NEW YORK -- Canada's Eugenie Bouchard has steamrolled her way into the second round of the U.S. Open with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Olga Govortsova of Belarus.
Bouchard the only woman to reach the semifinals of all three previous Grand Slams this season, needed just 59 minutes to advance into the second round.
She produced 19 winners and broke on four of six chances against her 117th-ranked opponent, whom she also beat two years ago on hardcourt in Washington.
"I'm happy to get a match under my belt," she said on the court afterwards. "I want to keep it rolling this week."
Bouchard, the women's seventh seed form Westmount, Que., defended all three break points she faced while converting four of six break-point chances against Govortsova.
After failing to convert two break points in the fourth game of the first set, Bouchard won four straight games to take the set 6-2.
Two more breaks put Bouchard up 2-0 and 5-1 in the second set, then she finished Govortsova off on her first match point when the Belarusian hit the net.
Bouchard has excelled at Grand Slam events this season but has struggled on the hardcourt this season winning just one match over three events leading up to Flushing Meadows.
"The Grand Slams are the biggest and best events of the year, they are so special," she said. "I love playing them, hopefully I can keep raising my level on the big stage."
Bouchard, playing the U.S. Open for the second time after winning a round in her 2013 debut, will next play Romania's Sorana Cirstea.
