Simple first-round victory for Azarenka (From Free Press Series)
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Simple first-round victory for Azarenka
6:13am Tuesday 28th August 2012 in National Sport News © Press Association 2013
Victoria Azarenka dropped just one game in the first round of the US Open
Top seed Victoria Azarenka enjoyed the simplest of victories in the opening round of the US Open on Monday.
Australian Open champion Azarenka dropped just one game in thrashing Russia's Alexandra Panova 6-0 6-1 on the Louis Armstrong court at Flushing Meadows.
The world number one from Belarus won the opening nine games, with Panova claiming just five points in the entire first set.
A break of serve finally got Panova on the scoreboard and prevented a whitewash or "double bagel", but that was simply delaying the inevitable and Azarenka took the next three games to seal a comprehensive success.
