US Open 2014 Results: Latest Scores and Evening Draw Schedule for Day 1

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Published: August 25, 2014

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The 2014 U.S. Open is underway with a packed slate of first-round affairs on Day 1 that may leave you glued to the television all Monday long. 

The draw can be welcoming for some and brutal for others. Even some of the top seeds in both the men's and women's draws can be uprooted by the right opponent at the right time.

Could early upsets for elite tennis players in Grand Slams earlier this year have set the stage for more this week in Flushing Meadows?

Let's find out if that's been the case so far, and take a look forward at Monday night's matches.



Note: Scores updated as of 3 p.m. ET on Aug. 25. Up-to-date scores can be found at USOpen.org. 

 

Day 1 Evening Schedule



No. 5 Maria Sharapova vs. Maria Kirilenko: 7 p.m. ET



Maria Sharapova's 2014 season has been one of her best in recent memory, and she'll look to begin her quest for her second U.S. Open under the lights against a fellow Russian.

The No. 5 seed will join Novak Djokovic as notable tennis standouts to follow the opening ceremony on Monday night in Arthur Ashe Stadium, facing Maria Kirilenko in the first of two nighttime matches.

It will be a return to New York for Sharapova after missing last year's event. She struggled down the stretch in 2013, losing to Sloane Stephens in Cincinnati before withdrawing from the U.S. Open to close out the year.

This time around, she's feeling much better about her chances.

"I feel much more refreshed than I did sitting in this chair a year ago," she told USOpen.org's Sandra Harwitt. "I feel much more excited to be back and to be playing healthy rather than going on a court and worrying whether I’d be worse or whether [playing] was the right decision."

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