Sabalenka beats Osorio 6-2 6-4 in US Open first round

Aryna Sabalenka opened her US Open campaign with a controlled 6-2, 6-4 win over Camila Osorio in the first round, taking command early and never letting the Colombian back into the match. The difference lay almost entirely in the second-serve exchanges: Sabalenka won 52.0% of her second-serve points, while Osorio managed just 25.8% and coughed up nine double faults. Osorio actually edged the first-serve numbers, 64.3% to 62.9%, on a nearly identical 57.5% of first deliveries landed, but she could not protect the rest. Sabalenka struck five aces and moved through in straight sets.