Djokovic crusies past hapless Souza at US Open
Top seed and 2011 champion Novak Djokovic brushed aside Brazil's Joao Souza 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 to reach the US Open second round on Monday.
Djokovic, bidding for his third Grand Slam title of the year and 10th of his career, needed just 71 minutes to set up a clash with either Vasek
Pospisil of Canada or Austria's Andreas Haider-Maurer for a last-32 spot.
Souza, the world 89, has now lost all seven matches he has played at the Grand Slam level.
US Open results on Monday, the first day of the 2015 tournament at Flushing Meadows:
1st rd:
Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Jo?o Souza (BRA) 6-1, 6-1, 6-1
Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) bt Pablo And?jar (ESP) 7-6 (8/6), 0-6, 4-6, 6-4 - retired
Andreas Seppi (ITA x25) bt Tommy Paul (USA) 6-4, 6-0, 7-5
Ricardas Berankis (LTU) bt Jo?o Sousa (POR) 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 2-6, 7-6 (7/4)
David Goffin (BEL x14) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA) 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
Milos Raonic (CAN x10) bt Tim Smyczek (USA) 6-4, 7-6 (10/8), 6-1
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt Tommy Haas (GER) 3-6, 6-1, 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 6-1
Mardy Fish (USA) bt Marco Cecchinato (ITA) 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
Feliciano Lopez (ESP x18) bt Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 7-6 (7/5), 6-1, 6-3
Benoît Paire (FRA) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x4) 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4
Marsel Ilhan (TUR) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE) 6-0, 2-6, 6-4, 3-2 - retired
Tommy Robredo (ESP x26) bt Michael Berrer (GER) 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x19) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
Marcel Granollers (ESP) bt Luk?s Lacko (SVK) 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) bt John Millman (AUS) 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4
Marin Cilic (CRO x9) bt Guido Pella (ARG) 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/3)
Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) bt Lucas Pouille (FRA) 6-2, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 6-4
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) bt Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) 6-3, 6-3, 3-0 - retired
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x17) bt Matthew Ebden (AUS) 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
Jérémy Chardy (FRA x27) bt Ryan Shane (USA) 6-2, 6-1, 6-7 (6/8), 6-2
Martin Klizan (SVK) bt Florian Mayer (GER) 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-3, 3-0 - retired