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PARIS -- Serena Williams overcame a steady rise in unforced
errors to win her second-round match at the French Open,
eliminating Slovenian qualifier Katarina Srebotnik 6-0, 7-5
Thursday.
Three-time former champion Arantxa
Sanchez-Vicario slumped out of the French Open,
losing 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the second round to American Amy Frazier.
Defeat for the 11th-seeded Spaniard ensures there will be a
new women's champion at Roland Garros this year.
Meanwhile, Australian Open champion Jennifer
Capriati overpowered Tathiana Garbin 6-2, 6-1 on Thursday to move
into the third round.
Watched by her father and coach Stefano, the fourth-seeded
American breezed past her Italian opponent in just 61 minutes on
Court Suzanne Lenglen.
Capriati, whose best performance at Roland Garros was a
place in the semifinals aged 14 in 1990, will face hard-hitting
Croat Mirjana Lucic in the last 32.
Her pink dress clashing with the red clay, Williams shut out her opponent in 19 minutes in the opening set.
She struggled through the next set, however, producing 25 of her
31 unforced errors before closing out the match with a searing
crosscourt forehand.
"I couldn't stop making mistakes," Williams said. "It was
actually disappointing, upsetting that I would behave in that
manner."
Top-seeded Martina Hingis made light work of her second-round
match, crushing Colombia's Catalina Castano 6-1, 6-0 in 42 minutes.
"I felt like I was always in control," Hingis said. "That's
always a good feeling to have in a Grand Slam."
Last year's runner-up Conchita Martinez also advanced, beating
Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova 7-6 (4), 6-4. She is seeded eighth
this year.
Other seeded women to win included No. 10 Amanda Coetzer, No. 16
Meghann Shaughnessy and No. 17 Sandrine Testud.
Williams, 19, is playing her first tournament in two months.
She won at Indian Wells, Calif., in March but has been hampered
by a knee injury since losing in the quarterfinals at Key Biscayne,
Fla., later the same month.
"I'm doing a lot better," Williams said of her injury. "I'm
getting a lot stronger. As we see the next match, I should just get
even better."
She and sister Venus withdrew from the doubles competition
Wednesday, saying that Serena wanted to concentrate on her singles
play.
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