US Open 2016: Bracket, schedule and scores for men's draw

Can Novak Djokovic recover from an early Olympics exit by taking the US Open?

Andy Murray came out on top at the recent Rio Olympics, prevailing in the gold medal match over Juan Martin Del Potro. That makes two singles gold medals in a row for Murray, who also won at the London 2012 Olympics. Del Potro took bronze in those games, and was a surprise contender in this year's Games.

Del Potro shocked everyone when he upset Novak Djokovic, the top seed, in the opening round in Rio and went on all the way to the final, dropping Rafael Nadal along the way. Now Del Potro will enter the US Open unseeded, fresh off a silver medal win and playing some of the best tennis of his career. Can he continue his run, and maybe put up something close to 2009, when he won the tournament?

Murray is the second seed, and he once again has to consider the chance of meeting Djokovic in the finals, though that's a long way off yet. Nadal is also in the tournament and in the discussion, while Roger Federer is unfortunately not participating. Federer is missing the US Open for the first time since 1999.

How the US Open will shake out is anybody's guess. So many players are playing great tennis right now and it should be a good one. Below, we will have an updated bracket and schedule throughout the tournament. Television coverage will be carried by ESPN and ESPN2, with live streams available via WatchESPN.

Bracket

Bracket taken from the official US Open website.

How to watch the tournament

The tournament's broadcast schedule is much the same as it was last year, its first year of running exclusively on the ESPN family of networks. Coverage will typically begin between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on most days, and will run all through the day. Coverage will be shared across ESPN and ESPN2 throughout. Live streams of all matches will be available via WatchESPN online.

Go to SB Nation's tennis hub for recaps and in-depth how to watch information each day. Below is a full look at the start and end times each day and which channel you can find the coverage on. All times are Eastern.

Day	Round	Start	End	Network
Aug. 29	First	1 p.m.	6 p.m.	ESPN
Aug. 29	First	6 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN2
Aug. 30	First	1 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN
Aug. 31	Second	1 p.m.	6 p.m.	ESPN
Aug. 31	Second	6 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN2
Sept. 1	Second	1 p.m.	6 p.m.	ESPN
Sept. 1	Second	6 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN2
Sept. 2	Third	1 p.m.	6 p.m.	ESPN
Sept. 2	Third	6 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN2
Sept. 3	Third	11 a.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN2
Sept. 4	Round of 16	11 a.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN2
Sept. 5	Round of 16	11 a.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN2
Sept. 6	Quarterfinals	12 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN
Sept. 7	Quarterfinals	12 p.m.	6 p.m.	ESPN
Sept. 7	Quarterfinals	7 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN2
Seot, 8	Women's Semifinals	7 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN
Sept. 9	Mixed Doubles Final	12 p.m.	2 p.m.	ESPN2
Sept. 9	Men's Semifinals	3 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN
Sept. 10	Women's Final	4 p.m.	7 p.m.	ESPN
Sept. 11	Men's Final	4 p.m.	7 p.m.	ESPN

Schedule

Day 1: Monday, Aug. 29 (recap)

No. 1 Novak Djokovic def. Jerzy Janowicz, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 Rafael Nadal def. Denis Istomin, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
No. 5 Milos Raonic def. Dustin Brown, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
No. 7 Marin Cilic def. Rogerio Dutra Silva, 6-4, 7-5, 6-1
No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. Guido Andreozzi, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
No. 10. Gael Monfils def. Gilles Muller, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(5)
Kyle Edmund def. No. 13 Richard Gasquet, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
No. 15 Roberto Bautista Agut def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 7-6, 6-1, 6-7(5), 7-6(3)
No. 18 Pablo Cuevas def. Dudi Sela, 6-3, 6-2, 0-6, 5-7, 6-3
No. 20 John Isner def. Frances Tiafoe, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-6(3)
No. 23 Kevin Anderson def. Yoshihito Nishioka, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
No. 24 Lucas Pouille def. Mikhail Kukushkin, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
No. 26 Jack Sock def. Taylor Fritz, 7-6(3), 7-5, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4
Mikhail Youzhny def. No. 28 Martin Klizan, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1
No. 31 Albert Ramos-Vinolas def. Julien Benneteau, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
No. 32 Benoit Paire def. Dusan Lajovic, 6-2, 2-6, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1

