Hurricane Irene was passing through New York does not cause significant damage in the arena of the ongoing U.S. Open grand slam tournament.
The last Grand slam of the year will still take place as scheduled on Monday (29 / 8). Although back two hours, the first match will take place at Arthur Ashe Stadium at 1pm.
While the entrance of Billie Jean King tennis center will be open to the public at 10 am.
Several seeded players who will play there the first day include eighth seed Mardy Fish who face Tobias Kamke and third seed Roger Federer will play Colombian Santiago Giraldo.
Schedule of matches:
Arthur Ashe Stadium:
Tobias Kamke (GER) v Mardy Fish (USA x8)
Heather Watson (GBR) v Maria Sharapova (RUS x3)
Vesna Dolonts (RUS) v Venus Williams (USA)
Roger Federer (SUI x3) v Santiago Giraldo (COL)
Louis Armstrong Stadium
Ryan Harrison (USA) v Marin Cilic (CRO x27)
Petra Kvitova (CZE x5) v Alexandra Dulgheru (ROM)
Stephanie Foretz-Gacon (FRA) v Vera Zvonareva (RUS x2)