Roland-Garros: Sabalenka through in straight sets to maintain perfect start in Paris

Australian Open champion and second seed Aryna Sabalenka moved into the third round of Roland-Garros by defeating qualifier Iryna Shymanovich 7-5, 6-2 in a confident display.

Sabalenka, ranked No. 2 in the world, will face the winner of the match between Pole Magdalena Frech and Russian Kamilla Rakhimova next.

In the previous round of the French Open, Aryna Sabalenka won against Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (6-3, 6-2).

Shymanovich, ranked No 214, beat Hungarian Panna Udvardy (6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1) in the first round of the French Open.

Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):

• Lauren Davis vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Emma Navarro
• Oceane Dodin vs. Ons Jabeur
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Olga Danilovic
• Julia Grabher vs. Coco Gauff
• Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu
• Bernarda Pera vs. Donna Vekic
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Simona Waltert
• Diane Parry vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Rebecca Peterson vs. Xinyu Wang
• Diana Shnaider vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Petra Martic
• Elena Rybakina vs. Linda Noskova
• Kayla Day vs. Madison Keys
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Aliona Bolsova
• Leolia Jeanjean vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Magdalena Frech vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Clara Tauson
• Sara Errani vs. Irina-Camelia Begu: wednesday
• Sloane Stephens vs. Varvara Gracheva: wednesday
• Karolina Muchova beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-3, 0-6, 6-3
• Yulia Putintseva beat Qinwen Zheng (19): 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
• Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Marketa Vondrousova: 6-3, 6-4
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
• Anna Blinkova beat Caroline Garcia (5): 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Anastasia Potapova (24) beat Mayar Sherif: 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Camila Giorgi: 6-2 ret.
• Peyton Stearns beat Jelena Ostapenko (17): 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
• Elina Svitolina beat Storm Hunter (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Elise Mertens (28) beat Camila Osorio (LL): 6-3, 7-6 (3)