Third seed Aryna Sabalenka moved into the second spherical of the French Open with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Ana Konjuh on Court Suzanne-Lenglen on Sunday.
Sabalenka, who’s in search of her maiden Grand Slam title, despatched out a warning earlier this month when she received the Madrid Open however she struggled to get going within the opening set and rapidly discovered herself 4-2 down to the Croatian qualifier.
However, the Belarusian regained her composure and broke Konjuh 3 times, creating angles to open up the court docket earlier than utilizing her energy to hearth winners as she took the opening set.
Sabalenka raced to a 3-1 lead within the second set with two extra breaks of function Konjuh faltered with a string of double faults whereas her unforced error rely additionally rose.
Despite saving a match level with a maintain of serve, Konjuh bowed out when she discovered the online on Sabalenka’s second match level.
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