Swiatek, 23, didn’t face a single break point as she wrapped up the 6-0 6-1 victory in 65 minutes.

Top seed Iga Swiatek breezed into the third round of the US Open with an emphatic win over Japanese qualifier Ena Shibahara.

The five-time major winner dropped just one game against Shibahara, who managed to hold serve early in the second set to avoid a dreaded ‘double bagel’.

Swiatek, 23, didn’t face a single break point as she wrapped up the 6-0 6-1 victory in 65 minutes.

Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina withdrew from her second-round match against France’s Jessika Ponchet because of “injuries”, handing the world number 143 a walkover.

I did not want to finish the last Grand Slam of the year this way but I have to listen to my body, and I hope I can close out the remainder of the year strong,” Rybakina, the fourth seed, said in a statement.

Ponchet will face two-time runner-up Caroline Wozniacki after the Dane overcame injury struggles to beat Mexico’s Renata Zarazua 6-3 6-3