Sharapova and Williams go through

Second-seed Maria Sharapova put aside her injury problems to breeze past America’s Jill Craybas in straight sets in the second round of the French Open.

Meanwhile, eighth-seed Serena Williams experienced contrasting fortunes during her second-round straight-sets victory over Milagros Sequera.

The American did not concede a game as she breezed through a one-sided first set.

But she found her Venezuelan opponent much more tough in the second, and was 3-0 down at one point.

She recovered and took the set on a tie-break to seal a 6-0 7-6 (7/3) win and a third-round match-up with Michaella Krajicek, of the Netherlands.

Sharapova admitted after her first-round win over Emilie Loit that the shoulder problem which had forced her to miss two months of the season was still troubling her.

But she looked in fine form as she thrashed Craybas 6-2 6-1 on Suzanne Lenglen court.

Sharapova broke her opponent twice in the first set and four times in the second, claiming the match on the first of her two match points.

Three other seeds joined Sharapova in the third round today.

Seventh seed Ana Ivanovic, of Serbia, beat Sania Mirza 6-1 6-4 on Court One, while 14th seed Patty Schnyder routed Ukraine’s Kateryna Bondarenko 6-3 6-3.

Katarina Srebotnik, seeded 17, defeated Vera Dushevina 6-4 6-2.