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Paris - Second seed Karolina Pliskova cruised into the third round of the French Open on Wednesday with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Slovakian qualifier Kristina Kucova.
The Czech will next face either Croatian 31st seed Petra Martic or home hope Kristina Mladenovic for a spot in the second week.
Pliskova, a former Roland Garros semi-finalist, arrived in Paris full of confidence after lifting the Italian Open title less than two weeks ago and she wasted no time in swatting aside Kucova in under an hour.
Results from the fourth day of the French Open on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):
Men
2nd round
Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE x6) bt Hugo Dellien (BOL) 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 7-5
Laslo Djere (SRB x31) bt Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4
Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) bt Richard Gasquet (FRA) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Corentin Moutet (FRA) bt Guido Pella (ARG x19) 6-3, 6-1, 2-6, 7-5
David Goffin (BEL x27) bt Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Yannick Maden (GER) 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
Women
2nd round
Sloane Stephens (USA x7) bt Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) 6-1, 7-6 (7/3)
Polona Hercog (SLO) bt Jennifer Brady (USA) 6-3, 6-7 (8/10), 6-4
Garbine Muguruza (ESP x19) bt Johanna Larsson (SWE) 6-4, 6-1
Elina Svitolina (UKR x9) bt Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) -- walkover
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x28) bt Shelby Rogers (USA) 6-1, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3
Elise Mertens (BEL x20) bt Diane Parry (FRA) 6-1, 6-3
Anastasija Sevastova (LAT x12) bt Mandy Minella (LUX) 6-2, 6-4
Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) bt Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 7-5, 6-1
Kaia Kanepi (EST) bt Shuai Zhang (CHN) 6-7 (4/7), 6-0, 7-5
Karolina Pliskova (CZE x2) bt Kristina Kucova (SVK) 6-2, 6-2
