US Open 2015 got off to a thrilling start with established champions registering strong wins while a few other gritty fighters putting down their arms in the first hurdle itself. Here are the main highlights from Monday (August 21). (All images courtesy AFP)

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US Open 2015 got off to a thrilling start with established champions registering strong wins while a few other gritty fighters putting down their arms in the first hurdle itself. Here are the main highlights from Monday (August 21). (All images courtesy AFP)

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Top seed and 2011 champion Novak Djokovic brushed aside Brazil's Joao Souza 6-1, 6-1, 6-1.

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Top-ranked Serena Williams launched her quest to win the US Open and complete a calendar Grand Slam by beating 86th-ranked Russian Vitalia Diatchenko for her 29th consecutive Slam match triumph.

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The three-time defending champion won 6-0, 2-0 when Diatchenko retired after just 30 minutes at Arthur Ashe Stadium with a left foot injury.

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Marin Cilic shrugged off being shunted off to the Louis Armstrong Stadium where his status as defending US Open champion was saluted by just a smattering of fans.

Cilic saw off Argentine qualifier Guido Pella 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/3).

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Two-time champion Rafael Nadal survived a scare at the hands of Croatian teenager Borna Coric.

Nadal, who won his second New York title on his last appearance in 2013 before injury forced him to sit out 2014, prevailed 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 against his 18-year-old opponent.

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Kei Nishikori though did not have any such luck.

The Japanese fourth seed crashed out in the first round of the year's final Grand Slam event, falling to 41st-ranked Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4.

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Ana Ivanovic too crashed out!

She lost 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova.

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US Open Day 1: A Tale of Fabulous Flights and Unexpected Upsets

US Open 2015 got off to a thrilling start with established champions registering strong wins while a few other gritty fighters putting down their arms in the first hurdle itself. Here are the main highlights from Monday (August 21). (All images courtesy AFP)