Muguruza advances to second round to play Linda Fruhvirtova

Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, the No 9 seed, saw off Dane Clara Tauson 6-3, 7-6 (5) to advance to the second round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Tuesday.

The Spaniard, twice a major champion, was in trouble in the second set when she trailed 4-1 but recovered to win the tiebreak and advance.

Muguruza, ranked No 10, will play Czech qualifier Linda Fruhvirtova next. Fruhvirtova won her first ever main-draw match at a major earlier on Monday when she beat Wang Xinyu 6-3, 6-4.

US Open 2022, New York City (Grand Slam), other first-round results so far

• 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
• Linda Fruhvirtova beat Xinyu Wang: 6-3, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Jelena Ostapenko: tuesday
• 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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