Top seed Iga Swiatek eases past Jasmine Paolini in straight sets to race into US Open second round

A strong performance from top seed Iga Swiatek saw her ease past Jasmine Paolini in straight sets, 6-3 6-0, to race into the second round of the US Open. Swiatek, the world No.1, was mightily impressive in parts as she cruised past Paolini, making a bagel in the second set having been broken twice in the opening set. Ad After an inconsistent spell in which she crashed out of Wimbledon at the third round and suffered an exit in the quarter finals of the BNP Paribas Poland Open in Warsaw, Swiatek looked like she was finally recapturing her form as she wrapped up the match in 67 minutes.

US OpenUS Open order of play, Day 2 — When are Raducanu and Nadal playing?19 HOURS AGO «I think I found my rhythm and made her run a bit more, because at first we had some good rallies from the middle [of the court],» Swiatek said afterwards. «I wanted to use my angles more and I think I did that pretty well. “I really like playing these first matches because [they’re] good tests for me.

I can find my rhythm. The last few tournaments I’ve started with byes, so it’s great to be able to play some matches! We’re starting from an even position and I can implement what we’ve been working on in practice.” It was obvious that Paolini was going to struggle to match the power of the number one seed, who made two early breaks after holding to love in her first service game to race into a 4-1 lead. Swiatek looked firm favourite to make it 5-1 but the Italian fought back, conjuring up the break point with a smash and the world No.1 then misused a backhand to allow Paolini a break back.