Eala routs Stoiana 6-1 6-2 in US Open first round

Alexandra Eala needed little more than an hour's worth of clean tennis to sweep past American Mary Stoiana 6-1 6-2 in the US Open first round, a rout from start to finish. The Filipina's serve was the platform: she landed 63.2% of her first deliveries and won 77.8% of those points, giving Stoiana almost nothing to attack. Stoiana, by contrast, found only 54.3% of her first serves and won just 33.3% behind the second, a leak the scoreline reflected. Both players struck no aces and three double faults, but the return games told the story. Eala moved into the second round with her level intact.