Svitolina breezes past Li into the French Open third round.

KEY POINTS:

• Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina celebrates after winning her second-round match against Ann Li of the US.
• Svitolina, seeking her maiden Grand Slam title, stormed out of the blocks to break Li’s serve in the opening game before dictating play from the baseline to consolidate her lead.

World number six Elina Svitolina burned through a brief period in progressing to the third round of the French Open with a 6-0 6-4 destruction of American Ann Li on Thursday. 

Svitolina, looking for her lady Grand Slam title, stomped out of the squares to break Li’s serve in the initial game before directing play from the pattern to unite her lead. 

World number 75 Li attempted to set out open doors to break the 26-year-old Ukrainian, who won 12 of her 14 first-serve focuses on guaranteeing an opening-set bagel in only 29 minutes on Court Suzanne-Lenglen. 

I got on the scoreboard from the get-go in the subsequent set and opened up an unexpected 3-0 lead with a line of rankling forehands. 

In any case, Svitolina before long discovered another stuff as she rolled out five straight games to book a spot in the third round in an hour and 14 minutes. 

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