Keys and Fritz cruise as rain disrupts outdoor US Open play

NEW YORK, Sept 1 : Americans Madison Keys and Taylor Fritz cruised through their first round matches at the U.S. Open, while Italian fifth seed Flavio Cobolli came back from two sets down on Tuesday as rain delayed the outdoor action by nearly four hours.Keys, runner-up in 2017, was undone by debilitating nerves in the first round a year ago but found the right formula this time around in the first match on Arthur Ashe Stadium, beating Russian teen Alina Korneeva 7-5 6-4 under a closed roof.She fired off 21 winners to just seven from her opponent and will next play either Czech Lucie Havlickova or Hungarian Anna Bondar."It's so hard to play the first round of a Grand Slam. So nervous and wanting to do well," said Keys. "So grateful I was able to fight through that." Ninth seed Fritz had an