Garcia’s fine form continues, makes US Open second round

Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 17 seed, advanced to the second round of the US Open by winning against Russian lucky loser Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 6-4 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Monday.

“Of course the last couple of weeks and months have been successful for me on court, and I’m confident,” Garcia said in her press conference afterwards.

“I know my game is here. I know which way I have to play and which way is working for me.

“We are trying with the team to keep practising and keep working on this game and taking one match at a time like we did in the past.

“We will see where it can brings me. Obviously to win a slam, it’s one of my goals since I started on the tour, and always working every day on it to see if I can reach it, and when can I reach it. But it’s a tough goal, but it’s a motivating one.”

In the last month, Garcia has won the title in Poland and in Cincinnati – where she came through qualifying to lift the trophy.

Garcia, ranked No 17, will face Russian Anna Kalinskaya next.

US Open (Grand Slam), other first-round matches (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 40.560.000, most recent results first):

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