US Open 2023 results: Iga Swiatek cruises through but Maria Sakkari out

Iga Swiatek bushed Ons Jabeur successful the last of the 2022 US Open to triumph the rubric for the archetypal time

Iga Swiatek began her US Open rubric defence with an emphatic first-round triumph arsenic eighth effect Maria Sakkari fell to a astonishing loss.

Sakkari had a time to hide connected Court 17 arsenic she was knocked retired by satellite fig 71 Rebeka Masarova of Spain.

Elsewhere, Beatriz Haddad Maia bushed 2017 champion Sloane Stephens and Elena Rybakina cruised into the 2nd round.

Rybakina bushed Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk 6-2 6-1 contempt struggling successful the build-up to the tourney with a enarthrosis injury.

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'I was blessed connected the court' -Swiatek

Swiatek has won some erstwhile meetings with satellite fig 86 Peterson and came done this brushwood connected Arthur Ashe Stadium successful imperious style.

The 22-year-old Pole, who is bidding to triumph her 5th Grand Slam title, volition look Daria Saville of Australia successful the 2nd round.

Swiatek said: "I wanted to commencement the tourney with everything I was focusing on. I was blessed to play a large game, with each the unit and expectations, I was blessed connected the court.

"I consciousness similar everything that is going connected astir america is taking distant our attraction and what we privation to execute with our games and careers.

"I privation to punctual myself that I privation to make arsenic a player. The numbers and stats don't truly substance to me. I'm conscionable trying to absorption connected my performance."

Sakkari shocked and Rybakina through

Greece's Sakkari became the archetypal apical 10 subordinate to autumn successful the women's draw.

Sakkari raced to a 4-1 pb successful the archetypal acceptable but her unseeded hostile Masarova responded successful good manner to assertion a 6-4 6-4 triumph and manus Sakkari her 3rd consecutive first-round Grand Slam loss.

American Stephens, champion successful 2017, was beaten by Brazilian 19th effect Haddad Maia 6-2 5-7 6-4 with 5 breaks traded successful a thrilling deciding acceptable connected Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Haddad Maia, a semi-finalist astatine the French Open, is done to the 2nd circular astatine Flushing Meadows for conscionable the 2nd time.

There were much regular wins for different seeded players connected the opening day.

Victoria Azarenka made airy enactment of Frenchwoman Fiona Ferro successful their lucifer astatine the Louis Armstrong Stadium.

The 18th seed, who reached the US Open last successful 2012, 2013 and 2020, wrapped up a broad 6-1 6-2 triumph implicit the satellite 190.

Elsewhere, Czech 10th effect Karolina Muchova clinched a 6-4 6-0 triumph implicit Storm Sanders of Australia, portion 15th effect Belinda Bencic of Switzerland eased past Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2 6-4.

And unseeded American Danielle Collins, finalist astatine past year's Australian Open, defeated Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2 6-0.