US Open: Samsonova dispatches Liu to move into second round

Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 14 seed, reached the second round of the US Open by winning against American Claire Liu 7-6 (3), 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

Samsonova, ranked No 15, will play German Tamara Korpatsch next.

New York (Grand Slam), other first-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):

• Maryna Zanevska vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Greet Minnen vs. Venus Williams
• Ana Bogdan vs. Sofia Kenin
• Anna Blinkova vs. Jodie Burrage
• Sachia Vickery vs. Donna Vekic
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Robin Montgomery vs. Eva Lys
• Barbora Strycova vs. Kaia Kanepi
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Fiona Crawley
• Clara Tauson vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Clara Burel
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Alycia Parks
• Patricia Maria Tig vs. Rebecca Marino
• Elina Svitolina vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Peyton Stearns vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Camila Giorgi vs. Jessica Pegula
• Arantxa Rus vs. Madison Keys
• Tatjana Maria vs. Petra Martic
• Yanina Wickmayer vs. Vera Zvonareva
• Na-Lae Han vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Martina Trevisan vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Elsa Jacquemot vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Caroline Garcia vs. Yafan Wang
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Marie Bouzkova: tuesday
• Linda Noskova beat Madison Brengle: 6-2, 6-1
• Ons Jabeur vs. Camila Osorio: tuesday
• Tamara Korpatsch beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-3, 6-2
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Leylah Fernandez: tuesday
• Katie Boulter beat Diane Parry: 6-4, 6-0
• Caroline Wozniacki (WC) beat Tatiana Prozorova (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Magda Linette (24) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-3, 6-1
• Sorana Cirstea (30) beat Kayla Day (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Mirra Andreeva beat Olivia Gadecki (Q): 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Coco Gauff (6) beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Petra Kvitova (11) beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Jelena Ostapenko (20) beat Jasmine Paolini: 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
• Elina Avanesyan beat Alize Cornet: 6-2, 1-6, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 6-2
• Elise Mertens (32) beat Mirjam Bjorklund (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Ajla Tomljanovic beat Panna Udvardy: 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Xiyu Wang beat Viktoria Hruncakova (LL): 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Jennifer Brady beat Kimberly Birrell (LL): 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Lin Zhu beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 7-5
• Kaja Juvan (Q) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto (29): 6-2, 7-5
• Xinyu Wang beat Katie Volynets (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Elena Rybakina (4) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-2, 6-1
• Yuriko Miyazaki (Q) beat Margarita Betova: 6-3, 6-3
• Danielle Collins beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-2, 6-0
• Bernarda Pera beat Veronika Kudermetova (16): 7-5, 6-4
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Anhelina Kalinina (28): 6-4, 7-5
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (19) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
• Lauren Davis beat Danka Kovinic: 6-2, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Rebecca Peterson: 6-0, 6-1
• Rebeka Masarova beat Maria Sakkari (8): 6-4, 6-4
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Kateryna Baindl: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Taylor Townsend beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-4, 6-2
• Magdalena Frech beat Emma Navarro: 7-6 (10), 1-6, 6-2
• Karolina Muchova (10) beat Storm Hunter (WC): 6-4, 6-0
• Belinda Bencic (15) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-2, 6-4
• Victoria Azarenka (18) beat Fiona Ferro (WC): 6-1, 6-2
• Daria Saville beat Clervie Ngounoue (WC): 6-0, 6-2