NEW YORK — Iga Swiatek had a straightforward begin to her quest to win the US Open and Wimbledon in the identical 12 months, needing simply an hour to beat Emiliana Arango 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday.
The No. 2-seeded Swiatek received the purpose on 23 of 26 first serves and had a 26-5 benefit in winners within the opening match of the day on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Swiatek went practically per week between matches after dropping within the combined doubles championship match with Casper Ruud final Wednesday evening. However her rhythm got here proper again in a dominant begin to the event.
“For positive it was a stable match and I am pleased that I wasn’t making an attempt to overpower, however I used to be simply stable,” Swiatek stated.
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Swiatek continued her dominance towards unranked opponents in majors this season; she is 12-0 and has received 24 of a attainable 25 units performed. Arango, who was making her debut at Flushing Meadows, fell to 1-3 at Slams this 12 months.
After going greater than a 12 months and not using a WTA title and falling as little as No. 8 on this planet in June, Swiatek has discovered her groove. She has received 18 of her final 20 matches because the conclusion of the French Open, with titles at Wimbledon and Cincinnati.
Swiatek improved to 26-1 in first-round matches at majors, tied with Serena Williams for the fourth-best win share in opening matches by any girl within the Open period (minimal 25 matches).
She has now received 50 tour-level matches this season; solely Carlos Alcaraz (55) and Aryna Sabalenka (51) have received extra in 2025.
A second title for the 2022 champion at Flushing Meadows would make her the primary girl to win Wimbledon and the US Open in the identical 12 months since Williams in 2012.
Swiatek additionally has an opportunity to regain the No. 1 rating if she wins the title and Sabalenka loses earlier than the quarterfinals.
A self-professed “Swiftie” since 2014, Swiatek stated in her information convention that she discovered of the famous person singer’s engagement to Chiefs participant Travis Kelce from her crew after the match.
“She appears tremendous pleased, so I am pleased for her,” stated Swiatek, who beforehand credited the artist for serving to her be taught English. “I want all of them the perfect.”
Swiatek proceeded to reply a couple of extra questions on Swift; when a reporter inquired if they might ask “a non-Taylor query,” Swiatek jokingly replied, “No,” earlier than pretending to depart.
In different girls’s singles first-round outcomes, No. 27 seed Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine defeated Britain’s Katie Boulter 6-4, 6-4, and Australian Maya Joint received previous Andorra’s Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 6-4, 7-6 (6). Additionally advancing in straight units was the Netherlands’ Suzan Lamens, who took down American Valerie Glozman.
Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia (18) was one other seeded participant to maneuver into the second spherical, needing three units to place away Britain’s Sonay Kartal 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.
ESPN Analysis, The Related Press and ESPN’s D’Arcy Maine contributed to this report.
