Garbine Muguruza sails into fourth round

Updated 02/06/2017 at 12:35 GMT

Garbine Muguruza’s title defence at Roland Garros continued with a 7-5 6-2 victory over Yulia Putintseva in the French Open third round.

Garbine Muguruza

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The Spaniard has only shown flashes of the form that carried her to the title in 2016, but she again did enough to halt a stubborn opponent who wilted as the match dragged on.

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Muguruza fought back from an early break in the opening set, winning four games on the spin to leave her serving for it at 5-4. The topsy-turvy nature continued as she dropped serve, only to break again immediately and serve it out at the second attempt.

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The second set was far more straight-forward, with two early breaks helping set up a fourth round clash with either Shelby Rogers or 13th seed Kristina Mladenovic.

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