US Open: Vekic eases past Birrell to move into second round

Croat Donna Vekic, the No 24 seed, beat Australian qualifier Kimberly Birrell 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Vekic, ranked No 24, will face the winner of the match between Belgian Greet Minnen and Pole Magdalena Frech next.

New York (Grand Slam), other first-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):

• Shelby Rogers vs. Jessica Pegula
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Emma Raducanu vs. Sofia Kenin
• Mayar Sherif vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Diana Shnaider
• Qiang Wang vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Eva Lys vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Lauren Davis vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Alexa Noel
• Xinyu Wang vs. Arina Rodionova
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Linda Noskova
• Brenda Fruhvirtova vs. Varvara Lepchenko
• Anna Bondar vs. Bernarda Pera
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Clara Tauson
• Renata Zarazua vs. Caroline Garcia
• Elena Rybakina vs. Destanee Aiava
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Petra Martic
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Camila Osorio
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Kateryna Baindl
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Naomi Osaka
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Nao Hibino
• Iga Swiatek vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Karolina Muchova vs. Katie Volynets
• Jessika Ponchet vs. Saisai Zheng
• Katie Boulter vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Sara Errani
• Danielle Collins vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Shuai Zhang vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Taylah Preston vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Daria Saville vs. Ena Shibahara
• Priscilla Hon vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Clara Burel vs. Sloane Stephens
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Yulia Starodubtseva
• Lulu Sun vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• McCartney Kessler vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Ana Bogdan vs. Arantxa Rus
• Julia Grabher vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Marina Bassols Ribera
• Emma Navarro vs. Anna Blinkova
• Chloe Paquet vs. Harriet Dart
• Magda Linette vs. Iva Jović
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Elise Mertens
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Ann Li
• Madison Keys vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Martina Trevisan vs. Taylor Townsend
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Coco Gauff
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Paula Badosa
• Maya Joint vs. Laura Siegemund
• Peyton Stearns vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Greet Minnen vs. Magdalena Frech
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Tatjana Maria vs. Solana Sierra
• Oceane Dodin vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Erika Andreeva vs. Yue Yuan: monday
• Jule Niemeier vs. Dayana Yastremska: monday
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Amanda Anisimova: monday
• Elina Svitolina vs. Maria Lourdes Carle: monday
• Yafan Wang beat Maria Sakkari (9): 6-2, 0-0 ret.
• Diane Parry vs. Xiyu Wang: monday
• Daria Kasatkina (12) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-2, 6-4