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Swiatek takes an easy first step in search of US Open title

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By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Sports Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Iga Swiatek remembers when she was hardly noticed, so she was excited to see a photo of herself on an advertisement in Times Square. Once little known, it’s now bright lights, big city for the No. 1 women’s tennis player. Think how much bigger she’ll be in New York if she wins the U.S. Open. The top seed took the first step Tuesday by beating Jasmine Paolini 6-3, 6-0 in a little more than an hour. Other straight-set winners early on the second day of the tournament were No. 6 Aryna Sabalenka, No. 8 Jessica Pegula and No. 9 Garbiñe Muguruza. Venus Williams was in action.

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