US Open 2021 tennis - Karolina Pliskova, Maria Sakkari, Ajla Tomljanovic reach second round at Flushing Meadows
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Updated 31/08/2021 at 18:37 GMT
The early action on day two at the 2021 US Open saw fourth seed Karolina Pliskova and 17th seed Maria Sakkari win in straight sets. Pliskova made the final in New York in 2016 and was runner-up at Wimbledon last month.
Karolina Pliskova
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Fourth seed Karolina Pliskova breezed into the second round of the US Open with a 6-3 6-4 win over American Caty McNally.
The Wimbledon runner-up, who also made the US Open final in 2016, hit 25 winners, including eight aces, to advance in 83 minutes.
The 29-year-old won five of 11 break points while her opponent only took three of her eight chances. She will next face 20-year-old Amanda Anisimova, who won 7-5 6-2 against Zarina Diyas.
Maria Sakkari also progressed with a 6-4 6-3 win over Marta Kostyuk.
No 17 seed Sakkari made the fourth round of the US Open last year, pushing Serena Williams close in a tight three-set match.
She was comfortable against Kostyuk as she hit 25 winners and converted five of six break points.
Olympic champion Belinda Bencic won 6-4 6-4 against Arantxa Rus and Martina Trevisan beat American Coco Vandeweghe 6-1 7-5.
Ajla Tomljanovic won in straight sets against Katie Volynets while Zhang Shuai beat Hailey Baptiste 6-3 6-4 and Petra Martic was a 6-3 6-2 winner against Dalma Galfi.
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