Maria Sharapova has started her French Open title defence with a comfortable straight-sets triumph over Kaia Kanepi.
Both players exchanged breaks tentatively at the start of the opening set before Sharapova went into overdrive to seal it 6-2.
The Russian powered into a 3-1 lead in the second, but Kanepi showed some resistance by clawing back the break.
However, Sharapova proved too much for the world number 50 in the end as she won 6-2 6-4 to set up an encounter with fellow Russian Vitalia Diatchenko.
