Hello and welcome to LIVE updates of our Day 1 coverage of the 2021 US Open. Right now, we’re heading to Court 10 where most of the GB action will take place today. We’ve got Dan Evans, Johanna Konta, Heather Watson and Cam Norrie all featuring – but first, it’s all about Evo! The British No.1 and No.24 seed meets a Brazilian ranked number 93 in the world in the shape of Thiago Monteiro.

EVANS 6-3 0-1 MONTEIRO. Thiago turns to his team and pumps his fist. It follows a big serve to conclude a hold to 15. It’s been a while since he enjoyed a dominant service game and it’s the ideal way to kick things off in Set 2.

SET! – EVANS 6-3 MONTEIRO. That’s how you serve out a set! Evans doesn’t falter as he surges through to serve out the opener to love and take it in 48 minutes.

BREAK! – EVANS 5-3 MONTEIRO. Evo pummels a backhand up the line and fist pumps with delight. It can only mean one thing – he’s finally got that break. The Brit’s slice approach and determination to get into the net reaps reward as a hurried forehand from the Brazilian flashes wide to cough up triple BP. The world No.93’s forehand power swats away one before a delightful crosscourt pass saves a second. But this time Evo refuses to be denied and he’ll serve for the set.

EVANS 4-3 MONTEIRO. A trio of big first serves do the heavy lifting for Evans as he canters through another tidy hold. The pressure is rising for Monteiro but can Evo find the breakthrough his first-set performance deserves?

EVANS 3-3 MONTEIRO. Frustration for Evans. He earns two more break points when Monteiro duffs a backhand volley into the net, but he just can’t convert. Credit to the Brazilian, who plays a bold point with a dart to the net to save the first before crunching a series of venomous forehands to breach the Brit’s defence via a crosscourt winner. The world number 93 duly digs out a scrappy hold and we are still all square.

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EVANS 3-2 MONTEIRO. Dan is looking pretty sharp now. He shrugs off the minor disappointment of not breaking and comfortably eases through another hold to maintain the scoreboard advantage. Still early days in this match but plenty of positives from the British perspective so far.

EVANS 2-2 MONTEIRO. The British number one’s forehand is malfunctioning more than he’d like right now. He unleashes a fizzing return winner to make deuce before some slice defence lures Monteiro into lashing a forehand just long to cough up the first break point of the match. Evo can’t convert though and although he applies heat from deuce he can’t conjure up another opportunity and lets the Brazilian off the hook with a forehand wide.

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EVANS 2-1 MONTEIRO. That’s more like it from Evans. He slams down his first ace of the contest to take it to 15. He had much more rhythm with the serve in that game.

EVANS 1-1 MONTEIRO. No such rust for the Brazilian as he cruises through his first service game of the contest with the minimum of fuss.

EVANS 1-0 MONTEIRO. It’s a tricky opener for Evans as he hits back from 15-30 before being tested again at deuce. A splendid overhead volley off the backhand clinches the hard-fought hold and should give him a boost after some first serve wobbles.

Here we go! Evans will serve first.

It’s not been the best run-up to Flushing Meadows for Dan the Man. He lost his first round matches in Washington, Toronto and Cincinnati and only managed slightly better in the Winston-Salem Open. Can he find his form on the big stage, starting today?

H2H: Evans leads the match-up 2-0 having beaten Monteiro in two tight, three-set contests in Sydney and Barcelona back in 2017.