For the first time in 2022, USOpen.org welcomes you to the US Open Qualifying Quadrant, better known as the four top stories from each day of the US Open Qualifying Tournament.
Tuesday's play started in style when top seed Ana Bogdan rallied from a set down to move safely through to Round 2, but she wasn't the only story to follow on the first day of Fan Week.
Linda, squared: Teens Fruhvirtova, Noskova roll into Round 2
Remember their names. Czech 17-year-olds Linda Fruhvirtova and Linda Noskova each enjoyed safe passage through to Round 2 with straight-sets wins in the first round. The two compatriots even played back-to-back on Court 11.
Noskova, seeded No. 4, was a 6-1, 7-6(2) winner over Poland's Katarzyna Kawa, while Fruhvritova knocked off No. 29 seed Ylena In-Albon of Switzerland, 6-3, 6-3.
Both these Lindas had decorated careers as juniors: Noskova won the girls' singles title at Roland Garros 12 months ago, while Fruhvirtova reached a career-high ranking of No. 2. Neither had played in the women's event at the US Open before arriving with a bang this year.
History made by Brandon Holt, Carolina Alves
There was a notable rule change ahead of the 2022 US Open, and it was seen in action on Day 1. In March, the four Grand Slams jointly-announced that they'll play a consistent format in final sets at their tournaments: When the score reaches 6-6, a deciding tiebreak will be played to 10 points instead of the traditional seven.
On Monday, five players experienced what it's like to win these matches on the Open's hard courts first-hand: Brandon Holt, Carolina Alves, Maddison Inglis, Astra Sharma and Bjorn Fratangelo all went the distance and came out victorious.
Holt, 24, is the son of two-time US Open singles champion Tracy Austin, and played his college tennis at USC. A winner of five titles on the ITF Futures Tour this year, Holt came into his first senior Open just shy of his career-high ranking of No. 296. He earned his first win with a 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) comeback against France's Alexandre Muller.
Alves, from Brazil, later became the first woman to pull off the feat with a 6-2, 6-7, 7-6(8) win over Switzerland's Stefanie Voegele. Even better? She saved a match point earlier in the decider.
Glozman, Quinn introduce themselves
Runners-up at the USTA's national junior championships earlier this month, Valerie Glozman and Ethan Quinn have now made their mark on an international stage: In their first Grand Slam action, they're through to Round 2.
Glozman, 15, who's playing her first professional-level event of any kind at the Open, was a 6-3, 7-6(6) winner against Slovenia's Dalila Jakupovic.
The teen, who plays two-handed on both sides, befuddled her more experienced opponent and showed she was more than capable at the net over the course of an hour and 43 minutes. She saved a set point in the second set, and won on her fourth match point.
Quinn, by contrast, captured his biggest pro-level title earlier this year at the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Champaign, Ill. last month. The 18-year-old was a 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 winner against fellow American Ernesto Escobedo.
Bouchard returns to Grand Slam action
For the first time in more than two years, Eugenie Bouchard was back on-court at a Grand Slam.
The former Top 5 player and Wimbledon finalist had been sidelined since last March thanks to shoulder surgery, and in the second tournament of her comeback, is off and running. Unseeded and entered on an injury-protected ranking, the Canadian knocked off Japan's Yuki Naito, 6-3, 6-3.
Bouchard, now 28, last played in the main draw of a Grand Slam at Roland Garros in 2020, and last appeared at the Open in 2019. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 5, becoming the first Canadian player to be ranked in the Top 5 in singles.
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