NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Top-seeded, defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne and American Lindsay Davenport were first-round winners Tuesday at the U.S. Open.
French Open titlist Anastasia Myskina also reached the second round at the year's final Grand Slam event.
Henin-Hardenne, the women's world No. 1, got past 15-year-old Czech Nicole Vaidisova 6-1, 6-4.
Henin-Hardenne is currently the reigning U.S. Open, Australian Open and Olympic champion and won the French Open in 2003.
Davenport, the 1998 U.S. Open champion and 2000 runner-up, beat Slovakian Lubomira Kurhajcova 6-4, 6-0 in a brisk 50 minutes.
Davenport, seeded fifth, has won her last 18 matches on the tour, including four straight hardcourt titles.
Fourth-seeded Myskina defeated Ludmila Cervanova 6-1, 6-0 in a mere 42 minutes.
Japan's Shinobu Asagoe erased 24th-seeded Israeli Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.
