Anisimova cruises past Krueger on her birthday to reach US Open second round

[p]Playing on her 25th birthday, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/anisimova-amanda/nwkutKbi/"]Anisimova[/a] fought ‌off three break points early ⁠for ‌a 2-1 lead before running ​away with the opening set in the all-American ​matchup at Louis Armstrong Stadium.[/p][p]The players traded breaks to ⁠open ​the second set but Anisimova, the world number 10, never let her grip on ‌the match slip, breaking [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/krueger-ashlyn/O81eud9p/"]Krueger[/a]'s serve in the final game to win the match in one hour and 12 minutes.[/p][p][b]"Ashlyn's a great player so I knew it was going to ‌be a tough match,"[/b] ​Anisimova said in a ‌post-match on-court interview, shortly before the crowd sang her "Happy Birthday".[/p][embed guid="e51e9244-1545-4e29-9171-f487ddc14f5b" url="https://x.com/usopen/status/2094519210785292612" social-type="twitter" /][p]Anisimova will face Austrian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tagger-lilli/UT72lXiG/"]Lilli Tagger[/a] in the ⁠second round.[/p]