The world number one brushed aside Italian underdog Jasmine Paolini in 68 minutes.
The world number one from Poland brushed aside Italian underdog Jasmine Paolini 6-2 6-1 in and hour and eight minutes.
Swiatek is undefeated in Paris since 2021, 21 matches ago, and has won 34 of her 36 matches here, a record matched only by Seles and Chris Evert. After all Paolini, the 12th seed, had until this year never been past the second round at a grand slam.But the 28-year-old dispelled that notion when she survived a break point to hold in her first service game and then broke the world number one in the next.
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