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This time last year, Boutler was a seeded player at Flushing Meadows but is now in danger of slipping out of the world's top 50 after a difficult season.

"I don't have any injury or anything. I just struggled a lot to stay in long exchanges and recover after points," said Djokovic, who is seeded seventh.

British men's number one Jack Draper is seeded fifth as he looks to better his run to the semi-finals last year, although he has not played since Wimbledon because of an arm injury.

Toronto was seeded first and will play No. 4 Sacramento at 1 p.m.

Some fringe players on the far-right took to calling the deadly floods a fake event and claimed that clouds were seeded to cause destruction.