News · No. 11 seed Frances Tiafoe faces Martin Damm Jr. in the first round of the 2026 US Open on Louis Armstrong Stadium in New York, with the two players meeting for the second consecutive year at Flushing Meadows, according to ESPN. Tiafoe enters on the back of a runner-up finish in Cincinnati, while Damm carries a 30-23 record on the year after beating Daniil Medvedev in Winston-Salem.