Maria Sakkari had an easy run at her first match at this year’s US Open.
The Greek champion won easily 2-0 sets (6-1, 6-0) over her Italian opponent, Camila Giorgi. Sakkarti faces next China’s Peng Shuai.
World Number 2, Ashleigh Bary suffered a first set scare but managed to win 2-1 set against Zarina Diyas from Kazakhstan. Samantha Stosur had no such luck. She lost 2-0 to Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova.
In the men’s draw, Alex De Minaur secured a win 3-1 set over France’s Pierre-Hagues Herbert.
Stefanos Tsitsipas plays tomorrow morning against Russian Andrey Rublev. Also, tomorrow morning, Nick Kyrgios faces American Steve Johnson and Thanasi Kokkinakis plays Ilya Ivanska from Belarus.
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