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Serena
Williams won her first US Open singles title in 1999
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Serena Williams showed no
sign of the shoulder injury that disrupted her US Open preparation as she
dismissed Ekaterina Makarova in straight sets.
BBC
Sport report continues:
The
top seed faced a tricky first-round opponent in Makarova, Russia's world number
29, but won 6-3 6-3.
Williams,
34, will monitor how her shoulder reacts before her second-round match against
Vania King.
"I'll
have to wait until tomorrow to see - I haven't been able to play that much
since Wimbledon," said Williams.
"Every
day I'll just see how it goes."
Williams
had played just three matches since winning Wimbledon, but impressed against
2014 semi-finalist Makarova in the night session.
"I
love coming out here in front of this New York crowd, it's super special,"
said the six-time champion, chasing an open-era record 23rd Grand Slam singles
title.
"I
got off to a really fast start - I wanted to get some momentum."
Venus
Williams, seeded sixth, survived 63 unforced errors to beat Kateryna Kozlova of
Ukraine 6-2 5-7 6-4.
Fourth
seed Agnieszka Radwanska and fifth seed Simona Halep lost four games between
them as they progressed, while leading names Stan Wawrinka, Kei Nishikori and
Juan Martin del Potro went through in the men's draw.
Meanwhile there was an
upset in the men's draw as 12th-seeded Belgian David Goffin was beaten 4-6 7-5
6-4 6-0 by 19-year-old American qualifier Jared Donaldson.
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