Kvitova canters through French Open first round
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Czech Republic fourth seed Petra Kvitova barely broke sweat to see off Australian wild card Ashleigh Barty 6-1 6-2 to reach the second round of the French Open on Tuesday.
The Wimbledon champion needed just 54 minutes on a sundrenched Court Suzanne Lenglen to subdue her 16-year-old opponent.
World number 332 Barty broke Kvitova's serve in the first game of the second set but the Czech had simply too much pace.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kvitova will next meet either France's Pauline Parmentier or Poland's Urszula Radwanska.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Patrick Johnston)