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French Open: World No 1 Serena Williams eases into second round

Updated on: 25 May,2016 08:25 AM IST  | 
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Serena Williams began the defence of her French Open crown with a crushing 6-2, 6-0 win over Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova yesterday

French Open: World No 1 Serena Williams eases into second round

Serena Williams

Paris: Serena Williams began the defence of her French Open crown with a crushing 6-2, 6-0 win over Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova yesterday.


Serena Williams
Serena Williams


The World No 1 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 Czech Republic’s Kristyna Pliskova for a place in the last 32.            

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