| Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 28 August-10 September |
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Iga Swiatek started her US Open title defence with an emphatic first-round victory as eighth seed Maria Sakkari fell to a stunning loss.
World primary Swiatek breezed to a 6-0 6-1 win over Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson in 58 minutes.
Sakkari had a day to overlook on Court 17 as she was knocked out by world quantity 71 Rebeka Masarova of Spain.
Elsewhere, Beatriz Haddad Maia beat 2017 champion Sloane Stephens and Elena Rybakina cruised into the second spherical.
Rybakina beat Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk 6-2 6-1 regardless of struggling within the build-up to the event with a shoulder damage.
‘I used to be glad on the court docket’ -Swiatek
Swiatek has received each earlier conferences with world quantity 86 Peterson and got here through this encounter on Arthur Ashe Stadium in imperious type.
The 22-year-old Pole, who’s bidding to win her fifth Grand Slam title, will face Daria Saville of Australia within the second spherical.
Swiatek mentioned: “I wished to start out the event with every part I used to be specializing in. I used to be glad to play an important sport, with all of the stress and expectations, I used to be glad on the court docket.
“I really feel like every part that is occurring round us is taking away our consideration and what we wish to obtain with our video games and careers.
“I wish to remind myself that I wish to develop as a participant. The numbers and stats do not actually matter to me. I’m simply attempting to deal with my efficiency.”
Sakkari shocked and Rybakina through
Greece’s Sakkari grew to become the primary prime 10 participant to fall within the girls’s draw.
Sakkari raced to a 4-1 lead within the first set but her unseeded opponent Masarova responded in wonderful trend to assert a 6-4 6-4 win and hand Sakkari her third consecutive first-round Grand Slam loss.
“My stage has been poor and I’ve to do one thing about that,” Sakkari mentioned.
American Stephens, champion in 2017, was overwhelmed by Brazilian nineteenth seed Haddad Maia 6-2 5-7 6-4 with 5 breaks traded in an exciting deciding set on Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Haddad Maia, a semi-finalist on the French Open, is through to the second spherical at Flushing Meadows for simply the second time.
There have been extra routine wins for different seeded gamers on the opening day.
Victoria Azarenka made mild work of Frenchwoman Fiona Ferro of their match on the Louis Armstrong Stadium.
The 18th seed, who reached the US Open ultimate in 2012, 2013 and 2020, wrapped up a complete 6-1 6-2 victory over the world 190.
Elsewhere, Czech tenth seed Karolina Muchova clinched a 6-4 6-0 win over Storm Sanders of Australia, whereas fifteenth seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland eased previous Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2 6-4.
And unseeded American Danielle Collins, finalist ultimately 12 months’s Australian Open, defeated Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2 6-0.
