US Open: Federer, Halep, other favorites advance

NEW YORK

 Favorites advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Tuesday.

Men’s no. 2 seed Roger Federer started his 16th consecutive U.S. Open in style, beating Argentina's Leonardo Mayer 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.

The 34-year-old Swiss has not lost an opening round at a grand slam since the 2003 Roland Garros.

Scottish third seed and former U.S. Open champion Andy Murray defeated Nick Kyrgios of Australia 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.

20-year-old Kyrgios, who is ranked 54th, had seen at least the third round of this year’s other Majors, including a quarterfinals appearance in Australian Open.

5th seed Stan Wawrinka showed a below-par performance despite having a 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 victory over Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain.

In women's game, world number two Simona Halep advanced when No. 99 Marina Erakovic of New Zealand withdrew with a knee injury while trailing 6-2, 3-0.

Two-time Wimbledon champion and 5th seed Petra Kvitova eased past Germany's Laura Siegemund 6-1, 6-1, while two-time U.S. Open runner-up Victoria Azarenka had a quick 6-1, 6-2 win over world No. 56 Lucie Hradecka.

Results (selected) -

Men's singles:

Roger Federer (Switzerland) [2] - Leonardo Mayer (Argentina): 3-0 (6-1, 6-2, 6-2)

Andy Murray (U.K.) [3] - Nick Kyrgios (Australia): 3-1 (7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1)

Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) [5] - Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spain):  3-0 (7-5, 6-4, 7-6)

Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) [6] - Bjorn Fratangelo (USA): 3-0 (6-3, 6-2, 6-4)

Gilles Simon (France) [11] - Donald Young (USA): 2-3 (6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 4-6, 4-6)

Women's singles:

Simona Halep (Romania) [2] - Marina Erakovic (New Zealand) [retired]: 2-0 (6-2, 3-0)

Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) [4] - Jamie Loeb (USA): 2-0 (6-2, 6-0)

Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) [5] - Laura Siegemund (Germany): 2-0 (6-1, 6-1)

Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) [6] - Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine): 2-0 (6-4, 6-2)

Garbine Muguruza (Spain) [9] - Carina Witthoeft (Germany): 2-0 (6-2, 6-4)

Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) [20] - Lucie Hradecka (Czech Republic): 2-0 (6-1, 6-2)