The opening-round match at Memorial Drive Tennis Park took only 73 minutes to complete. Olmos and Krawczyk dominated on defence, winning 21 receiving points compared to 11 for Fernandez and Kichenok.

Third seed Gauff had taken apart 2021 U.S. Open runner-up Fernandez in their only previous meeting at the United Cup mixed team tournament in late December and fans hoping for a tighter clash at ...