Elena Rybakina has had a very good past few months, winning the end-of-year WTA Finals in 2025 and then winning the first major of 2026 - the Australian Open.

Rybakina is the second seed at Roland Garros but has never gone beyond the quarter-finals at the French Open.

Her second-round match against Ukraine's Yuliia Starodubtseva, the world number 55, is about to get under way on Court Suzanne-Lenglen.

Annabel Croft
Former British number one on BBC Radio 5 Live

It's outstanding movement by Bouzkova and that's the hardest thing about playing against her.

It's not just the balls she gets back into play and the way she defends, but her ability to track down balls.

Oh, shot! Francesca Jones appears to be in charge of a rally but Marie Bouzkova is at full-stretch to knock a stunning forehand past her opponent.

The Czech is full of confidence here and, even as Jones' level begins to rise, the Briton can't match her opponent as Bouzkova slices a wonderful drop shot over on her way to a latest hold of serve.

Marie Bouzkova opts for a racquet change after Francesca Jones slams in a forehand winner to make a positive start on serve.

Bouzkova fires back with a fizzing backhand - but Jones lets out a huge roar a few points later as she finally gets on the scoreboard eight games in. Relief.

Marie Bouzkova follows up her serving glitch with a powerful, angled forehand winner as she battles back.

The Czech is alert to Francesca Jones' drop shot on the following point, and makes it four successive points to avoid any trouble here.

In the context of this match, that was a decent opportunity for the Briton.

Francesca Jones has spoken about her mentality, and how she will not be out-worked, so we know she is going to give this her best until the end of this match.

Marie Bouzkova has been excellent so far, but the Czech double-faults to give Jones a rare opportunity at 0-30 at the start of set two...

Annabel Croft
Former British number one on BBC Radio 5 Live

There's not a lot Jones could have done to be honest. Bouzkova's played a near-perfect set in this match.

The ball-striking is a little bit of a difference in what damage her ball's doing - she's pushing Jones into the corners and behind the baseline and she can't really play her game back there.

Jones isn't really getting a say.

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Francesca Jones digs her heels in to save a first set point on her serve after Marie Bouzkova thumps in a forehand winner.

But this is relentless stuff from the clinical Czech, who quickly sets up another opportunity - and, this time, Jones misses.

Karen Khachanov has just come through a real marathon on Court Suzanne-Lenglen.

The 13th seed finally got the better of Argentine Marco Trungelliti in four sets after a battle lasting three hours and 45 minutes.

The match should have finished half an hour earlier when Khachanov had match point at 5-4 up in the fourth set.

He just had to put away a simple smash at the net but shanked the ball, which came off the frame and flew up in the air in a way every recreational player will recognise.

Khachanov went on to win the tie-break at the end of the set but it meant another sweaty half-hour under the sweltering Paris sun.

Even if this first set is soon taken away from her, this is an important game for Francesca Jones to get on the board and begin gaining a foothold in the match.

The Briton sends a forehand wide under pressure for 30-30.

Marie Bouzkova is just a class above here.

The 27th seed drives a backhand down the line for game points, and Francesca Jones concedes with a missed forehand.

It's been a tough opening 20 minutes for Jones.

Annabel Croft
Former British number one on BBC Radio 5 Live

Bouzkova really stays on top of the ball, holds her position and has a strong core. There's no frills attached to what she does, just very a industrial tennis player.

This isn't going to plan for Francesca Jones.

The Brit continues to falter on the backhand and another couple of misses from that side allow Marie Bouzkova to reach three more break points.

The Czech clinches the first with an exquisite lob.

Great work by Francesca Jones as she seeks an immediate response here. The Briton picks out a couple of winners to stay within touching distance of former Wimbledon quarter-finalist Marie Bouzkova, and is rewarded as she makes her way to deuce.

But Jones can't capitalise, and a couple of missed backhands allow her opponent to escape.

There's early pressure for Francesca Jones to deal with here as Marie Bouzkova lifts over a wonderful drop shot to set up two break point opportunities...

And that is just too good from the Czech, who swishes a backhand into the corner to assert herself at the start of this match.

Marie Bouzkova is serving first, but it's Francesca Jones who takes the first point after her opponent drops a shot into the net.

Bouzkova settles in after that mistake, however, and pulls out the old serve and volley on her way to a straightforward opening hold.

After her two-and-a-half-hour marathon in the first round, seventh seed Elina Svitolina is wasting little time in her second-round match against Spanish qualifier Kaitlin Quevedo.

The Ukraine player has raced through the first set in just 27 minutes without dropping a game.

So, will it be another memorable day for Britain's Francesca Jones at this year's French Open?

The 25-year-old's opening victory at Roland Garros, her first ever at a slam, was an emotional one.

She has just walked out on to court 13 to take on Czech 27th seed Marie Bouzkova.

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Later on today, Novak Djokovic's quest for a 25th Grand Slam title will continue, and just as in the first round, the former world number one will face a Frenchman.

What is different, however, is that third seed has been handed a daytime slot rather than the cooler night-time conditions that he had when he beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in round one.

That win was Djokovic's first victory on clay this season, and the three-time former French Open champion looked sluggish before bouncing back to win in four sets.

Now 39, Djokovic admits that fitness is more of an issue these days, and he will be hoping to see off world number 74 Valentin Royer without expending too much energy.