Scorching Swiatek blasts into French Open third round as Pliskova joins top-seed exodus

Relentless Iga Swiatek blasted her way into the French Open third round after destroying Alison Riske 6-0, 6-2 at Roland Garros on Thursday.

The world No 1 made it 30 wins in a row with a devastating display against her American opponent, with Swiatek now looking overwhelming favourite to secure her second Paris Grand Slam title.

It is now the longest winning streak in women’s tennis since Serena Williams won 34 in a row in 2013 and the Pole is undefeated in more than three months of tennis.

Swiatek hit 23 winners to 15 unforced errors in 61 minutes, and she lost just 10 points in seven service games and now takes on Montenegro's Danka Kovinic.

The 20-year-old's march to a sixth tournament victory on the spin looks even more on the cards after Karolina Pliskova became the sixth top-10 women's seed to head home from Paris when she was knocked out by world No 227 Leolia Jeanjean.

Eighth-seed Pliskova lost 6-2, 6-2 to the 26-year-old wild card, who cut her teeth as a leading college player in the US but who gave up tennis for almost five years after suffering a serious knee injury.

Former No 1 Pliskova joins fellow top 10 seeds in defending champion Barbora Krejcikova, Maria Sakkari, Anett Kontaveit, Ons Jabeur and former winner Garbine Muguruza in failing to get through to the third round.

Make that 3⃣0⃣ in a row