New York: Li Na needed just 64 minutes to win her first-round match at the US Open, beating Olga Govortsova 6-2, 6-2 on Monday.
The fifth-seeded Li didn't face a break point and had 28 winners.
The US Open has been the least successful Grand Slam event for the Chinese star, who has advanced past the fourth round only once. The 2011 French Open champ came in just 4-3 in her first match at Flushing Meadows.
The 88th-ranked Govortsova, from Belarus, reached the third round at the US Open last year.
In another match, third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska cruised into the second round of the U.S. Open with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Silvia Soler-Espinosa. In the tournament's first match at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Radwanska needed only 63 minutes to improve to 28-2 in Grand Slam openers. She won 15 of 21 points at the net.
The U.S. Open is the only major tournament in which the Polish star has never made the quarterfinals. She has reached that stage at the first three Grand Slam events this year, something no other woman has accomplished. The 69th-ranked Soler-Espinosa, from Spain, advanced to the third round at the U.S. Open the last two years.
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