Four-time champion Iga Swiatek soars into French Open second round

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Swiatek[/a], playing at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since linking up with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nadal-rafael/xUwlUnRK/"]Rafael Nadal[/a]'s former coach Francisco Roig, showed flashes of her best tennis in a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/jones-e-WCpmB755/swiatek-i-jNyZsXZe/?mid=CCOzVnth"]6-1, 6-2[/a] victory.[/p][p]The Pole is looking to regain the trophy she won at Roland Garros in three successive years from 2022-24 before losing to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sabalenka-aryna/vyhksgUB/"]Aryna Sabalenka[/a] in the semi-finals 12 months ago.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="d4d79380-7243-4397-a02e-fcbde7bbb3e8" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="9c265f18-74fb-435d-95b3-067a2b774a62" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]Swiatek will take on Czech [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bejlek-sara/jVCKq0LH/"]Sara Bejlek[/a] for a place in the last 32 on Wednesday.[/p][p]The third seed is among the favourites for the title after finding some form by reaching the Italian Open semi-finals earlier this month.[/p][p]Swiatek led 6-1, 3-0, before 17-year-old wildcard Jones battled for respectability, holding serve for the first time in the fifth game of the second set.[/p][p]An upset was never on the cards, though, and Swiatek wrapped up victory after just an hour on Court Philippe Chatrier.[/p][p]"[b]I'm just really happy to play on this court; the first matches are for getting used to conditions, I'm happy the way I played today, tactically[/b]," said the 24-year-old, who has lost only two matches at Roland Garros in six years.[/p][embed guid="6545190d-85f7-409c-bd1e-11bb5bd434db" url="https://x.com/rolandgarros/status/2058875426718560768" social-type="twitter" /][p]Her pedigree, however, comes with added pressure.[/p][p]"[b]Nothing comes easy. I feel with more titles it feels harder because everyone expects you to play perfectly, so you have to stay grounded and not take anything for granted[/b]."[/p]