Swiatek breezes through to US Open second round

World No 1 Iga Swiatek breezed into the second round of the US Open on Tuesday with a straight sets victory over Italy’s Jasmine Paolini.

The Polish top seed, who has never gone past the fourth round in New York, wrapped up a 6-3, 6-0 win in 1hr 7min on the Louis Armstrong Stadium.

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Paolini’s resistance crumbled in the second set, with Swiatek dominating her opponent to score three breaks to clinch victory.

Swiatek, the reigning French Open champion, will face either Belgium’s Greet Minnen or 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens in the second round.