K.]

Bolsova Zadoinov A. vs. [Strycova B.] (31)

[Wozniacki C.] (19) vs. Wang Y.

[Collins D. R.] vs. Hercog P.

[Tsurenko L.] vs. Flipkens K. (LL)

Volynets K. (WC) vs. [Andreescu B. V. ] (15)

[Stephens S.] (11) vs. Kalinskaya A. (Q) --The return of Coach Kamau Murray.

Ahn K. (WC) vs. [Kuznetsova S.] (PR)

Krunic A. vs. [Ostapenko J.]

Riske A. vs. [Muguruza G.] (24)  -- Tough matchup for Riske but Muguruza has not been at her best.

[Mertens E.] (25) vs. Teichmann J. B.

[Pliskova Kr.] vs. Parry D. (WC)

Petkovic A. vs. [Buzarnescu M.]

Allertova D. (Q) vs. [Kvitova P.] (6)

[Svitolina E.] (5) vs. Osuigwe W. (WC)

Zheng S. vs. [Williams V.]  -- Venus cannot have a letdown or get into a three-set match.

Puig M. vs. [Peterson R.]  -- Puig has not been playing well and recently lost her coach, Kamau Murray. Peterson loses to top players while also having some recent upsets under belt.

Niculescu M. vs. [Yastremska D.] (32)

[Kenin S.] (20) vs. Vandeweghe C. (PR)  -- Great matchup but not a good one for Vandeweghe who is working her way back from injury.

Frech M. (Q) vs. [Siegemund L.]

[Zhu L.] vs. Wang X. (Q)

Doi M. vs. [Keys M.] (10)

[Konta J.] (16) vs. Kasatkina D.  -- Tough matchup for both. Slight advantage to Konta because of her serve while Kasatkina plays better on hardcourt.

[Gasparyan M.]  vs. Hon P. (Q)

Alexandrova E. vs. [Stosur S.] (WC)

Golubic V. vs. [Zhang S.] (33)

[Garcia C.] (27) vs. Jabeur O.

Sasnovich A. vs. [Brady J.]

Bolkvadze M. (Q) vs. [Pera B.]

Martincova T. (Q)  vs. [Pliskova Ka.] (3)

[McNally C.] (WC) vs. Bacsinszky T.

Rybakina E. (Q) vs. [Muchova K.]

Cepelova J. (Q) vs. [Hsieh S-W.] (29)

[Martic P.] (22) vs. Zidansek T.

[Bogdan A.] (Q) vs. Dart H. (Q)

Jorovic I. vs. [Swiatek I.]

Bouchard E. vs. [Sevastova A.] (12)

[Kerber A.] (14) vs. Mladenovic K.  -- Tough matchup for Mladenovic because her strength of extending rallies and matches does not impact Kerber. Both players have been on a downward trajectory in recent months.

Ferro F. vs. [Gavrilova D.]

[Kuzmova V.] vs. Van Uytvanck A.

Dolehide C. (Q) vs. [Wang Q.] (18)

[Sakkari M.] (30) vs. Giorgi C. -- A true toss-up. Giorgi has been playing well and Sakkari always brings it. Most recent match went to Sakkari a few weeks ago.

[Peng S.] (Q) vs. Lepchenko V. (Q)

[Davis L.] vs. Larsson J. (Q)

Diyas Z. vs. [Barty A.] (2)  -- Unfortunate matchup for Diyas who has hit her stride in recent weeks.