Aravane Rezai mastered her emotions on centre court on Sunday to make an impressive start to her French Open campaign.
Coming off the biggest win of her career earlier this month, when she claimed the Madrid title, the 23-year-old Frenchwoman withstood the pressure of a buoyant home crowd to demolish Heidi El Tabakh of Canada 6-1, 6-1 in just 48 minutes.
Relying on her powerful groundstrokes from the baseline, the 15th-seeded Rezai did not face a single break point and had 21 winners.
Rezai is considered a strong contender at the clay-court Grand Slam after her performance in Madrid, where she beat three former world No. 1s: Justine Henin, Jelena …
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