NEW YORK : World number one Iga Swiatek got her U.S. Open title defence off to a dominant start on Monday, flattening unseeded Swede Rebecca Peterson 6-0 6-1 to kick off the action on Arthur Ashe Stadium.The four-time Grand Slam champion fired off 20 winners and four aces to set up a second-round meeting
NEW YORK : World number one Iga Swiatek got her U.S. Open title defence off to a dominant start on Monday, flattening unseeded Swede Rebecca Peterson 6-0 6-1 to kick off the action on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Swiatek said that her tank was"pretty empty" after losing in the Montreal and Cincinnati semi-finals earlier this month but showed no lack of vigor as she opened her U.S. Open campaign with an ace and blazed through the first set.
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