Say what?! US Open day one quotes

Anything can happen on day one of a Grand Slam – and that certainly was the case as the 2017 US Open started. These are some of the best and surprising quotes from the stars on what unfolded:

“Not playing a lot of matches coming into this, it almost seemed like I had no right to win this match today. And I somehow did. I think that is what I’m most proud of.”
Maria Sharapova on her first round upset of No.2 seed Simona Halep

“From the second I found out I was playing Simona, I was actually getting my nails done, I got my phone out and I pulled up YouTube videos of our matches and started studying our matches.”
Maria Sharapova on how she prepared for the match

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“I didn’t have the timing, the feeling. I don’t know why. Maybe because was night. It’s always different. I didn’t practice night. But these are excuses. I just had to try something else, but I didn’t. So was my bad there.”
Simona Halep laments a poor serving performance in her loss

“What do you think (smiling). Racquets away, holiday, then work again.”
Simona Halep when asked what she will do in coming days

“I mean, utter disappointment when you’re up two breaks in one set, a break in the fifth. Choke it all the way, so. Really sucks.”
Top-ranked American Jack Sock on his five-set loss to Australian Jordan Thompson

“I grew up with her in juniors. Until yesterday I thought she was a righty, then I realised she was a lefty (smiling).”
Caroline Wozniacki’s memory of first-round opponent Mihaela Buzarnescu is questionable

“I had no idea what she looked like, who she was, anything. But she played amazing.”
An honest Venus Williams on what she knew about first round opponent Viktoria Kuzmova

PHOTO GALLERY: US Open day one

“Those two guys (Nadal and Federer) to date have had the best year on the tour. Kind of rewinding the clock back to seven, eight years ago it seems like. But to have those two guys at the top of the game right now is very special.”
John Isner is a Fedal fan too

“I just was happy to be on the court the last couple of weeks, just enjoying playing. Happy to be injury-free and pain-free, all that good stuff. I didn’t really have any expectations coming back. I just wanted to play again. I’ve exceeded everything that I thought I would.”
Sloane Stephens on her comeback

“I understand the reasoning. The only one I don’t understand is why the 3 doesn’t go to 2. If 5 is going to go to 2, and 17 is going to go to 16, the next guy in is going to go to 32, I feel like 3 should go to 2. Other than that, I understand it.”
Sam Querrey weighs into the confusing seed reshuffle debate

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“I said before, you know, coming to US Open and having a dark past, maybe, in the results, I keep it with low expectations. You know, I take every match as a final. It’s very important. You know, happy that this first round went my way and looking forward to actually, you know, match my best result here.”
Title favourite Garbine Muguruza is taking it one match at a time

“I’m not a big New York fan.”
American Steve Johnson prefers Californian cities

“My body is not falling apart, which I’m very happy for that, and my hand is progressing. I hope one day will be everything perfect.”
Petra Kvitova on her health

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