Davenport progresses at Roland Garros

Top seed Lindsay Davenport shrugged off a set and a half of sluggish form to overcome Slovenia’s Katarina Srebotnik 3-6 6-2 6-2 in the first round of the French Open on Monday.

The American looked out-of-sorts in the opening exchanges, making a number of unforced errors, but she recovered to win the next two sets with a display more in keeping with her status as world number one.