Shnaider Opens US Open With 6-0 6-4 Win Over Snigur

Diana Shnaider needed only a bagel opening set and one decisive burst in the second to move past Daria Snigur 6-0 6-4 in the US Open first round. The margin came from behind the baseline exchanges on serve: Snigur landed 67.3 percent of her first deliveries but won just 48.6 percent of those points, and only 33.3 percent behind her second, offering steady openings. Shnaider was less accurate at 53.1 percent first serves in, yet far more productive, taking 69.2 percent of first-serve points and 60.9 percent on the second, with three aces against three double faults. A clean start to her campaign.