Paolini sweeps aside Tomljanovic to reach third round

Jasmine Paolini moved into nan 3rd information of nan French Open pinch a regular triumph against Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic.

The 4th seed, who was a runner-up astatine Roland Garros past year, swept Tomljanovic speech successful a 6-3 6-3 victory.

Fresh from from lifting a WTA 1,000 title successful Rome earlier this month, nan triumph was Paolini's eighth successful a row.

The Italian enjoyed a memorable 2024 season, soaring up nan WTA rankings aft reaching nan last of some nan French Open and Wimbledon, while she besides won Olympic golden successful nan women's doubles successful Paris pinch compatriot Sara Errani.

Asked if she felt calmer playing connected Court Philippe Chatrier this year, Paolini replied: "It's a different consciousness I conjecture because past twelvemonth I played a fewer matches here, and past again astatine Olympics truthful I americium a spot much utilized to this court. Before I ne'er played here.

"I for illustration this court, I person awesome memories present and it is awesome to beryllium backmost successful Paris successful beforehand of this crowd."

Playing her first lucifer connected nan tribunal since she mislaid to Iga Swiatek successful past year's final, Paolini was talented nan first break to spell 3-1 up aft a bid of unforced errors by Tomljanovic.

She maintained that cushion to wrap up nan first group comfortably earlier charging done nan opening 3 games of nan second.

Tomljanovic fought difficult to propulsion a break backmost and she narrowed nan spread to 3-2, but Paolini kept her composure to wrap up nan triumph by breaking again astatine 5-3.

The world number 4 will look Ukraine's Yuliia Starodubtseva aliases Russian Anastasia Potapova next.

Elsewhere connected Wednesday, teen Victoria Mboko reached information 3 connected her Grand Slam debut by easing to a 6-4 6-4 triumph complete German world number 58 Eva Lys.

The 18-year-old from Canada came done qualifying without dropping a set, and will adjacent look Olympic champion and eighth seed Zheng Qinwen of China, who earlier hit Colombian Emiliana Arango 6-2 6-3.

Ranked 333 astatine nan commencement of nan year, this was Mboko's 39th triumph of nan play and moves her into nan world's apical 100.

"I consciousness really happy correct now, of people location is truthful overmuch happening, moreover down nan scenes," said nan erstwhile Wimbledon juniors semi-finalist.

"But I consciousness for illustration my family has been doing a bully occupation of keeping maine really isolated from it all."

Ukrainian 13th seed Elina Svitolina hit Hungarian Anna Bondar 7-6 (7-4) 7-5.

In nan women's doubles, Britain's Jodie Burrage and Sonay Kartal fought backmost from a group down to triumph 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 6-3 against China's Guo Hanyu and Japan's Ena Shibahara successful a rain-disrupted first-round display.