US Open: Andreeva thrashes clumsy Parks to reach second round

Russian Mirra Andreeva, the No 5 seed, won against American Alycia Parks 6-0, 6-1 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Monday to move into the second round of the US Open.

Andreeva needed only 55 minutes to overcome Parks, who was all over the place, spraying 28 unforced errors.

The Russian, on the other hand, was up to the task as she broke her opponent six times with the help of six winners and a 74 percent average on the second-serve return.

Parks came into the match on the back of an impressive semi-final run in Monterrey, where she downed top seed Emma Navarro. Andreeva, wary of the American’s form, employed aggressive tennis on Monday to cruise through.

“I was super nervous before coming into this match,” the winner began in her on-court interview. “I saw her last results and she has been playing super great. It’s always very hard to start a Grand Slam, first round matches are super tricky. So, I was just trying to tell myself to be confident to go for my shots, not to rush but at the same time play aggressive.”

“I have a great team around me. I’m still learning how to take all of this calmly, match by match. So, still learning but I can see progress and that’s what makes me happy. I try to work every day to get better. I’m just happy that today was one of the days when I showed myself that it’s been paying off.”

Andreeva, ranked No 5, will face Russian Anastasia Potapova next.

New York (Grand Slam), other first-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 90.000.000, most recent results first):

• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Coco Gauff
• Greet Minnen vs. Naomi Osaka
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Donna Vekic vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
• Anastasia Zakharova vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Solana Sierra
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Sofia Kenin
• Francesca Jones vs. Eva Lys
• Laura Siegemund vs. Diana Shnaider
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anastasija Sevastova
• Lois Boisson vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Danielle Collins vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Linda Noskova vs. Dalma Galfi
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Xinyu Wang
• Emiliana Arango vs. Iga Swiatek
• Suzan Lamens vs. Valerie Glozman
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sonay Kartal
• Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Maya Joint
• Katie Boulter vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Karolina Muchova (11) beat Venus Williams (WC): 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
• Peyton Stearns beat Darja Semenistaja (Q): 7-5, 6-0
• Zeynep Sonmez beat Katie Volynets (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Anna Bondar beat Elina Svitolina (12): 6-2, 6-4
• Magdalena Frech (28) beat Talia Gibson (WC): 6-2, 6-2
• Elsa Jacquemot beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 6-3
• Maria Sakkari beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-2
• Ann Li beat Rebecca Sramkova: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Daria Kasatkina (15) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse: 7-5, 6-1
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Caroline Garcia (WC): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Cristina Bucsa beat Claire Liu (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• Anna Kalinskaya (29) beat Clervie Ngounoue (WC): 6-0, 5-7, 6-4
• Elena Rybakina (9) beat Julieta Pareja (WC): 6-3, 6-0
• Iva Jovic beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Taylor Townsend beat Antonia Ruzic: 6-4, 6-4
• Elise Mertens (19) beat Alyssa Ahn (WC): 6-1, 6-0
• Renata Zarazua beat Madison Keys (6): 6-7 (10), 7-6 (3), 7-5
• Barbora Krejcikova beat Victoria Mboko (22): 6-3, 6-2
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Dayana Yastremska (30): 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Yulia Putintseva beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Diane Parry beat Petra Kvitova: 6-1, 6-0
• Priscilla Hon (Q) beat Leolia Jeanjean: 6-3, 7-5
• Liudmila Samsonova (17) beat Yue Yuan: 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Jessica Pegula (4) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-0, 6-4
• Victoria Azarenka beat Hina Inoue (Q): 7-6, 6-4
• Jasmine Paolini (7) beat Destanee Aiava (Q): 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Anna Blinkova beat Yuliia Starodubtseva: 6-3, 6-1
• Belinda Bencic (16) beat Shuai Zhang (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Anastasia Potapova beat Lin Zhu: 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
• Emma Navarro (10) beat Yafan Wang: 7-6 (9), 6-3
• Lulu Sun beat Camila Osorio: 6-4, 2-6, 6-0
• Jelena Ostapenko (25) beat Xiyu Wang (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Catherine McNally (WC) beat Jil Teichmann: 6-2, 6-2
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Rebeka Masarova: 7-5, 6-1
• Alexandra Eala beat Clara Tauson (14): 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (11)
• Moyuka Uchijima beat Olga Danilovic: 7-6 (2), 4-6, 7-6 (9)
• Janice Tjen (Q) beat Veronika Kudermetova (24): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez (31) beat Rebecca Marino (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Oksana Selekhmeteva (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Emma Raducanu beat Ena Shibahara (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Polina Kudermetova beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 2-2 ret.
• McCartney Kessler (32) beat Magda Linette: 7-5, 7-5
• Tereza Valentova (Q) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4

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