Paris, May 26 -- Poland star Iga Swiatek kickstarted her French Open title defence with a win over Rebecca Sramkova on Monday.

After being 3-1 down in the first set, Iga secured a win by 6-3, 6-3, as per the official website of WTA.

She will be playing Emma Raducanu in the next round, who beat Wang Xinyu 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in a 2-hour, 44-minute clash.

In the third round of the Australian Open back in January, Swiatek defeated Raducanu 6-0, 6-1 in just 1 hour and 10 minutes. She is yet to drop a set to Raducanu in four meetings.

Also, Elena Rybakina secured a well-fought win over Argentina's qualifier Julia Riera by 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.

Rybakina took one hour and 45 minutes to defeat Julia and reach the second round in Paris for the sixth conse...