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No fans, no problem as top seeds advance in US Open

Naomi Osaka in action against Misaki Doi on Day One of the US Open on Monday. [AFP]

Karolina Pliskova led a day of dominance for seeded players as the underdogs failed to bite at the US Open on Monday.

Top seed Pliskova shrugged off the surreal setting of an empty arena at Arthur Ashe Stadium to breeze past Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina 6-4, 6-0 in 1hr 3min.

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