Swiatek, three small games given up and then pass
Victory against Jasmine Paolini, 6-3, 6-0
Iga Swiatek is off to a good start. The world number 1, eliminated in the round of 16 in Cincinnati, reacted perfectly by winning largely in the first round of the US Open, against the Italian Jasmine Paolini. The Pole crushed her opponent in two sets, after 1h06 of a one-sided fight where she left only three games at the 56th in the WTA rankings (6-3, 6-0).
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The double winner of Roland Garros, whose best result at Flushing Meadows is an eighth final, reached last year, will only have taken two games to take the measure of her opponent, and obtain the first break of the match. Paolini, who had already been knocked out in the first round of the first three Grand Slam tricks, could never respond to the power of Swiatek, who wandered off in the second set. She will find the American Sloane Stephens, winner of the 2017 edition who overthrew the Belgian Greetje Minnen (1-6, 6-3, 6-3), in the next round.
Sabalenka mercilessly, Pegula too
Aryna Sabalenka was in a hurry too. The world number 6, semi-finalist of the last edition, spent only an hour and a half on the court to cross the first round, against the American qualifier Catherine Harrison (6-1, 6-3). The Belarusian attacked the match with foot to the floor, and won the first 4 games of the match before winning the first set without too much difficulty.
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The 24-year-old player, who successfully multiplied the climbs to the net (12 points won out of 14), had more difficulty in the second set, where she dropped her face-off after a break gleaned from the start. , but she ended up logically making the difference against an opponent for whom it was only the second career Grand Slam appearance. Sabalenka will try to confirm during a second round which promises to be rather easy, against the Egyptian Sherif, or the Ukrainian Kostyuk.
On fire, Pegula made short work of Golubic: the best moments of his victory
No one is talking about her, but Jessica Pegula is going to be a client to watch at Flushing Meadows. The American, quarter-finalist at the Australian Open and Roland-Garros this season, easily disposed of the Swiss Viktorija Golubic after an express 1st round (6-2, 6-2), after 1h04 of play. puncheuse has left only four games on the way to join the 2nd round. She was the first player to get there on Tuesday.
Serious Muguruza
Win against Clara Tauson 6-3, 7-6 (5)
Out in the first round of Roland Garros and Wimbledon, Garbine Muguruza, who is having a very lackluster season, this time cleared the first hurdle of her fortnight at Flushing Meadows, against Denmark’s Clara Tauson (6-3, 7-6 ( 5)). The Spaniard, very skilful in the service (10 aces, 73% of points won behind her first ball), only needed a break, obtained in the middle of the set, to win the first round.
Muguruza martyred Tauson with his backhand: the summary of his victory
In the second set, the 10th in the world thought she had done the hardest part by breaking to lead 3-2, but she was caught in stride, before finally making the difference in the tie break. Muguruza will now try to reach the 3rd round of a Major for the first time this season. This will require getting rid of Czech qualifier Linda Fruhvirtova.
A 100% Czech duel, there will be one in the second round, since Karolina Pliskova, 22nd in the world and finalist in 2016, made the Polish Magda Linette give in after the super tie-break (6-2, 4-6, 7 -6 (8)). She will find her compatriot Marie Bouzkova, faller of another Czech, the qualified Linda Noskova, there too at the end of the suspense (6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-2).
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Ostapenko already out
Lost to Zheng 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Jelena Ostapenko is already taking the door. The Latvian was eliminated in the first round after a defeat in three sets against the Chinese Qinwen Zheng (6-3, 3-6, 6-4). A real disappointment for her. Curiosity of the statistics: Zheng hit more winners in this match (31 against 28). Once again, unforced errors (29) condemned the former winner of Roland-Garros.
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Venus Williams ejected in the first lap
Lost to van Uytvanck 6-1, 7-6 (5)
Reversing Badosa
Won against Tsurenko 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
Fourth in the world, Paula Badosa for her part glimpsed the exit closely. But led a set to nothing and taken in the tie break by the Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, the Spaniard, titled this year in Sydney, finally held on to sign her 32nd victory of the year, in three sets (3-6 , 7-6 (4), 6-3). This success allows him to advance, like last year, to the second round. She is now waiting to know the identity of her opponent, who will be either the Russian Gracheva or the Croatian Martic.
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