NEW YORK – Iga Swiatek easily started her quest to win the US Open and Wimbledon that same year, and it took just an hour to beat Emiliana Alango 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday.
No. 2 seed Swiatek scored points on 23 of 26 First Serves, earning a 26-5 advantage in the opening match at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Swiatek has now almost a week between games after losing in the Mixed Doubles Championship Match with Casper Ruud last Wednesday night. However, her rhythm has returned to the dominant start of the tournament.
“It was certainly a solid game and I’m glad I wasn’t trying to overwhelmed, but I was just solid,” Swiatek said.
Swiatek has continued to dominate against unranked opponents in the majors this season. She was 12-0 and won 24 of the 25 sets. Alango, who made his debut with the Flushing Meadows, fell 1-3 in the slam this year.
After going for over a year without a WTA title and falling to #8 in the world in June, Swiatek found a groove. She won titles at Wimbledon and Cincinnati, earning 18 of her last 20 matches since the end of the French Open.
Swiatek improved to 26-1 in the first round of the majors, tied with Serena Williams with the fourth-best win percentage (minimum 25 matches) in the opening match by any woman during the open era.
She won 50 tour-level matches this season. In 2025, only Carlos Alcaraz (55) and Arena Sabalenka (51) won more.
The second title of the 2022 champion at Flushing Meadows will be the first woman to win Wimbledon and the US Open in the same year since Williams in 2012.
Swiatek also has the opportunity to win the title and regain the No. 1 ranking if Sabalenka loses before the quarterfinals.
In the first round of other women’s singles results, Ukraine’s 27-seeded Marta Kostuk is a joint co-op of England’s Katie Boulter 6-4, 6-4 and Australia’s Maya past Andorra’s Victoria Zimenez Kasinzeva 6-4, 7-6 (6). Also, the straight set was Suzanne Lamens from the Netherlands, who defeated Valerie Grossman of the United States.
Brazil’s Beatrice Haddad Maia (18) was another seeded player moving into the second round.
ESPN research and Associated Press contributed to this report.