Number three seed Amelie Mauresmo produced a text-book display of grass-court tennis to dispatch Maria Sanchez Lorenzo in rapid time on Court Two.

THE role of defending French Open champion weighed on Anastasia Myskina, as did her mother’s illness. And so her bid to repeat last year’s success ended in record time.

Anastasia Myskina’s defence of the French Open crown she won in glorious fashion last year ended with a whimper today as she crashed out in the opening round of this year’s event at Roland Garros.