Kuznetsova, Hingis ease into second round in Flushing

Flushing Meadows, NY (Sports Network) - Former champions Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Hingis were easy second-round winners Tuesday at the U.S. Open.
The 2004 titlist Kuznetsova, seeded fourth at this 2007 fortnight, handled Czech Klara Zakopalova 6-2, 6-3 on Day 2 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The two-time major finalist from Russia was last year's runner- up at the French Open.
The solid Kuznetsova, fresh off her hardcourt title in New Haven last week, will face France's Camille Pin in the second round here.
The 16th-seeded Hingis waltzed past France's Mathilde Johansson 6-0, 6-3. The former world No. 1 and five-time major titlist Hingis was the U.S. Open champ in 1997 and the back-to-back runner-up in 1998 and 1999.
The Swiss Hingis' second-round opponent will be another Frenchwoman, Pauline Parmentier.
Eleventh-seeded Swiss Patty Schnyder pasted Czech Iveta Benesova 6-3, 6-0, while 13th-seeded Czech slugger Nicole Vaidisova vaulted past Russian Alla Kudryavtseva 6-1, 6-2. Vaidisova is playing her first tennis since early July after being sidelined with a mono-like illness.
A mild upset came when Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova dismissed 23rd-seeded Italian Tathiana Garbin 6-4, 6-3.
Other seeds to advance were No. 26 Indian Sania Mirza and No. 30 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland. Mirza snuck past Estonia's Kaia Kanepi 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1.