The four-time Grand Slam champion fired off 20 winners and four aces
Iga Swiatek of Poland returns the ball to Rebecca Peterson of Sweden at the US Open. Photograph: Brian Hirshfeld/EPAWorld number one Iga Swiatek got her US Open title defence off to a dominant start on Monday, flattening unseeded Swede Rebecca Peterson 6-0 6-1 to kick off the action on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The Polish player showed only brief signs of vulnerability early in the second set, as she began to accrue more unforced errors and had to claw her way back from triple break point in the first game.
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