US Open: Kvitova too good for Bucsa in first round, faces Wozniacki next
Petra Kvitova won against Cristina Bucsa 6-1, 7-6 (5) in the first round on Monday
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No 11 seed Petra Kvitova moved into the second round of the US Open by beating Spaniard Cristina Bucsa 6-1, 7-6 (5) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Monday.
Kvitova, ranked No 11, will play Danish wildcard Caroline Wozniacki next. The Czech holds an 8-6 edge over Wozniacki in career head-to-head.
New York (Grand Slam), other first-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):
- Maryna Zanevska vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Greet Minnen vs. Venus Williams
- Ana Bogdan vs. Sofia Kenin
- Anna Blinkova vs. Jodie Burrage
- Sachia Vickery vs. Donna Vekic
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Robin Montgomery vs. Eva Lys
- Barbora Strycova vs. Kaia Kanepi
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Fiona Crawley
- Clara Tauson vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Clara Burel
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Alycia Parks
- Patricia Maria Tig vs. Rebecca Marino
- Elina Svitolina vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Peyton Stearns vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Camila Giorgi vs. Jessica Pegula
- Tatjana Maria vs. Petra Martic
- Yanina Wickmayer vs. Vera Zvonareva
- Na-Lae Han vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Martina Trevisan vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Elsa Jacquemot vs. Lesia Tsurenko
- Caroline Garcia vs. Yafan Wang
- Arantxa Rus vs. Madison Keys
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Linda Noskova vs. Madison Brengle
- Ons Jabeur vs. Camila Osorio
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Claire Liu
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Katie Boulter vs. Diane Parry
- Tatiana Prozorova vs. Caroline Wozniacki
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Magda Linette: monday
- Sorana Cirstea (30) beat Kayla Day (WC): 6-2, 6-3
- Olivia Gadecki vs. Mirra Andreeva: monday
- Laura Siegemund vs. Coco Gauff: monday
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Jasmine Paolini: monday
- Alize Cornet vs. Elina Avanesyan: monday
- Anna Kalinskaya beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 6-2
- Elise Mertens (32) beat Mirjam Bjorklund (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Panna Udvardy: 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Xiyu Wang beat Viktoria Hruncakova (LL): 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
- Jennifer Brady beat Kimberly Birrell (LL): 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Lin Zhu beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 7-5
- Kaja Juvan (Q) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto (29): 6-2, 7-5
- Xinyu Wang beat Katie Volynets (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-2, 6-1
- Yuriko Miyazaki (Q) beat Margarita Betova: 6-3, 6-3
- Danielle Collins beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-2, 6-0
- Bernarda Pera beat Veronika Kudermetova (16): 7-5, 6-4
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Anhelina Kalinina (28): 6-4, 7-5
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (19) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
- Lauren Davis beat Danka Kovinic: 6-2, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Rebecca Peterson: 6-0, 6-1
- Rebeka Masarova beat Maria Sakkari (8): 6-4, 6-4
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Kateryna Baindl: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Taylor Townsend beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-4, 6-2
- Magdalena Frech beat Emma Navarro: 7-6 (10), 1-6, 6-2
- Karolina Muchova (10) beat Storm Hunter (WC): 6-4, 6-0
- Belinda Bencic (15) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-2, 6-4
- Victoria Azarenka (18) beat Fiona Ferro (WC): 6-1, 6-2
- Daria Saville beat Clervie Ngounoue (WC): 6-0, 6-2
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