Madison Keys and Flavio Cobolli were among the first to take to the courts on Tuesday at the U.S. Open, where the ominous prospect of inclement weather cast a long shadow, portending significant disruption to the schedule over the ensuing days.

The intermittent showers that commenced on Monday evening and were anticipated to persist, with varying intensity, until midweek, curtailed all play on the peripheral courts, thereby restricting competition exclusively to Arthur Ashe Stadium and Louis Armstrong Stadium, both of which are equipped with retractable roofing systems.

As the No. 22 seed, Keys was slated to inaugurate the proceedings on Ashe against Alina Korneeva, whereas Cobolli, the men's fifth seed, expeditiously relinquished the opening set to Francisco Comesana on Armstrong.

Among those slated to have already commenced play but compelled to bide their time were second-seeded Elena Rybakina, twelfth-seeded Belinda Bencic, and thirty-second-seeded Maria Sakkari.

Rybakina commands a multitude of avenues to ascend to the pinnacle of the No. 1 ranking at the U.S. Open.

She was pitted against American Thea Frodin, a 17-year-old Californian who doubled as the body double for actor Demi Singleton, herself portraying Serena Williams in the 2021 cinematic release "King Richard."

Coco Gauff, the 2023 U.S. Open champion, No. 17 Alex Eala, and men’s No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev were slated for the evening session on the third and concluding day of the opening round.

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