As play begins at the 2012 U.S. Open on the blue hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, there are several key matches in both the men’s and women’s draws which are definitely worth following closely.  The matches include:

MEN:
•    Roger Federer versus Donald Young
•    Nicolas Almagro versus Radek Stepanek
•    Tomas Berdych versus David Goffin
•    Robin Haase versus Feliciano Lopez
•    Marcel Granollers versus Denis Kudla
•    Philipp Kohlschreiber versus Michael Llodra
•    John Isner versus Xavier Malisse
•    Jurgen Melzer versus Bradley Klahn
•    Ernests Gulbis versus Tommy Haas
•    Mikhail Youzhny versus Gilles Muller
•    Kevin Anderson versus David Ferrer
•    Juan Martin del Potro versus David Nalbandian
•    Julien Benneteau versus Olivier Rochus

WOMEN:
•    Julia Goerges versus Kristyna Pliskova
•    Sorana Cirstea versus Sabine Lisicki
•    Melanie Oudin versus Lucie Safarova
•    Daniela Hantuchova versus Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
•    Mirjana Lucic versus Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
•    Coco Vandeweghe versus Serena Williams
•    Bethanie Mattek-Sands versus Venus Williams
•    Urszula Radwanska versus Roberta Vinci
•    Jelena Jankovic versus Kateryna Bondarenko