The second round of the U.S. Open singles competition features Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
How to watch: From noon to 6 p.m. Eastern time on ESPN, and from 6 to 11 p.m. on ESPN2; streaming on the ESPN app. The second round of the United States Open singles competitions starts Wednesday, and the doubles competition begins as well. While singles often claims the majority of the spotlight, the quality of doubles players assembled should draw some attention toward the field courts. Because of the number of matches cycling through courts, the times for individual matchups are merely estimates and certain to fluctuate based on the completion time of earlier play. All times are Eastern. Louis Armstrong Stadium| 1 p.m. Zverev, the fifth seed, beat a former U. S. Open finalist, Kevin Anderson, in the first round on Monday. Early on, Zverev’s serve seemed shaky, and he had four double faults in the first set. But he got more consistent as the match progressed and took control in the last two sets, finishing with 72 percent of service points won. If he can show that sort of consistency on his serve, which he has struggled with over the last couple of years, he should be challenging for this year’s title. Nakashima,19, from San Diego, is a newcomer to the ATP Tour.Last year, he made the semifinals of the junior U. S. Open, and since then has appeared in several high-profile exhibition tournaments. In December, Nakashima played in the Hawaii Open, where he beat Chris Harrison and Taylor Fritz before losing to Sam Querry in three sets. While Nakashima still has plenty of room to grow before really challenging top-10 players, it will be interesting to see how he approaches the match. If he can keep nerves at bay and play fluidly, it should be an entertaining match. Louis Armstrong Stadium | 4 p.m. Pliskova, the No.1 seed, reached the finals of the U. S. Open in 2016, but has not made it past the quarterfinals since. Pliskova thrives on fast courts, with a naturally powerful serve that she’s more than happy to follow into the net. Her two-handed backhand is also marvelous, able to produce powerfully flattened shots from defensive positions as well as tidy angles when she has an opponent on the run. Garcia, No.
