Tennis-Rybakina eases past Minnen into French Open second round

Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - May 28, 2024 Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina celebrates after winning her first round match against Belgium's Greet Minnen REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) -World number four Elena Rybakina recovered from a rocky start to comfortably beat Belgian Greet Minnen 6-2 6-3 in the French Open first round on Tuesday, showing a full recovery from her recent illness.

Rybakina was unable to defend her Italian Open title and after losing serve in the opening game at Roland Garros and going 2-0 down, it looked like the Kazakh could be in trouble.