Canadians Leylah Fernandez and Denis Shapovalov began their 2026 US Open run successfully.
Fernandez beat China's Shuai Zhang (6-3, 6-2), and Shapovalov topped Serbia's Miomir Kecmanović (6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1) in their first-round matches on Sunday.
Montreal's Fernandez was an offensive force, tallying 22 winners and four aces on her way to winning 61 total points.
There's still work for her to clean up, however, as she committed 13 unforced errors and appeared to struggle with her toss at times, seemingly leading to her three double faults.
Shapovalov, meanwhile, used 19 aces to improve to 6-0 in his career against Kecmanović.
After splitting the first two sets, Kecmanović appeared to have stolen the momentum in the third, breaking out to a 4-1 lead. But Shapovalov won five of the last six games to spur his victory.
Fernandez is now set to face the winner of Mananchaya Sawangkaew and Panna Urvady, while Shapovalov will take on Luca Van Assche in the second round.
Fellow Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime begins his tournament on Monday.
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