US Open 2019: Federer and Nishikori in action, Konta delayed by rain – live!

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7.03pm BST

Well, well. There’s the double break. Dzumhur leads 4-zip. Meanwhile Nishikori has refocused after being broken while serving for the match at 5-3, and he’s completed a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Klahn on Louis Armstrong. He’s the first man to put a W by his name today, mind you, that’s the only men’s match we’ve seen bar Federer v Dzumhur what with this pesky rain.

6.57pm BST

Federer started hesitantly in the first round, dropping the opening set to the 190th-ranked Sumit Nagal, and he’s slow out of the blocks here, conceding serve in the second game to trail 2-0. The five-times champion, who turned 38 a few weeks ago, has played only two matches since that letting that epic Wimbledon final slip away from two championship points up. It this rustiness or scar tissue from that defeat to Novak Djokovic? We’ll see, but a ninth unforced error from Federer allows Dzumhur to get to 3-0 and Federer’s soon 0-30 down on serve.

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