Serena Williams eases into French Open second round

Paris (AFP) – Serena Williams began the defence of her French Open crown with a crushing 6-2, 6-0 win over Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova on Tuesday.

The world number one blasted 25 winners and broke the 77th-ranked Rybarikova six times to progress into the second round in just 42 minutes.

She will face Brazil’s Teliana Pereira or Kristyna Pliskova of the Czech Republic for a place in the last 32.