U.S. Open Day 1 Report
{{date|August 27, 2007}}
[[Image:Arthur ashe stadium interior.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Arthur Ashe Stadium]]
The [[w:U.S. Open|U.S. Open]] kicked off Day 1 with many epic tennis matches. The [[w:USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center|USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center]] was abuzz with tennis fans young and old heading out to see their favorite players play their round one matches. 

==Day Session==
Swiss World #1 [[w:Roger Federer|Roger Federer]] beat American [[w:Scoville Jenkins|Scoville Jenkins]] in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.  #21 seed [[w:Juan Carlos Ferrero|Juan Carlos Ferrero]] was upset by unseeded [[w:Feliciano López|Feliciano López]], 3-6, 4-6, 4-6. United States newcomer [[w:Donald Young|Donald Young]] won his first match against Australian [[w:Chris Guccione|Chris Guccione]]. [[w:Nikolay Davydenko|Nikolay Davydenko]] defeated American [[w:Jesse Levine|Jesse Levine]] 6-4, 6-0, 6-1. #18 seed [[w:Marcos Baghdatis|Marcos Baghdatis]] was upset by World #106 [[w:Max Mirnyi|Max Mirnyi]] 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 in an epic battle in which Mirnyi came back in the last set tiebreaker from 1-5 to win 8-6. [[w:Tommy Haas|Tommy Haas]] defeated [[w:Steve Darcis|Steve Darcis]] 6-7, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4. #19 seed [[w:Andy Murray (tennis)|Andy Murray]], the British number one, comfortably defeated Uruguayan [[w:Pablo Cuevas|Pablo Cuevas]] 6-2, 6-3, 6-0.

World #1 [[w:Justine Henin|Justine Henin]] progressed to the second round by defeating her opponent in straight sets. [[w:Jelena Janković|Jelena Janković]] defeated [[w:Olga Govortsova|Olga Govortsova]] 6-2, 7-6. [[w:Marion Bartoli|Marion Bartoli]] defeated American [[w:Alexa Glatch|Alexa Glatch]] 6-1, 6-1. 

Check back to Wikinews for more match updates as well as the Evening Session results. 

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/dailyResults
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*{{source|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_U.S._Open_-_Men%27s_Singles
|title=Men's Singles
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Arthur Ashe Stadium
The U.S. Open kicked off Day 1 with many epic tennis matches. The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center was abuzz with tennis fans young and old heading out to see their favorite players play their round one matches. 

World #1 Justine Henin progressed to the second round by defeating her opponent in straight sets. Jelena Janković defeated Olga Govortsova 6-2, 7-6. Marion Bartoli defeated American Alexa Glatch 6-1, 6-1. 

Check back to Wikinews for more match updates as well as the Evening Session results.
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