Paula Badosa breezes past Fiona Ferro with second-set bagel wrapping up 54-minute French Open first-round win

Spain’s Paula Badosa made light work of French wild card Fiona Ferro to reach the second round at Roland-Garros. With defending champion Barbora Krejcikova and top-10 seeds Anett Kontaveit, Ons Jabeur and Garbine Muguruza all out of the tournament already, those capable of challenging the in-form world No. 1 Iga Swiatek are diminishing by the day.

Ad/> Badosa hopes to be such a contender, however, and though the Spaniard suffered early exits in Madrid and Rome heading into the Grand Slam, the No. 3 seed opened with a composed 6-2 6-0 win over the 25-year-old. WTA Madrid'I feel great' — Halep demolishes Badosa to reach last-1630/04/2022 AT 18:59 In the same half of the draw as Swiatek, a semi-final meeting with the Pole is possible, but 24-year-old Badosa is yet to reach a Grand Slam semi, while her next match is a test against Slovenia’s world N0.

68 Kaja Juvan in the second round. “I wasn’t expecting this result, I know she’s a very good player on clay. I was nervous but it’s a very special tournament for me,” Badosa said afterwards.

Following Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s emotional farewell on Chatrier, there was a sparse crowd inside the main show court as Badosa got her third French Open campaign under way. 'A big loss' — Federer, Nadal, Djokovic pay tribute to retiring Tsonga ‘I want to know if ATP wants to defend players or Russia’ – Paire fumes over Wimbledon decision 'It would be amazing' — Henman urges 'icons' Federer and Serena to go out 'on big stage' The New York-born star enjoyed a breakthrough 2021 when reaching the French Open quarters and winning Indian Wells, and she started the year by adding the Sydney Tennis Classic title as well. Out of the Australian Open in the round of 16, a run to the Indian Wells semis