Azarenka through with 48-minute 'double bagel' win

Victoria Azarenka won the Australian Open in 2012 and 2013

French Open 2025

Dates: 25 May-8 June Venue: Roland Garros

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Victoria Azarenka raced into the second round of the French Open with a 48-minute 'double bagel' victory over Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer.

At 35 years old, the Belarusian is the oldest player in the Open era to win a Grand Slam main-draw match 6-0 6-0.

She also becomes the first woman to score a Grand Slam double bagel - winning a match without dropping a game - in three different decades.

Wickmayer, who is currently ranked outside the world's top 1,000 and has said she will retire after Wimbledon this summer, held just one game point during the match.

Two-time major winner Azarenka hit 15 winners and won 49 of the 66 points on offer, while Wickmayer was undone by 26 unforced errors.

Only Maria Sharapova and Kim Clijsters - with six each - have won more Grand Slam matches with a 6-0 6-0 scoreline than Azarenka's five since 2000.

It was her first double bagel win at a major since the 2016 Australian Open.

Azarenka will face former Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin after the American defeated France's Varvara Gracheva 6-3 6-1.