Sharapova, Kvitova ease through in Paris

World number two Maria Sharapova has destroyed Alexandra Cadantu of Romania 6-0 6-0 to advance to the French Open's second round.

In a completely dominant performance, Russia's Sharapova won 51 points to 18 and hit 18 winners to none against her 22-year-old opponent.

Sharapova overcame Cadantu in just 48 minutes to begin her campaign in brilliant fashion.

Czech fourth seed Petra Kvitova also had an easy win on Tuesday, defeating Ashleigh Barty of Australia 6-1 6-2.

Kvitova was all over Barty's second serve at Roland Garros, winning 89 percent of points when the Australian missed her first serve.

Francesca Schiavone, who is seeded 14th, cruised past Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-3 6-1, while Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (22nd seed) won 6-4 6-4 against Greta Arn and Julia Goerges (25th) triumphed 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 over Lucie Hradecka.

Urszula Radwanska also won through to the second round with a 6-4 6-3 defeat of Pauline Parmentier, while Tsvetana Pironkova recovered from being a set down to win 3-6 6-0 6-3 over Yanina Wickmayer.

Other winners on Tuesday were Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Arantxa Rus, Ayumi Morita, Heather Watson, Melinda Czink and Klara Zakopalova.

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