Halep pounds Flipkens to reach US Open second round

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Halep pounds Flipkens to reach US Open second round
Simona Halep of Romania plays a return to Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium during her first round win

New York - Halep, a winner of three WTA Tour events this season, carried her superb form into Flushing Meadows

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Published: Tue 30 Aug 2016, 9:20 PM

Last updated: Tue 30 Aug 2016, 11:29 PM

Fifth seed Simona Halep blasted her way into the second round of the US Open on Tuesday by demolishing Kirsten Flipkens 6-0 6-2 underlining her credentials as a potential grand slam winner.
Halep, a winner of three WTA Tour events this season, including a hardcourt event in Montreal, carried her superb form into Flushing Meadows as she needed just one hour on a sun-splashed but almost vacant Arthur Ashe Stadium court to dismiss the 56th-ranked Belgian.
Flipkens, a former grand slam semifinalist who advanced to the last 16 at the Rio Olympics, look headed to a humiliating double bagel as Halep swept through the opening 11 games.
But with Halep serving for the match Flipkens broke her Romanian opponent before thrusting her arms into the air in mock triumph.
Flipkens would then hold serve for the first time but her late bit of resistance only prolonged the inevitable as Halep closed out the rout to setting up a second-round meeting with Czech Lucie Safarova. 
Meanwhile, former world number one Ana Ivanovic of Serbia crashed out with a 7-6 (4) 6-1 defeat to Denisa Allertova of the Czech Republic on Tuesday. 
Results
Tuesday
Women's Singles Round 1
Wang Qiang (China) beat 23-Darya Kasatkina (Russia) 6-4 2-6 6-2
Ana Konjuh (Croatia) beat 20-Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) 6-3 2-6 6-4
Richel Hogenkamp (Netherlands) beat Heather Watson (Britain) 6-2 7-5
Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) beat Daria Gavrilova (Australia) 6-4 6-4
Denisa Allertova (Czech Republic) beat 29-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 7-6(4) 6-1
5-Simona Halep (Romania) beat Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) 6-0 6-2
Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan) beat Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (Spain) 6-2 6-3
Men's singles first round
Jeremy Chardy (France) beat Michael Mmoh (U.S.) 6-4 6-4 
 
 


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