Simona Halep suffers shock first-round defeat at the US Open

• French Open champion loses 6-2, 6-4 to Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi
• First women’s top seed in Open era to lose in US Open first round

Simona Halep’s US Open campaign lasted an hour and 15 minutes as she became the first women’s top seed in the Open era to lose in the first round of this championship.

The French Open champion arrived at Flushing Meadows as one of the hot favourites and declared herself free of pressure after breaking her grand slam duck at Roland Garros.

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