French Open 2019: Karolina Pliskova joins Sloane Stephens and Garbine Muguruza in third round

2019 French Open
Venue: Roland Garros, Paris Dates: 26 May-9 June
Coverage: Live text and radio commentary on selected matches on the BBC Sport website and app

World number two Karolina Pliskova continued her bid for a first Grand Slam with a routine win over Kristina Kucova in the French Open second round.

The big-serving Czech beat the world number 203 6-2 6-2 in just 56 minutes.
Pliskova hit 25 winners and six aces as she maintained the strong clay-court form that saw her win the Italian Open in the run-up to Roland Garros.
Earlier, Sloane Stephens and Garbine Muguruza both progressed to the third round with straight-set wins.

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American seventh seed Stephens, last year's runner-up, beat Spanish world number 75 Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-1 7-6 (7-3).
Muguruza, who won the title in 2016, won 6-4 6-1 against 172-ranked Johanna Larsson of Sweden.
The Spaniard will play ninth seed Elina Svitolina in the third round after the Ukrainian received a walkover when compatriot Kateryna Kozlova pulled out.
Pliskova meets Kristina Mladenovic or Petra Martic while Stephens plays Polona Hercog.

Karolina Pliskova's best Grand Slam performance came in 2017 when she was runner-up at the US Open