Seeds progress at Roland Garros
12 April 2012
Three of the dark horses for the women's title at this year's French Open progressed comfortably through to the second round on Tuesday.
In-form Serbian Jelena Jankovic, the fourth seed, thrashed Frenchwoman Stephanie Foretz 6-2 6-2 on the Suzanne Lenglen court.
Sixth seed Nicole Vaidisova, the prodigious 18-year-old talent from the Czech Republic, defeated Emmanuelle Gigliardi of Switzerland 6-4 6-3, while 13th seed Elena Dementieva of Russia overcame Germany's Angelique Kerber 6-3 6-2.
Dementieva, the runner-up in 2004, and Jankovic are scheduled to meet in the quarter-finals.
