[Update] 12:14 p.m. GMT – The Tennis Channel begins TV transmission at 11 a.m. ET (that’s 4 p.m. GMT)
[Update] 12:09 p.m. GMT – Federer thought to have the highest chances to win the U.S. Open 2014, with Nadal out of the competition.
The second day of the 2014 U.S. Open debuts with Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Ana Ivanovic in the highlights for Round 1 — and these are the most important matches.
On the Arthur Ashe Stadium the day session begins with Ana Ivanovic (SRB) marching into the best year of her career since she dropped out of the top-10 in 2009, facing Pittsburgh born Alison Riske (USA), at 11 a.m.
Another great match (third on Arthur Ashe) is between No. 3 seed Petra Kvitova (CZE) and Kristina Mladenovic (FRA).
The night session begins at 7 p.m. on Arthur Ashe debuts with the favorite player to win the Men’s Single competition, No. 2 seed Roger Federer (SUI) against a very determined Marinko Matosevic (AUS).
And continues right after with the top-ranked Serena Williams debuting the 2014 U.S. Open against Taylor Townsend (USA).
Full schedule for Day 2 of Round 1 can be found here.
TV schedule: Watch US Open 2014 on ESPN (1-6 p.m. ET), ESPN2 (6-11 p.m. ET), Tennis Channel (begins 11 a.m.)
Live streaming: The U.S. Open 2014 will be available on USOpenLive and WatchESPN.
American youngsters are looking to make a splash, with the day session begining with Sam Querrey (USA) against Maximo Gonzalez (ARG).
It follows after 3pm with Europeans, Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs. No.4 seed, David Ferrer (ESP) and, and shortly after, for the Women’s single, Madison Keys, the highest ranked teenager at No. 27, going against Jarmila Gajdosova, a big hitter who struggles with her control, in the fourth match on Louis Armstrong Stadium.