Defending champion Samantha Stosur of Australia advanced to the second round of the US Open on Monday with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Croatian Petra Martic. Stosur needed only 51 minutes to move on and will next face the winner of a later match between qualifiers Edina Gallovits-Hall of Romania and Swiss Stefanie Voegele.
Results on the first day of the US Open at Flushing Meadows on Monday (x denotes seeding): Women (1st round): Anna Tatishvili (GEO) bt Stephanie Foretz Gacon (FRA) 6-2, 6-0; Casey Dellacqua (AUS) bt Lesya Tsurenko (UKR) 6-2, 6-3; Samantha Stosur (AUS x7) bt Petra Martic (CRO) 6-1, 6-1; Lucie Hradecka (CZE) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP x27) 6-3, 6-3.