Naomi Osaka overcomes jitters to advance at Roland-Garros

Naomi Osaka overcame a bout of nerves to get off to a winning start at the French Open.

The former world number one from Japan needed a deciding set to beat Lucia Bronzetti in the opening match on Court Philippe Chatrier.

Osaka seemed in line for a quick morning's work when she breezed through the opening set.

But Bronzetti, ranked 67, took the second and came back from 4-0 down to level in the third.

However, when the Italian slashed a backhand into the net, Osaka had the break at the end of the decider and served out for a 6-1 4-6 7-5 victory.

"There were moments I played pretty well, but I was nervous and got very tight in the third set. But I'm pretty happy," she said.