U.S. Open bracket 2014 update: Serena Williams, Roger Federer advance to Round 2

Top-seeded Serena Williams breezed through the opening round at the 2014 U.S. Open, dispatching fellow American Taylor Townsend in straight sets.

Williams advanced to Round 2 by spending less than an hour on the court opposite the 18-year-old Townsend. Williams allowed only five points on serve throughout the match, one that she dominated after falling behind, 2-1, early in the first set.

The five-time U.S. Open winner will take on Vania King in the second round. Williams has lasted beyond the third round in each of the last 13 U.S. Open tournaments in which she has participated.

Federer advances

Roger Federer, the No. 2 seed in the men's bracket, took down unranked Australian Marinko Matosevic in three sets to advance to the second round.

Federer captured the first two sets, 6-3, 6-4, before going into a tiebreaker in the third. Federer defeated Matosevic in that extra set, 7-4, to cap off the two-hour, 26-minute match. Federer will face another Australian, Sam Groth, in Round 2. Federer has made it past that round in each of the past 14 U.S. Open tournaments.

Notable Tuesday scores

Men's

No. 2 Roger Federer def. Marinko Matosevic, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
No. 4 David Ferrer def. Damir Dzumhur, 6-1, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
No. 10 Kei Nishikori def. Wayne Odesnik, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
No. 12 Richard Gasquet def. Denis Istomin, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
No. 13 John Isner def. Marcos Giron, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)
No. 15 Fabio Fognini def. Andrey Golubev, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
No. 17 Roberto Bautista Agut def. Andreas Haider-Maurer, 5-7, 7-6 (7-1), 1-6, 7-5, 6-1
No. 20 Gael Monfils def. Jared Donaldson, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
No. 25 Ivo Karlovic def. Jarkko Nieminen, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
No. 26 Gilles Simon def. Radu Albot, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
No. 28 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez def. Yen-Hsun Lu, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
Borna Coric def. No. 29 Lukas Rosol, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2

An updated men's bracket can be found here.

Women's

No. 1 Serena Williams def. Taylor Townsend, 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 Petra Kvitova def. Kristina Mladenovic, 6-1, 6-0
No. 7 Eugenie Bouchard def. Olga Govortsova, 6-2, 6-1
No. 8 Ana Ivanovic def. Alison Riske, 6-3, 6-0
No. 11 Flavia Pennetta def. Julia Goerges, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Catherine Carta Bellis def. No. 12 Dominika Cibulkova, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
No. 15 Carla Suarez-Navarro def. Ajla Tomljanovic, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
No. 16 Victoria Azarenka def. Misaki Doi, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-1
No. 17 Ekaterina Makarova def. Grace Min, 6-4, 6-2
No. 23 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Teliana Pereira, 6-2, 6-0
No. 24 Samantha Stosur def. Lauren Davis, 6-1, 6-4
No. 27 Madison Keys def. Jarmila Gajdosova, 6-0, 6-3
No. 29 Casey Dellacqua def. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, 7-5, 6-3
No. 30 Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova def. Ashleigh Barty, 6-1, 6-3

An updated women's bracket can be found here.

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