By ADAM ZAGORIA
NEW YORK — Simona Halep made history in the first match ever on the new Louis Armstrong Stadium at the US Open.
And not in a good way.
With the tournament barely two hours old, the world No. 1 and top seed at the Open was sent packing by the powerful Estonian Kaia Kanepi, 6-2, 6-4, marking the first time ever that the No. 1 seed has lost in the first round.
The match lasted 1 hour, 16 minutes and was played in temperatures reaching the mid-80s.
“It just was not my day,” Halep said. “I couldn’t feel myself strong on the court to win this match. It’s just a day, and it’s a bad day for me. But also, she deserved to win because she was playing better than me today. So it’s nothing about pressure. It was just a day.”
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