World number one Serena Williams jump started her bid for a record seventh US Open title on Tuesday with a 6-3, 6-3 first-round victory over Russia's Ekaterina Makarova.

Williams, aiming to break the Open Era record of 22 Grand Slam singles titles she shares with German Steffi Graf, needed just 63 minutes to overcome the veteran left-hander and set up a second-round meeting with fellow American Vania King.

Results from the second day of the 2016 US Open tennis championships at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday:

1st rd

Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 6-3, 6-3
Vania King (USA) bt Antonia Lottner (GER) 7-6 (7/2), 6-3
Johanna Larsson (SWE) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 6-4, 6-2
Denisa Allertová (CZE) bt Ana Ivanovic (SRB x29) 7-6 (7/4), 6-1
Wang Qiang (CHN) bt Darya Kasatkina (RUS x23) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) bt Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) 6-2, 6-3
Zhang Shuai (CHN) bt Ellen Perez (AUS) 6-1, 6-1
Samantha Stosur (AUS x16) bt Camila Giorgi (ITA) 7-5, 6-7 (4/7), 6-1
Carla Suárez (ESP x11) bt Teliana Pereira (BRA) 6-0, 6-0
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) bt Mariana Duque (COL) 6-4, 6-1
Annika Beck (GER) bt Nadia Podoroska (ARG) 7-6 (8/6), 6-3
Elena Vesnina (RUS x19) bt Anett Kontaveit (EST) 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 6-3
Tímea Babos (HUN x31) bt Barbara Haas (AUT) 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
Richel Hogenkamp (NED) bt Heather Watson (GBR) 6-2, 7-5
Lucie Safarova (CZE) bt Daria Gavrilova (AUS) 6-4, 6-4
Simona Halep (ROM x5) bt Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 6-0, 6-2
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x4) bt Jessica Pegula (USA) 6-1, 6-1
Naomi Broady (GBR) bt Laura Robson (GBR) 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-4
Katerina Siniaková (CZE) bt Eugénie Bouchard (CAN) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
Caroline Garcia (FRA x25) bt Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Ana Konjuh (CRO) bt Kiki Bertens (NED x20) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Kurumi Nara (JPN) bt Stefanie Vögele (SUI) 6-0, 7-5
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) bt Peng Shuai (CHN) 4-6, 7-6 (11/9), 6-3
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI x15) bt Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) 6-1, 6-1
Karolína Plísková (CZE x10) bt Sofia Kenin (USA) 6-4, 6-3
Montserrat González (PAR) bt Danka Kovinic (MNE) 7-5, 6-2
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) bt Nao Hibino (JPN) 6-4, 7-5
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x17) bt Louisa Chirico (USA) 6-1, 6-4
Laura Siegemund (GER x26) bt Patricia Tig (ROM) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Nicole Gibbs (USA) bt Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 6-1, 6-0
Julia Göerges (GER) bt Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 6-3, 6-2
Venus Williams (USA x6) bt Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4