Oudin eases into second round in Paris
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}By Barney Spender
PARIS (Reuters) - American teenager Melanie Oudin marched into the second round of the Paris Open with a 6-3 6-0 demolition of Romania's Sorana Cirstea on Tuesday.
In spite of a sore throat, the 18-year-old, who won both her singles matches in the United States' surprise Fed Cup victory over France at the weekend, was in sparkling form.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"I was playing really well at the weekend and I played really well today," said Oudin, who enjoyed a dazzling run at last year's U.S. Open when she reached the last eight.
"My serve was working incredibly well so I am looking forward to my next match."
In the second round she will face Switzerland's Patty Schnyder who upset seventh seed Virginie Razzano 6-3 7-6.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The 31-year-old Schnyder was playing her first match after a three-and-a-half month lay-off for an Achilles injury.
She broke France's Razzano, ranked 24 in the world, at 3-2 and went on to take the first set 6-3.
Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was a comfortable 6-1 6-0 winner over Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic and next faces compatriot and number one seed Elena Dementieva in the second round on Wednesday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Australian Open winner Serena Williams pulled out of the tournament last week because of a leg injury.