The Deft Volley #1/ The S-Thread #1 For 8/22/12: 2012 US Open, Day 2 (Qualies Day 2)

Do to time permitting, the author of this site will get right into the highlight matches of Day 2 of the US Open, as first round qualifying continues.

Shock US Open junior champion Grace Min will look to see if she can qualify for the Open directly in a tough first round against another young teenager with promise in Slovakia's Jana Cepelova.

Also in more promising young Americans on this day, Madison Keys will face off against Madison Brengle in the interesting all-Madison encounter. The opposite of those two is Jill Craybas, who at 37 looks to see if she can be in another US Open main draw against the talented but always erratic Russian Alla Kudryavtseva.

On the men's side, 18-year-old American Mitchell Krueger looks to show everybody what he is made of against Argentine journeyman Martin Alund. UCLA star Dan Kosakowski also hopes to impress against Jesse Huta Galung of Holland.

From Michelle De Brito to Frank Dancevic with Federer boogey man and friend Marco Chiudinelli, Jamaican sensation Dustin Brown, and an intriguing match between Ricardas Berankis and Maxine Teixieira in between, it saw be another great day in the grueling mental battle that is USOpen Qualifying.

The schedule is here.