Overview

• Rebecca Marino beat Lanlana Tararudee 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in a two-hour, 11-minute U.S. Open qualifying opener.
• Carson Branstine fell to Xiyu Wang after taking the first set 6-3, dropping the next two 6-3, 6-3 in two hours, 13 minutes.
• Branstine’s loss featured 52 unforced errors, while Wang converted four of six break points.
• Alexis Galarneau lost to Dino Prizmic 6-7 (7), 1-6, with the Croatian dominating second-serve points 88% to 42%.
• Play began Sunday for the 15-day tournament, which ends with the women’s final on Sept. 6 and the men’s final on Sept. 7, with defending champions Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner as top seeds and Venus Williams in the field at 45.