US Open Tennis 2014: Schedule and Bracket Predictions for Day 2 in New York

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Published: August 26, 2014

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With the exception of bees attacking players, Day 1 of the 2014 U.S. Open was quiet with few upsets and all of the top players on the male and female side advancing. Expect more of the same on Day 2, though the star power on display is enough to keep you riveted. 

Serena Williams, the top seed on the women's side, will play her first match at Flushing Meadows. No. 2 seed on the men's side, Roger Federer, will also be featured in a prime-time match against Marinko Matosevic. 

Those are the two big names we will be watching on Tuesday, but it's just a fraction of the action in New York at the year's final Grand Slam event. Here's a look at the Day 2 schedule, including bracket predictions and top matches to watch. 



Full Day 2 schedule can be found at USOpen.org


 

Notable Predictions

No. 1 Serena Williams vs. Taylor Townsend



Under normal circumstances, you would just pick Serena Williams to win in the first round of the U.S. Open and move on. However, this year has been anything but normal for the top-ranked female player. 

Williams has yet to win a Grand Slam event in 2014, failing to make it out of the fourth round in Australia, France and England. It also doesn't help her odds at Flushing Meadows that the last image we have from her at a major was being out of sorts in a doubles match with sister Venus at Wimbledon. 

Also making the match interesting is the other player on the court, 18-year-old Taylor Townsend. Williams even remarked during the U.S. Open media day, via Courtney Nguyen of SI.com, that the teenager is the future of American tennis. 

She's a lefty. I always wanted to be lefty. That just in general puts you on a whole new level as a player. She's a very aggressive player. She comes to the net. She makes her shots. You don't really see that in tennis so much. You se...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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