New York Aug 29 (IANS) Czech Republic s Petra Kvitova the No. 5 seed rolled to a 6-1 6-4 win over Belgium s Yanina Wickmayer advancing to the second round at the US Open in Flushing Meadows here.
On Tuesday Kvitova a two-time Wimbledon champion had to overcome the intense heat and Wickmayer a US Open semi-finalist in 2009 reports Efe news.
Up next for Kvitova will be the winner of the match between China s Yafan Wang and Slovakia s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova.
In other action on the women s side Latvia s Jelena Ostapenko the No. 10 seed defeated German veteran Andrea Petkovic 6-4 4-6 7-5.
Denmark s Caroline Wozniacki the No. 2 seed beat Australia s Samantha Stosur the 2011 US Open champion 6-3 6-2.
Wozniacki s next opponent will be Ukraine s Lesia Tsurenko the world No. 42 who beat Belgium s Alison Van Uytvanck 6-3 6-2.
Wozniacki the Australian Open champion has a 1-0 career record against Tsurenko.
On the men s side Portugal s Joao Sousa defeated Spain s Marcel Granollers 6-2 6-2 6-3 while Croatia s Marin Cilic the No. 7 seed beat Romania s Marius Copil 7-5 6-1 1-1 (retired).
Serbia s Laslo Djere beat Argentina s Leonardo Mayer 6-4 6-4 4-6 2-1 (retired).

--IANS kk/in