US Open: Eugenie Bouchard and Ana Ivanovic crash out, Simona Halep destroys Flipkens

Updated 31/08/2016 at 06:37 GMT

Romanian superstar Simona Halep destroyed Kirsten Flipkens but Ana Ivanovic and Eugenie Bouchard went out in the first round of the US Open.

Eugenie Bouchard - US Open 2016

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Bouchard battered by Siniakova

Canadian starlet Eugenie Bouchard suffered yet another blow as she was knocked out of the US Open in the first round.

Bouchard, who made the fourth round at Flushing Meadows in both the last two years, fell a set behind the Czech teenager - who is ranked 72nd in the world.

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And while Bouchard squared the match, she then had no answer to her opponent in the final set.

Highlights: Bouchard falls to Siniakova

The 22-year-old Bouchard's epic achievements of 2014 - when she made the semi-finals in Melbourne and Paris, and the final at Wimbledon - have never seemed further away.

Worse still, the lawsuit she launched against the US Open organisers over the locker room slip that left her concussed at the tournament last year is still rumbling on - and many claim it is taking her focus off what happens on the court.

Ivanovic crashes out against Allertova

Ana Ivanovic - US Open 2016

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Serbia's Ana Ivanovic collapsed in the second set to lose in the opening round of the US Open, going down 7-6(4) 6-1 against Denisa Allertova.

Seeded 29th, Ivanovic was strongly fancied to waltz past an opponent who is in the lower reaches of the top 100.

Ivanovic wins great point against Allertova

But after losing a tough-fought opening set in a tie-break Ivanovic buckled, winning just one game thereafter.

Highlights: Allertova knocks out Ivanovic

Ivanovic, who married German football legend Bastian Schweinsteiger this summer, is still just 28, despite having been on tour for 12 full seasons.

But it is now eight years since she made a Grand Slam final, and it is becoming increasingly hard for her legions of fans to see further major glory in her future

Ivanovic ends epic point with glorious sliced backhand dropshot

Simona Halep crushes Flipkens in opener at Flushing Meadows

Romanian superstar Simona Halep destroyed Kirsten Flipkens in what ought to have been a tough first round match against the world number 56 at the US Open.

Halep, ranked fifth in the world, has had an up-and-down year, but made it to the quarter-finals at Wimbledon - and showed wonderful tennis at times in New York on Tuesday.

Highlights: Flipkens taken to pieces by rampant Halep

Having made the semi-finals last year, Halep will be desperate to progress deep into the tournament once again.

Halep takes point against Flipkens with stunning smash

She has another tough match next, however, facing a former Grand Slam finalist in world number 44 Lucie Safarova.

Simona Halep

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Seeds fall as Bertens and Kastakina go out

20th seed Kiki Bertens became the highest-ranked casualty of the second morning of the US Open as she lost 6-3 2-6 6-4 to Croatian teenager Ana Konjuh.

Highlights: Teenager Konjuh stuns Kiki Bertens

Bertens, a semi-finalist at the French Open this year, battled hard but was ultimately outplayed by Konjuh, the world number 92.

Russia's Darya Kasatkina followed her out, losing in three sets to China's Wang Qiang, 6-4 2-6 6-2.

Highlights: Kasatkina falls to Wang

The result ended Kasatkina's good run of results at Grand Slams: since making her debut in New York last year, she has made the third round in Melbourne, Paris and Wimbledon.

Radwanska in cruise control

Fourth-seed Agnieszka Radwanska from Poland was in ruthless form as she destroyed American Jessica Pegula 6-1 6-1.

Agnieszka Radwanska at the Connecticut Open

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Radwanska, who comes into Flushing Meadows in fine form having won the WTA Connecticut Open last weekend breezed past her opponent for the loss of just two games.

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Women's R2 results

1-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 6-3 6-3

Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) beat Mariana Duque (Colombia) 6-4 6-1

Julia Goerges (Germany) beat Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium) 6-3 6-2

17-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) beat Louisa Chirico (U.S.) 6-1 6-4

Naomi Broady (Britain) beat Laura Robson (Britain) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4

19-Elena Vesnina (Russia) beat Anett Kontaveit (Estonia) 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3

11-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) beat Teliana Pereira (Brazil) 6-0 6-0

Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) beat Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) 6-3 3-6 6-2

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Johanna Larsson (Sweden) beat Karin Knapp (Italy) 6-4 6-2

Kurumi Nara (Japan) beat Stefanie Voegele (Switzerland) 6-0 7-5

Annika Beck (Germany) beat Nadia Podoroska (Argentina) 7-6(6) 6-3

16-Samantha Stosur (Australia) beat Camila Giorgi (Italy) 7-5 6-7(4) 6-1

15-Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) beat Vitalia Diatchenko (Russia) 6-1 6-1

Nicole Gibbs (U.S.) beat Aleksandra Krunic (Serbia) 6-1 6-0

Zhang Shuai (China) beat Ellen Perez (Australia) 6-1 6-1

31-Timea Babos (Hungary) beat Barbara Haas (Austria) 5-7 6-3 7-5

25-Caroline Garcia (France) beat Pauline Parmentier (France) 4-6 6-3 6-4

Wang Qiang (China) beat 23-Darya Kasatkina (Russia) 6-4 2-6 6-2

Ana Konjuh (Croatia) beat 20-Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) 6-3 2-6 6-4

Richel Hogenkamp (Netherlands) beat Heather Watson (Britain) 6-2 7-5

Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) beat Daria Gavrilova (Australia) 6-4 6-4

Denisa Allertova (Czech Republic) beat 29-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 7-6(4) 6-1

5-Simona Halep (Romania) beat Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) 6-0 6-2

Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan) beat Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (Spain) 6-2 6-3

10-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat Sofia Kenin (U.S.) 6-4 6-3

4-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) beat Jessica Pegula (U.S.) 6-1 6-1

26-Laura Siegemund (Germany) beat Patricia Tig (Romania) 3-6 6-3 6-2

Varvara Lepchenko (U.S.) beat Peng Shuai (China) 4-6 7-6(9) 6-3

Kristina Mladenovic (France) beat Nao Hibino (Japan) 6-4 7-5

6-Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Kateryna Kozlova (Ukraine) 6-2 5-7 6-4

Vania King (U.S.) beat Antonia Lottner (Germany) 7-6(2) 6-3

Montserrat Gonzalez (Paraguay) beat Danka Kovinic (Montenegro) 7-5 6-2

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