US Open: Roger Federer, Serena Williams in cruise control to enter Round 2

New YorkFivetime champions Roger Federer and Serena Williams reached the US Open second round on Tuesday but found themselves sharing the headlines with teenage upstarts CiCi Bellis and Borna CoricFederer claimed his 50th win of 2014 as the 17time major winner playing in his 60th successive Grand Slam and bidding to become the oldest major winner in over 40 years defeated Australias Marinko Matosevic 63 64 76 74 to register his 23rd win in 24 night matches in New YorkRoger Federer and Serena Williams Pic AFPIt was a bit more difficult than I thought it was going to be in the third set Marinko has a big game said second seeded Federer who hit 10 aces and 41 winners and was cheered on by basketball legend Michael JordanFederer will face another Australian bigserving Sam Groth for a place in the last 32 as he continues his bid for a record sixth US Open but first since 2008 Womens world number one Williams the double defending champion who is also seeking a sixth title was equally untroubled defeating 18yearold compatriot Taylor Townsend 63 61 in just 55 minutesWilliams like Federer a 17time major winner has failed to make it past the fourth round at the Australian Open French Open and Wimbledon this year This was the first Slam I ever won I love coming out to play I never want it to stop said Williams who was dressed in a leopardprint dress for the occasion and next tackles compatriot Vania KingWhen the world number one won her first US Open in 1999 CiCi Bellis wasnt even five months old But on Tuesday Bellis ranked at a lowly 1208 and aged just 15 knocked out Australian Open runnerup Dominika Cibulkova the 12th seed 61 46 64 to become the youngest player to win a match at the US Open since Anna Kournikova in 1996I went into the match thinking it was going to be such a great experience but I never thought I would come out on top winning said Bellis who as an amateur had to pass up the 60000 prize money to avoid jeopardising a college sports careerCoric the 17yearold world number 204 who was junior champion in 2013 also made a stunning Grand Slam debut with a convincing 64 61 62 win over 29thseeded Czech Lukas Rosol the man who dumped Rafael Nadal out of Wimbledon two years ago The upset put Coric into a secondround clash with historymaking Victor Estrella Burgos the Dominican Republics first Grand Slam participant who is making his US Open debut at 34 Its an amazing feeling said qualifier Coric who arrived in New York with the goal of making it into the main drawI said to myself If I achieve that thats going to be perfect Kvitova untroubled Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova breezed into the second round with a 61 60 rout of French number 73 Kristina Mladenovic The thirdseeded Czech didnt surrender a service break in the 54minute contest breaking Mladenovic five times Canadian seventh seed Eugenie Bouchard the Wimbledon runnerup eased past Olga Govortsova of Belarus 62 61 slamming the brakes on her postAll England Club final slump which had brought her just one win coming into New York Bouchard is one of four Canadians in the main draw this year the most since 1989 and is aiming to keep up her record of having made at least the semifinals at all the majors in 2014Australias Samantha Stosur the 2011 champion went through with a 61 64 win over Lauren Davies of the United States firmly erasing the nightmare of her 2013 first round exit to US teenager Victoria Duval However another former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova the 2004 winner was dumped out 36 62 76 73 by New Zealands Marina Erakovic who won her first US Open match at the fifth time of askingVictoria Azarenka the runnerup to Williams for the last two years defeated Japans Misaki Doi 67 37 64 61 as the 16th seed looks to resurrect a season wrecked by a left foot injury which restricted her to one event in six months in the first half of 2014Twotime mens semifinalist David Ferrer the Spanish fourth seed was also a Tuesday winner beating Bosnias Damir Dzumhur 61 62 26 62 Americas top hope in the mens division 13th seeded John Isner saw off compatriot Marcos Giron 76 75 62 76 72 as he bids to end the United States 11year wait for a mens Grand Slam title