The 2025 US Open is officially underway. Sunday afternoon's first round festivities started with a match between unseeded Emma Raducanu and qualifier Ena Shibahara. Raducanu rolled over Shibahara in straight sets: 6-1, 6-2.

NEW YORK—At just 22 years old, Emma Raducanu has already experienced everything the US Open has to offer. The 2021 champion has played in front of a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd and, that same year, competed on an empty USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center when lingering pandemic concern mandated a spectator-free qualifying tournament.