The Brits enjoyed a strong start to the US Open, with Harriet Dart dumping out the 10th seed being a highlight.
Dart, Andy Murray and Jack Draper all booked their place in the second round at Flushing Meadow.
Dart won he first ever main draw US Open match
The British number two won her first ever match in the US Open main draw when she shocked Russian Kasatkina, who had won a WTA title on Saturday.
She battled superbly in hot conditions on Court 12, recovering from a shaky second set and then coming from behind in the third to continue her career-best year.
Dart could even climb to British number one after the US Open, depending on Emma Raducanu's results.
If Raducanu loses her first round match, and her 2000 points for winning last year's tournament, then she will be just 11 points off the teenager.
"Oh really? To be honest that's not something I think about," she said.
"It's more about just day in and out putting my best out there and trying to get my ranking up slowly but surely. But if that happens great. It would be an amazing thing to be able to do, but for me it's just about day in and out and focusing on what I can control."
Dart could overtake Raducanu as British No.1
Murray kicked things off with his first straight-sets victory at a grand slam for five years, defeating Argentinian 24th seed Francisco Cerundolo 7-5 6-3 6-3.
The 2012 US Open champion showed no signs of the cramping problems that had plagued him in the build-up to the tournament.
Although Draper's clash with Finn Emil Ruusuvuori was his first senior match in New York, such has been his meteoric rise this season that he was already viewed as someone to avoid in the draw.
Murray had an impressive straight sets victory in New York
Draper continues his brilliant season with a straight sets first round win
And that will not change after an efficient 6-4 6-3 6-3 success to set up an intriguing second-round clash against sixth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime.
The only British defeat was an expected one as Kyle Edmund, playing his first grand slam singles match for two years following three knee operations, fell to a 6-3 7-5 6-2 loss against fifth seed Casper Ruud.
Defending champion Raducanu, seventh seed Cameron Norrie and 20th seed Dan Evans will all bid to join the British winners on Tuesday.
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