Easy for Djokovic, Serena but Wozniacki out
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August 30, 2012, Thursday
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DEFENDING champion Novak Djokovic and triple women's winner Serena Williams stormed into the US Open second round on a breezy and humid Tuesday night at Flushing Meadows.
World No. 2 Djokovic needed just 73 minutes to finish off an embarrassingly one-sided 6-1, 6-0, 6-1 mauling of Italian Paolo Lorenzi.
The second-seeded Serb dropped his serve in the opening game but then reeled off 18 of the next 19 games, firing seven aces as well as 32 winners against the 30-year-old Lorenzi, who has never won a grand slam match.
"My game was great from start to finish. It was important to be economical with my time on court. I tried to get to the net and stay focussed," said Djokovic, who next faces Brazil's Rogerio Dutra Silva.
Serena, the champion in 1999, 2002 and 2008, and twice a runner-up, was just as ruthless in the concluding match on Arthur Ashe Stadium, sweeping past US compatriot Coco Vandeweghe 6-1, 6-1.
The Wimbledon and Olympic champion, who has 14 grand slam titles to her name, next tackles Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.
While Djokovic and Williams were enjoying evening strolls, next door on Louis Armstrong court, former world No. 1 and 2009 runner-up Caroline Wozniacki, without a title this year, was crashing to a painful first-round loss.
The Danish eighth seed, watched by golfing superstar boyfriend Rory McIlroy, was beaten by World No. 96 Irina-Camelia Begu 2-6, 2-6.
Wozniacki came into the match with her knee heavily strapped, having picked up an injury at New Haven last week, and she needed more treatment on Tuesday before slipping to defeat. "I tried and didn't succeed in playing well. There were too many errors. It's frustrating but I will have to move on," said Wozniacki, who made the semifinals in the last two years.
Venus Williams, the 2000 and 2001 winner, also won an all-American match-up, beating wildcard Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-3, 6-1.
The 32-year-old next faces German sixth seed Angelique Kerber, who knocked her out of the Olympics.
French fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga advanced to the second round by defeating Slovakian qualifier Karol Beck 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (7/2).
World No. 2 Djokovic needed just 73 minutes to finish off an embarrassingly one-sided 6-1, 6-0, 6-1 mauling of Italian Paolo Lorenzi.
The second-seeded Serb dropped his serve in the opening game but then reeled off 18 of the next 19 games, firing seven aces as well as 32 winners against the 30-year-old Lorenzi, who has never won a grand slam match.
"My game was great from start to finish. It was important to be economical with my time on court. I tried to get to the net and stay focussed," said Djokovic, who next faces Brazil's Rogerio Dutra Silva.
Serena, the champion in 1999, 2002 and 2008, and twice a runner-up, was just as ruthless in the concluding match on Arthur Ashe Stadium, sweeping past US compatriot Coco Vandeweghe 6-1, 6-1.
The Wimbledon and Olympic champion, who has 14 grand slam titles to her name, next tackles Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.
While Djokovic and Williams were enjoying evening strolls, next door on Louis Armstrong court, former world No. 1 and 2009 runner-up Caroline Wozniacki, without a title this year, was crashing to a painful first-round loss.
The Danish eighth seed, watched by golfing superstar boyfriend Rory McIlroy, was beaten by World No. 96 Irina-Camelia Begu 2-6, 2-6.
Wozniacki came into the match with her knee heavily strapped, having picked up an injury at New Haven last week, and she needed more treatment on Tuesday before slipping to defeat. "I tried and didn't succeed in playing well. There were too many errors. It's frustrating but I will have to move on," said Wozniacki, who made the semifinals in the last two years.
Venus Williams, the 2000 and 2001 winner, also won an all-American match-up, beating wildcard Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-3, 6-1.
The 32-year-old next faces German sixth seed Angelique Kerber, who knocked her out of the Olympics.
French fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga advanced to the second round by defeating Slovakian qualifier Karol Beck 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (7/2).
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