NEW YORK—The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):
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Top-ranked Iga Swiatek powered into the second round of the U.S. Open, beating Jasmine Paolini 6–3, 6–0.
No. 8-seeded American Jessica Pegula also raced through her opening match, like Swiatek needing just more than an hour before beating Viktorija Golubic 6–2, 6–2.
Jessica Pegula, of the United States, returns a shot to Viktorija Golubic, of Switzerland, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships in New York, Aug. 30, 2022. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Swiatek is just 5–4 since her 37-winning streak earlier this year, but the two-time French Open champion got sharper as the match went on Tuesday while supported by a number of Polish fans wearing red inside Louis Armstrong Stadium….