“It was too noisy,” said Nadal

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The Spanish Rafael Nadal easily disposed of the Serbian Dusan Lajovic in three sets on Tuesday at Flushing Meadows.

New York — The audience for the US Open, is often presented as the most noisy of the circuit, which does not help when the roof of the stadium Arthur-Ashe is closed, as was the case on Tuesday. “It was too noisy “, even regretted the no. 1 in the world, Rafael Nadal.

For his entry into the field, Nadal was scheduled, as it should be, compared to its rank on the stadium Arthur-Ashe, monumental with its 22 000 seats and equipped from 2016 a retractable roof.

As it rained a good part of the day Tuesday, the roof was closed and the public new yorker has been true to its reputation. “To be honest, there was a bit too much noise,” lamented Nadal, winner of the US Open in 2010 and 2013.

“The energy and support of the public here are huge, I love it, I have unforgettable memories of this tournament and this stadium, because the energy is really different from what happens in other tournaments, but at the same time, with the roof closed, it’s too noisy,” said the Spaniard.

“I couldn’t even hear it when my opponent hit the ball. I understand that this is a show, but when the roof is closed, it should be a little more strict, the noises are inside the stadium and it is difficult “, he added.

To believe Nadal, the winner in three sets to Dusan Lajovic 7-6 (8/6), 6-2, 6-2, the noise was sometimes so important that his opponent Serbian has not heard several times when he asked him to wait until the public calms down before serving.

The calls in the quiet of the arbitrator have also been largely ignored.

This problem of noise at the US Open, with its night sessions and the overview of the airplanes that took off from the nearby airport, La Guardia, is not new.

It will ask still more when the second stage of Flushing Meadows Louis Armstrong Stadium, will be equipped to turn a retractable roof from 2018.

Kerber bows to Osaka

Angelique Kerber became the first defending champion to be eliminated in the first round of the International of tennis of the United States in 12 years.

The German, sixth-seeded, has been forced out of the tournament, bowing 6-3, 6-1 to Japan’s Naomi Osaka in one of the few games to have been completed on Tuesday. The result will cost him a place in the top 10, she was sixth.

Kerber is no more than a shadow of itself since it proved to be on the international scene in 2016. She then won the Australian open and made it to the final at Wimbledon, losing to Serena Williams.

The rain was acting up on Tuesday, lining the majority of the day’s program. La Québécoise Eugenie Bouchard will have to wait before you measure up to the Russian Evgeniya Rodina in the first round.

Matches cancelled also include the one who was to oppose Vasek Pospisil to Spaniard Fernando Verdasco.