Kei Nishikori was back in the US Open spotlight on Monday August 31,2015 but for all the wrong reasons as last year's runner-up headlined a day of first-round upsets at Flushing Meadows.
Fourth seed Kei Nishikori, who last year became the first Asian man to reach a grand slam final, found defeat hard to swallow after squandering two match points in the 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-4 loss to Frenchman Benoit Paire.
The 25-year-old Japanese had plenty of company at the exit following a string of opening-day upsets that included Serbian seventh seed and former world number one Ana Ivanovic, eighth seeded Czech Karolina Pliskova and 10th-seed Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain.
Ana Ivanovic crashed out of the US Open first round on Monday, losing 3-6, 6-3, 3-6 to Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova
Anna Tatishvili gave the home fans a reason to get excited as the 121st-ranked American qualifier destroyed eighth seeded Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-2, 6-1
Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin kept the upsets trending with 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory over Jelena Jankovic, the 21st seed and 2008 US Open runner-up.
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