US Open Tennis 2016 Results: Winners, Scores, Stats from Tuesday Singles Bracket

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Published: August 30, 2016

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A day after Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Angelique Kerber breezed through their first-round matchups, the likes of Serena Williams, Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka attempted to do the same Tuesday at the 2016 U.S. Open. 

Williams, whose reign of three straight Opens came to an end last year, was part of the prime-time group at Arthur Ashe Stadium with Murray. Wawrinka, Simona Halep and Venus Williams were on the marquee early in the day, with the likes of Kei Nishikori, David Ferrer and David Goffin also playing before sundown.

Here's a look at how everything played out as the first round came to a close.

   

Recap

The trend of elites breezing through continued in the early-afternoon matches in Flushing, New York, as Halep, Wawrinka and Nishikori looked good as they advanced to the second round.

Halep, the No. 5 seed, needed only 59 minutes to dispose of Kirsten Flipkens. She overcame three double-faults thanks to scoring 22 winners and a brilliant 12-of-15 conversion rate on points at the net. Flipkens struggled throughout with service accuracy, hitting fewer than half of her first serves in play on her way to being broken six times.

Halep won the first 11 games before admittedly getting a little overzealous, dropping two straight before finishing it out, 6-0, 6-2.

"I was nervous to finish the match, 6-0, 5-0 match point against a top 50 player is not that bad," Halep said, per Steve Keating of Reuters. "Maybe I was scared that it's too good. Then I just wanted to do too much at that point, to hit maybe an ace, which is not my favorite shot.

"I tried too much and then I got a little bit upset with myself and I was rushing," Halep continued. "But then I just said that I had to calm down and to finish the game."

Wawrinka didn't have quite as easy of a time with Fernando Verdasco but still managed ...
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