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Latest on US Open: 1st Round Sets Record for Retirements

NEW YORK — The latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):

7:10 p.m.

More players have stopped playing during matches because of injuries or illness during the first round of the U.S. Open than in any round at any Grand Slam tournament in the professional era.

With the temperature topping 90 degrees, a total of 11 men and women have retired during matches Monday and Tuesday at Flushing Meadows — with the first round still yet to be finished.

The previous mark for most retirements during any round at any major was nine at the 2011 U.