Roland-Garros: Sabalenka cruises past Erika Andreeva to reach second round

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, beat Russian Erika Andreeva 6-1, 6-2 to reach the second round of Roland-Garros in Paris.

The world No 2 is one of the tournament favourites behind top-seeded Iga Swiatek, having narrowly missed out on a place in the final last year.

The two-time reigning Australian Open champion and the two-time reigning Roland-Garros champion have faced in each other in both of the past two tournament finals they have played, with Swiatek coming out on top both times.

There is still a long way to go before the prospect of a third straight showpiece final can be realistically talked about – and Elena Rybakina will be one of a number of other players hoping to insert themselves into the discussion – but, after such a clinical showing today, the Belarusian will take some stopping.

She will face the winner of the match between Spanish qualifier Irene Burillo Escorihuela and Japanese qualifier Moyuka Uchijima next.

Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):

• Yulia Putintseva vs. Sloane Stephens
• Katie Boulter vs. Paula Badosa
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Irene Burillo Escorihuela vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Zeynep Sonmez vs. Emma Navarro
• Sara Errani vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Yue Yuan vs. Mayar Sherif
• Madison Keys vs. Renata Zarazua
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Emina Bektas
• Magdalena Frech vs. Daria Kasatkina: tuesday
• Lucija Ciric Bagaric vs. Peyton Stearns: tuesday
• Arantxa Rus beat Angelique Kerber: 6-4, 6-3
• Elina Avanesyan beat Lin Zhu: 6-2, 6-4
• Elise Mertens vs. Maria Lourdes Carle: tuesday
• Petra Martic beat Kristina Mladenovic (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Anna Blinkova vs. Sorana Cirstea: tuesday
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Tamara Korpatsch: tuesday
• Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Alize Cornet (WC): 6-2, 6-1
• Elena Rybakina (4) beat Greet Minnen: 6-2, 6-3
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Bernarda Pera beat Nao Hibino: 6-2, 6-0
• Ana Bogdan beat Elsa Jacquemot (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Irina-Camelia Begu beat Julia Riera (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Cristina Bucsa beat Yulia Starodubtseva (Q): 6-4, 6-1
• Diane Parry beat Fiona Ferro (WC): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Linda Noskova (27) beat Harriet Dart: 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Varvara Gracheva beat Maria Sakkari (6): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Bianca Andreescu beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 7-5, 6-1
• Elina Svitolina (15) beat Karolina Pliskova: 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Camila Osorio beat Anhelina Kalinina: 3-6, 7-6 (2), 4-1 ret.
• Anna Kalinskaya (23) beat Clara Burel: 7-6 (3), 7-5
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (20) beat Panna Udvardy (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Danielle Collins (11) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-3, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez (31) beat Jessika Ponchet (WC): 6-2, 6-0
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Julia Avdeeva (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Viktoriya Tomova beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (16): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Ons Jabeur (8) beat Sachia Vickery (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Jasmine Paolini (12) beat Daria Saville: 6-3, 6-4
• Hailey Baptiste (LL) beat Kayla Day: 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Liudmila Samsonova (17) beat Magda Linette: 6-1, 6-1
• Marketa Vondrousova (5) beat Rebeka Masarova: 6-1, 6-3
• Anastasia Potapova beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-2, 6-3
• Katie Volynets (Q) beat Aleksandra Krunic: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Olga Danilovic (Q) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-1, 6-2
• Xinyu Wang beat Jule Niemeier (Q): 0-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Viktorija Golubic beat Barbora Krejcikova (24): 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Tamara Zidansek (Q) beat Alison Van Uytvanck: 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
• Clara Tauson beat Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 6-3
• Chloe Paquet (WC) beat Diana Shnaider: 6-3, 6-1
• Xiyu Wang beat Zhuoxuan Bai: 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-3
• Amanda Anisimova beat Rebecca Sramkova (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Caroline Garcia (21) beat Eva Lys (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Katerina Siniakova (32) beat Dalma Galfi (LL): 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Sofia Kenin beat Laura Siegemund: 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-4, 7-5
• Jana Fett (LL) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
• Marta Kostyuk (18) beat Laura Pigossi (Q): 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-4
• Naomi Osaka beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
• Dayana Yastremska (30) beat Ajla Tomljanovic (WC): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Yafan Wang beat Maria Timofeeva: 6-3, 6-3
• Marie Bouzkova beat Veronika Kudermetova (29): 6-2, 6-4
• Donna Vekic beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-5 ret.