Mens US Open: Selection for every match played on Monday

Andy Murray starts his US Open campaign on Monday

The guys at Abelson Info have been working hard to put together a brief preview of every Men's Singles first round match due to be played on Monday...

Lukas Lacko v James Blake 16:00 Louis Armstrong Stadium

H-to-H 0-0

Blake is now in the twilight of his career, a career that never delivered on early promise. Playing at his home Grand Slam should give him enough lift to beat the higher-ranked Lacko.

Selection: Blake

Guido Andreozzi v Kei Nishikori (17) 16:00 Court 11

H-to-H 0-0

A straightforward win for the seeded Nishkori against the young Argentinian qualifier.

Selection: Nishikori

Tim Smyczek v Robby Reynolds 16:00 Court 6

H-to-H 1-4

This match-up guarantees at least one American through to the second round of the US Open - there will be at least two as Roddick plays Rhyne Williams in the other all US tie. We take the younger Smyczek to overcome the more experienced Reynolds who has had his chances in the past.

Selection: Smyczek


Marcel Granollers (24) v Denis Kudla 16:00 Court 10

H-to-H 0-0

Granollers has been in good form in the last month and should justify his seeding with a win over US/Ukrainian qualifier Kudla.

Selection: Granollers


Andy Murray (3) v Alex Bogolomov Jr 18:00 Arthur Ashe Stadium

H-to-H 3-1

Bogolomov is rather unlucky in that he keeps drawing top seeds in the early rounds of the latest tournaments, Federer in Cincinnati and Berdych in Winston-Salem - no exception here with Murray. Against lesser players he could expect to advance, but not here.

Selection: Murray


Jack Sock v Florian Mayer (22) 18:00 Grandstand

H-to-H 0-0

Jack Sock is a current US Open champion.....in the mixed doubles and that's probably where is his best chance lies. The 22nd seed should be good enough to see off Sock, a future standard bearer for US tennis, but not this year.

Selection: F Mayer


Paul-Henri Mathieu v Igor Andreev 18:00 Court 13

H-to-H 3-3

A last hurrah for two relative old-timers sliding down the rankings together - not much to choose between them but Mathieu is favoured to win a close match.

Selection: Mathieu


Albert Ramos v Robby Ginepri 18:00 Court 4

H-to-H 0-0

It's been a long time since Robby Ginepri was a serious contender, slipping to 234 in the rankings and plying his trade on the Challenger Tour. However Ramos's recent form hasn't been up to much so an even match with home advantage favouring the American.

Selection: Ginepri


Nikolay Davydenko v Guido Pella 18:00 Court 7

H-to-H 0-0

This is Pella's first Grand Slam appearance and after two Challenger Tour events this year he is not without a chance against the unpredictable Davydenko. However Davydenko should make his experience tell...

Selection: Davydenko


Hiroki Moriya v Ivan Dodig 18:00 Court 14

H-to-H 0-0

Journeyman Dodig should dispose of Japanese qualifier Moriya without too much problem.

Selection: Dodig


Blaz Kavcic v Flavio Cipolla 18:00 Court 15

H-to-H 0-1

Another match-up between similar ranked ATP also-rans with Kavcic playing more, but Cipolla playing the better quality tournaments - Cipolla to advance to second round oblivion.

Selection: Cipolla


Rui Machado v Fernando Verdasco (25) 20:00 Court 17

H-to-H 0-1

Machado and Verdasco's only other meeting was at the 2008 US Open when Verdasco won in five sets. Even though the Spaniard's recent form has not been good, he should be too powerful for the Portuguese and win a close match.

Selection: Verdasco


Daniel Brands v Adrian Ungur 20:00 Court 12

H-to-H 0-0

A game between two Challenge Tour stalwarts who have occasional forays into the main ATP tour with Brands coming through qualifying - we take the higher ranked Ungur to go through.

Selection: Ungur


Mardy Fish (23) v Go Soeda 20:30 Louis Armstrong Stadium

H-to-H 0-0

Fish is working himself back in to some kind of form after his health problems earlier this year and should deal with Soeda easily.

Selection: Fish


Jeremy Chardy (32) v Filippo Volandri 20:30 Court 11

H-to-H 1-0

Chardy, who only scraped in as bottom seed because of Nadal's absence, deserves his position after a fine month when he has defeated Tsonga, Roddick and Murray. However he hasn't been able to build on his successes to make the breakthrough to the next level. The US Open gives him another chance and he should dispose of Volandri, but not without a fight

Selection: Chardy


Tatsuma Ito v Matthew Ebden 20:30 Court 14

H-to-H 0-0

Level pegging in the rankings means there's not much to choose between these two, but the vote goes to Ebden whose current record is marginally better.

Selection: Ebden


Maxime Authom v Bjorn Phau 22:00 Court 8

H-to-H 0-0

Qualifiers like Authom often have an advantage having played several matches to get into the main draw, especially over average players like Phau - a difficult match to call, but Phau's experience to tell in the end.

Selection: Phau


Michael Russell v Gilles Simon (16) 22:30 Grandstand

H-to-H 0-2

On the face of it Russell has no chance, but we think that home advantage will give him the necessary boost to produce a shock result.

Selection: Russell


Marin Cilic (12) v Marinko Matosevic 22:30 Court 17

H-to-H 0-0

Croatian/Australian Matosevic is at a career high ranking of 62 after a semi-final appearance at the Farmers Classic last month and though he should run fellow Croat close, Cilic should progress.

Selection: Cilic


Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo v Somdev Devvarman 22:30 Court 13

H-to-H 0-0

Part of the ATP cannon fodder, neither of whom have advanced past the second round in their recent tournaments we take Devvarman with his US college background to overcome the Spaniard.

Selection: Devvarman


Robin Haase v Feliciano Lopez (30) 22:30 Court 4

H-to-H 1-1

Lopez has a goodish record at Flushing Meadows and though Haase is not the easiest opponent he could have faced in the first round we expect to see him the second..

Selection: Lopez


Denis Istomin v Jurgen Zopp 22:30 Court 10

H-to-H 1-0

Another typical first round Grand Slam match between two no-hopers with Istomin favoured to win.

Selection: Istomin


Martin Klizan v Alejandro Falla 22:30 Court 15

H-to-H 0-0

Both have won Challenger tour clay events in the last couple of months and there are only two places different in the rankings, 50 to 52 respectively in the build up to the US Open. A toss of the coin decision with it coming down heads for Klizan as the player on the up.

Selection: Klizan


Roger Federer (1) v Donald Young 02:00 Arthur Ashe Stadium

H-to-H 0-0

Federer is in imperious form at the moment despite his Olympic blip against Murray and coming off a win in Cincinnati should be favourite for the whole tournament. Surprisingly Federer and Young have never met and though Federer can be a slow starter at tournaments, not this time - Federer in straight sets.

Selection: Federer