US Open: Azarenka wins to set up clash against Kostyuk

Former world No 1 Victoria Azarenka, seeded 26th this year, needed three sets to beat American qualifier Ashlyn Krueger and advance to the second round of the US Open.

The two-time Australian Open champion and three-time US Open finalist needed one hour and 49 minutes to win 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 over the qualifier Krueger in New York City on Tuesday night.

Azarenka, who is from Belarus, ranked No 26, will face Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk next. Kostyuk was among those unhappy with Azarenka being part of the charity exhibition event organized by the USTA last week.

Following her comments, Azarenka was replaced in the exhibition. This will be the first meeting between the two players.

US Open (Grand Slam), other first-round results

• Alize Cornet beat Emma Raducanu (11): 6-3, 6-3
• Taylor Townsend vs. Katerina Siniakova: tuesday
• Jule Niemeier beat Sofia Kenin (WC): 7-6 (3), 6-5
• Marta Kostyuk beat Mayar Sherif: 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Cristina Bucsa (Q) beat Kaja Juvan: 6-4, 6-4
• Yulia Putintseva beat Amanda Anisimova (24): 6-3, 6-3
• Irina-Camelia Begu beat Elise Mertens (32): 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Petra Martic beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Yue Yuan (Q) beat Jaimee Fourlis (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Alison Van Uytvanck beat Venus Williams (WC): 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Lauren Davis beat Lucia Bronzetti: 4-6, 7-6 (3), 5-4 ret.
• Belinda Bencic (13) beat Andrea Petkovic: 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
• Paula Badosa (4) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Clara Burel (Q) beat Elena Rybakina (25): 6-4, 6-4
• Anastasia Potapova beat Claire Liu: 6-1, 6-4
• Anhelina Kalinina beat Bernarda Pera: 6-4, 6-4
• Petra Kvitova (21) beat Erika Andreeva (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-0
• Sloane Stephens beat Greet Minnen: 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Jessica Pegula (8) beat Viktorija Golubic (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Jasmine Paolini: 6-3, 6-0
• Aryna Sabalenka (6) beat Catherine Harrison (Q): 6-1, 6-3
• Kaia Kanepi beat Tereza Martincova: 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Sorana Cirstea beat Laura Siegemund: 6-4, 6-4
• Marie Bouzkova beat Linda Noskova (Q): 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-2
• Karolina Pliskova (22) beat Magda Linette: 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (8)
• Linda Fruhvirtova (Q) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-3, 6-4
• Garbine Muguruza (9) beat Clara Tauson: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Qinwen Zheng beat Jelena Ostapenko (16): 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez (14) beat Oceane Dodin: 6-3, 6-4
• Viktoria Kuzmova (Q) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-3, 6-4
• Liudmila Samsonova beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Serena Williams beat Danka Kovinic: 6-3, 6-3
• Aleksandra Krunic beat Elina Avanesyan (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-3, 6-2
• Anett Kontaveit (2) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-3, 6-0
• Barbora Krejcikova (23) beat Fernanda Contreras Gomez (Q): 6-0, 6-4
• Shelby Rogers (31) beat Arantxa Rus: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Ajla Tomljanovic beat Karolina Muchova: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Shuai Zhang beat Jil Teichmann (30): 6-4, 6-2
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse beat Daria Saville: 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Rebecca Marino beat Magdalena Frech: 6-2, 6-3
• Evgeniya Rodina beat Martina Trevisan (27): 7-5, 6-1
• Ons Jabeur (5) beat Madison Brengle: 7-5, 6-2
• Xiyu Wang beat Diane Parry: 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
• Madison Keys (20) beat Dayana Yastremska: 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Harriet Dart beat Daria Kasatkina (10): 7-6 (8), 1-6, 6-3
• Camila Giorgi beat Anna Bondar: 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (15) beat Ana Konjuh: 6-0, 6-0
• Coco Gauff (12) beat Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Maryna Zanevska beat Coco Vandeweghe (WC): 6-1, 7-5
• Dalma Galfi beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 6-4, 6-3
• Daria Snigur (Q) beat Simona Halep (7): 6-2, 0-6, 6-4
• Elizabeth Mandlik (WC) beat Tamara Zidansek: 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Bianca Andreescu beat Harmony Tan (WC): 6-0, 3-6, 6-1
• Maria Sakkari (3) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
• Veronika Kudermetova (18) beat Donna Vekic: 7-5, 6-3
• Camila Osorio beat Ann Li: 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Alison Riske-Amritraj (29) beat Eleana Yu (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Caroline Garcia (17) beat Kamilla Rakhimova (LL): 6-2, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Rebecca Peterson: 6-4, 6-3

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