Jankovic sweeps into French Open round two

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Former world number one Jelena Jankovic powered into the French Open second round on Sunday's low-key opening day.

Jankovic, beaten by Stosur in the semifinals 12 months ago, overcame Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko 6-3, 6-1 to face either one-time world number four Jelena Dokic of Australia or Russia's Vera Dushevina.

Jankovic, who also reached the Roland Garros last four in 2007 and 2008, rarely looked unsettled as she recorded a 13th victory over Bondarenko in 14 encounters.

The Serb spurned two break points but then broke for a 4-2 lead before taking the first set when Bondarenko scuttled a forehand into the net at 5-3 down.

A pair of breaks put the 26-year-old Jankovic 4-1 to the good in the second set and she overcame belated resistance from the Ukrainian to prevail on her third match point.

Israel's Shahar Peer, the 19th seed, was the first seed to fall, going down 7-6 (7/4), 6-1 to Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, who won last year's claycourt Italian Open.

Bulgarian 32nd seed Tsvetana Pironkova, a beaten semi-finalist at Wimbledon last year, defeated Australia's Casey Dellacqua 7-5, 6-3 to reach round two.

Alize Cornet become the first French woman into the second round, the world number 80 beating Renata Voracova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-2.

Schiavone begins her title defence against American 19-year-old Melanie Oudin on Monday, with Danish top seed Caroline Wozniacki kicking off her campaign against 40-year-old Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm.

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