For the Indian Sumit Nagal, it was arguably the biggest match of his career thus far. The 22-year-old also started strongly at Artur Ashe Stadium in his first Grand Slam match ever. But Roger Federer, who has not departed from the US Open's first in 16 years, responded by directly breaking the Indian serve in the second set.
Then there was no talk about the matter and the Swiss could quite easily move on to the second round.
This year's Australian Open and Wimbledon title holder Novak Djokovic did not shake in their first match. Roberto Carballes Baena, Spain had nothing to oppose and lost by 6-4, 6-1, 6-4.
Rafael Nadal steps into the tournament against John Millman, Australia, the night of Wednesday Swedish time.