Day 2: Tuesday, Aug. 30 (recap)

No. 2 Andy Murray def. Lukas Rosol, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 Stan Wawrinka def. Fernando Verdasco, 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 Kei Nishikori def. Benjamin Becker, 6-1, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
No. 8 Dominic Thiem def. John Millman, 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
No. 11 David Ferrer def. Alexandr Dolgopolov, 6-5 (ret.)
Jared Donaldson def. No. 12 David Goffin, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-0
No. 14 Nick Kyrgios def. Aljaz Bedene, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
No. 16 Feliciano Lopez def. Borna Coric, 3-4 (ret.)
Damir Dzumhur def. No. 17 Bernard Tomic, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(0)
No. 19 Steve Johnson def. Evgeny Donskoy, 4-6, 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-3
No. 21 Ivo Karlovic def. Yen-Hsun Lu, 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 7-5
No. 22 Grigor Dimitrov def. Inigo Cervantes, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(7)
Nicolas Mahut def. No. 25 Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6-3, 7-5, 1-0 (ret.)
No. 27 Alexander Zverev def. Daniel Brands, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(4)
Janko Tipsarevic def. No. 29 Sam Querrey, 7-6(4), 6-7(0), 6-3, 6-3
No. 30 Gilles Simon def. Radek Stepanek, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 
Juan Martin Del Potro def. Diego Schwartzman, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(3)

Day 3: Wednesday, Aug. 31 (recap)

No. 1 Novak Djokovic def. Jiri Vesely, (walkover)
No. 4 Rafael Nadal def. Andreas Seppi, 6-0, 7-5, 6-1
Ryan Harrison def. Milos Raonic, 6-7(4), 7-5, 7-5, 6-1
No. 7 Marin Cilic def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. James Duckworth, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 10 Gael Monfils def. Jan Satral, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
No. 15 Roberto Bautista Agut def. Federico Delbonis, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
Nicolas Almagro def. No. 18 Pablo Cuevas, 7-6(5), 6-4, 7-6(9)
No. 20 John Isner def. Steve Darcis, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(10), 6-3
No. 23 Kevin Anderson def. Vasek Pospisil, 7-6(3), 6-4, 6-4
No. 24 Lucas Pouille def. Marco Chiudinelli, 4-6, 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-2, 6-0
No. 26 Jack Sock def. Mischa Zverev, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
Andrey Kuznetsov def. No. 31 Albert Ramos-Vinolas, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6(5)
Marcos Baghdatis def. No. 32 Benoit Paire, 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

Day 4: Thursday, Sept. 1

No. 2 Andy Murray vs. Marcel Granollers
No. 3 Stan Wawrinka vs. Alessandro Giannessi
No. 6 Kei Nishikori vs. Karen Khachanov
No. 8 Dominic Thiem vs. Ricardas Berankis
No. 11 David Ferrer vs. Fabio Fognini
No. 14 Nick Kyrgios vs. Horacio Zeballos
No. 16 Feliciano Lopez vs. Joao Sousa
No. 19 Steve Johnson vs. Juan Martin Del Potro
No. 21 Ivo Karlovic vs. Donald Young
No. 22 Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jeremy Chardy
No. 27 Alexander Zverev vs. Daniel Evans

Day 5: Friday, Sept. 2

Third-round play

Day 6: Saturday, Sept. 3

Third-round play

Day 7: Sunday, Sept. 4

Round of 16 play

Day 8: Monday, Sept. 5

Round of 16 play

Day 9: Tuesday, Sept. 6

Quarterfinals play

Day 10: Wednesday, Sept. 7

Quarterfinals play

Day 11: Thursday, Sept. 8

Women's semifinals

Day 12: Friday, Sept. 9

Men's semifinals

Day 13: Saturday, Sept. 10

Women's final

Day 14: Sunday, Sept. 11

Men's final

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