Raonic powers into French Open Round 2

Paris - Canadian fifth seed Milos Raonic reached the French Open second round on Monday with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win over Steve Darcis of Belgium.

Raonic fired 15 aces and 44 winners and will face either Mikhail Youzhny of Russia or Brazil's Rogerio Dutra Silva for a spot in the last 32.

French Open results on Monday, the second day of the 2017 tournament at Roland Garros (x denotes seeding):

Men

First round

Milos Raonic (CAN x5) bt Steve Darcis (BEL) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

Women

First round

Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP x4) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-2, 6-4

Anett Kontaveit (EST) bt Monica Niculescu (ROM) 7-5, 6-1

Yulia Putintseva (KAZ x27) bt Myrtille Georges (FRA) 6-3, 6-0

Richel Hogenkamp (NED) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 6-2, 7-5

Ons Jabeur (TUN) bt Ana Bogdan (ROM) 6-3, 6-4