Key events8m agoPreambleA 12.13am start! It’s a no from me.PreambleHello, hello, hello and welcome to another day of action at Flushing Meadows. We’ve got two weeks left of this thing and, somehow, Novak Djokovic is already out of the picture, having suffered his first first-round loss at a slam since January 2006. Wild.The attention today turns to Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz, both featuring on Arthur Ashe in the day. They’re up against Camila Osorio (world No 59) and Roman Safiullin (No 99), respectively. I’ll keep eyes on Louis Armstrong and the Grandstand – but I’ll surely miss a few things here and there. Help a man out and keep me company: drop me a line with your thoughts, queries, hopes, dreams, how much of a dent tickets have left in your bank account, whatever you fancy.