HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-US Open day two

Aug 31 (Reuters) – Highlights of the second day at U.S. Open on Monday (times GMT):

1707 SABALENKA BEATS OSORIO

Top seed Aryna Sabalenka kicked off her title defence with a 6-2 6-4 win over Camila Osorio.

1607 MUCHOVA MOVES ONTO SECOND ROUND

Wimbledon finalist Karolina Muchova brushed aside Sinja Kraus as the Czech seventh seed won 6-3 6-0 in their first-round match.

1500 PLAY BEGINS

Play began in New York under cloudy skies, with the temperature around 23 degrees Celcius.

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U.S. OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON MONDAY (prefix number denotes seeding):

ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (1530 GMT/1130 ET)

1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Camila Osorio (Colombia)

Roman Safiullin (Russia) v 2-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)

8-Ben Shelton (U.S.) v Tallon Griekspoor (Netherlands)

13-Naomi Osaka (Japan) v Anastasia Zakharova (Russia)

LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM (1500 GMT/1100 ET)

Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) v 10-Arthur Fils (France)

Ashlyn Krueger (U.S.) v 10-Amanda Anisimova (U.S.)

8-Iga Swiatek (Poland) v Wang Xiyu (China)

Martin Damm (U.S.) v 11-Frances Tiafoe (U.S.)

(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru)