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Kvitova breezes into Round 2

New York - Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova breezed into the second round of the US Open on Tuesday with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Kristina Mladenovic.

The third-seeded Czech didn't surrender a service break in the 54-minute contest, breaking France's 73rd-ranked Mladenovic five times.

She'll face another Czech -- either Klara Koukalova or Petra Cetkovska, for a place in the third round.

Results on Tuesday from the second day of the US Open, the final Grand Slam tournament of 2014 (x denotes seeded player):

Men

1st rd

Sam Querrey (USA) bt Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP x28) bt Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2

Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 2-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5

John Isner (USA x13) bt Marcos Giron (USA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, 7-6 (7/2)

Kei Nishikori (JPN x10) bt Wayne Odesnik (USA) 6-2, 6-4, 6-2

Pablo Andujar (ESP) bt Jack Sock (USA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 - retired

Borna Coric (CRO) bt Lukas Rosol (CZE x29) 6-4, 6-1, 6-2

Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) bt Igor Sijsling (NED) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2

Gilles Simon (FRA x26) bt Radu Albot (MDA) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

Federico Del Bonis (ARG) bt Noah Rubin (USA) 6-4, 6-3, 6-0

Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt Dustin Brown (GER) 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, 7-6 (7/3)

David Ferrer (ESP x4) bt Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 6-1, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2

Gael Monfils (FRA x20) bt Jared Donaldson (USA) 6-4, 6-2, 6-4

Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 6-4, 6-4, 7-5

Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) bt Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 6-1, 6-2, 2-1 - retired

Richard Gasquet (FRA x12) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 7-5, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4

Fabio Fognini (ITA x15) bt Andrey Golubev (KAZ) 6-4, 6-4, 6-2

Adrian Mannarino (FRA) bt Pere Riba (ESP) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2

Tim Smyczek (USA) bt Filip Krajinovic (SRB) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7/5)

Roberto Bautista (ESP x17) bt Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) 5-7, 7-6 (7/1), 1-6, 7-5, 6-1

Ivo Karlovic (CRO x25) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

Marcel Granollers (ESP) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 7-6 (7/1), 6-3, 6-2

Sam Groth (AUS) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3

Roger Federer (SUI x2) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4)

Women

1st rd

Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Taylor Townsend (USA) 6-3, 6-1

Vania King (USA) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Varvara Lepchenko (USA) bt Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) 7-5, 6-2

Mona Barthel (GER) bt Zhang Shuai (CHN x32) 6-1, 6-2

Samantha Stosur (AUS x24) bt Lauren Davis (USA) 6-1, 6-4

Kaia Kanepi (EST) bt Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 6-1

Coco Vandeweghe (USA) bt Donna Vekic (CRO) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1

Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x15) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1

Flavia Pennetta (ITA x11) bt Julia Goerges (GER) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1

Shelby Rogers (USA) bt Maryna Zanevska (UKR) 6-4, 6-3

Nicole Gibbs (USA) bt Caroline Garcia (FRA) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x23) bt Teliana Pereira (BRA) 6-2, 6-0

Casey Dellacqua (AUS x29) bt Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) 7-5, 6-3

Wang Qiang (CHN) bt Paula Kania (POL) 6-2, 6-0

Karolina Pliskova (CZE) bt Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 6-2, 6-2

Ana Ivanovic (SRB x8) bt Alison Riske (USA) 6-3, 6-0

Petra Kvitova (CZE) bt Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 6-1, 6-0

Petra Cetkovska (CZE) bt Klara Koukalova (CZE) 6-1, 2-6, 6-3

Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) bt Katarzyna Piter (POL) 6-4, 6-1

Madison Keys (USA x27) bt Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 6-0, 6-3

Marina Erakovic (NZL) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x20) 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3)

Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) 6-0, 7-5

Christina McHale (USA) bt Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (7/5)

Victoria Azarenka (BLR x16) bt Misaki Doi (JPN) 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 6-1

CiCi Bellis (USA) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x12) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4

Zarina Diyas (KAZ) bt Lesya Tsurenko (UKR) 6-1, 6-2

Polona Hercog (SLO) bt Elina Svitolina (UKR) 6-2, 7-6 (7/4)

Ekaterina Makarova (RUS x17) bt Grace Min (USA) 6-4, 6-2

Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE x30) bt Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 6-1, 6-3

Monica Niculescu (ROM) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 7-5

Sorana Cirstea (ROM) bt Heather Watson (GBR) 6-1, 6-1

Eugenie Bouchard (CAN x7) bt Olga Govortsova (BLR) 6-2, 6-1

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