<p>The Belgian, playing in just her third tournament following a two-year break during which she gave birth to her first child, overpowered the world number 79 in just 58 minutes. <br />Clijsters, the 2005 champion but a wildcard entry this year, won the first seven points and romped through the opening set in just 27 minutes. <br /><br />Kutuzova could not cope with the Clijsters groundstrokes and the 26-year-old will play either 14th seed Marion Bartoli of France or Paraguay's Rossana De Los Rios.<br />Meanwhile, Roger Federer opened his bid for a sixth successive US Open title by overwhelming teenage wildcard Devin Britton 6-1, 6-3, 7-5 in a first-round match. <br /><br />Federer needed only 18 minutes to win the first set against Britton, an 18-year-old American who won the 2009 NCAA singles title as a freshman and is ranked number 1,370 in the world. <br /><br />Britton settled down in the final two sets but could not cope with the punishing groundstrokes from the top-seeded Federer, who is seeking a record 16th grand slam crown. The 28-year-old Federer broke Britton's serve to close out the one hour, 28-minute match.<br /><br />Nadal confident<br />Two months on the sidelines nursing tendinitis in both knees will not derail Rafael Nadal's bid for the only grand slam to elude him, the Spanish world number three said.<br />"I am not scared," the 23-year-old Mallorcan told ‘Spain's El Pais’ daily. "I was out for two months and then (this month) I got to the quarterfinals at the Montreal Masters and the semis at the Cincinnati Masters. <br /><br />"I know that here (at the US Open) a quarterfinal or a semi would be a very good result but I am coming to win," added the six-times grand slam winner. <br />"When I retire nobody will remember if I get to quarters or semis." Australian Open champion Nadal said his first-round match against Frenchman Richard Gasquet, who is making his return after a ban for inadvertently taking cocaine, could be very difficult.<br /><br />First round results (prefix denotes seeding: Women’s singles: 26-Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Yvonne Meusburger (Aus) 6-1, 6-2; Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Mariya Koryttseva (Ukr) 6-2, 6-1; Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt Viktoriya Kutuzova (Ukr) 6-1, 6-1; 8-Victoria Azarenka (Bela) bt Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom) 6-1, 6-1; 12-Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Patricia Mayr (Aus) 6-1, 6-2; Vania King (US) bt Anastasiya Yakimova (Bela) 2-1 (Yakimova retired).<br /><br />Comeback mum in the first round of the</p>
<p>The Belgian, playing in just her third tournament following a two-year break during which she gave birth to her first child, overpowered the world number 79 in just 58 minutes. <br />Clijsters, the 2005 champion but a wildcard entry this year, won the first seven points and romped through the opening set in just 27 minutes. <br /><br />Kutuzova could not cope with the Clijsters groundstrokes and the 26-year-old will play either 14th seed Marion Bartoli of France or Paraguay's Rossana De Los Rios.<br />Meanwhile, Roger Federer opened his bid for a sixth successive US Open title by overwhelming teenage wildcard Devin Britton 6-1, 6-3, 7-5 in a first-round match. <br /><br />Federer needed only 18 minutes to win the first set against Britton, an 18-year-old American who won the 2009 NCAA singles title as a freshman and is ranked number 1,370 in the world. <br /><br />Britton settled down in the final two sets but could not cope with the punishing groundstrokes from the top-seeded Federer, who is seeking a record 16th grand slam crown. The 28-year-old Federer broke Britton's serve to close out the one hour, 28-minute match.<br /><br />Nadal confident<br />Two months on the sidelines nursing tendinitis in both knees will not derail Rafael Nadal's bid for the only grand slam to elude him, the Spanish world number three said.<br />"I am not scared," the 23-year-old Mallorcan told ‘Spain's El Pais’ daily. "I was out for two months and then (this month) I got to the quarterfinals at the Montreal Masters and the semis at the Cincinnati Masters. <br /><br />"I know that here (at the US Open) a quarterfinal or a semi would be a very good result but I am coming to win," added the six-times grand slam winner. <br />"When I retire nobody will remember if I get to quarters or semis." Australian Open champion Nadal said his first-round match against Frenchman Richard Gasquet, who is making his return after a ban for inadvertently taking cocaine, could be very difficult.<br /><br />First round results (prefix denotes seeding: Women’s singles: 26-Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Yvonne Meusburger (Aus) 6-1, 6-2; Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Mariya Koryttseva (Ukr) 6-2, 6-1; Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt Viktoriya Kutuzova (Ukr) 6-1, 6-1; 8-Victoria Azarenka (Bela) bt Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom) 6-1, 6-1; 12-Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Patricia Mayr (Aus) 6-1, 6-2; Vania King (US) bt Anastasiya Yakimova (Bela) 2-1 (Yakimova retired).<br /><br />Comeback mum in the first round of the</p>