Tenth seed Caroline Wozniacki ended Laura Robson’s French Open challenge with a swift 6-3 6-2 victory in round one.
Former world number one Wozniacki, who came into the tournament on the back of a poor run on clay this season, looked like a possible scalp for the improving 19-year-old, but the Dane took full advantage of an error-strewn performance from the Brit.
Wozniacki was the more consistent in the first set, and raced into an unassailable 4-1 lead in the second, allowing herself the luxury of giving away one of her breaks of serve before seeing out the match in just 71 minutes.
World number 35 Robson made 39 unforced errors against a player who had lost her previous five matches, compounded by conceding two early breaks of serve with double faults.
Meanwhile, Robson – who was playing her typically hard-hitting but risky game – failed to take two of her own three break points, and she ultimately paid for her inconsistency against the less powerful but more solid Dane by losing the first set 6-3.
The second set was a more straightforward affair, as Wozniacki played some fine tennis, breaking early on with a superb lob followed by a backhand volley.
Robson was broken again after a poor backhand wide and, while she did break one game back, Wozniacki saw it out with a third break and a comfortable hold to send the Briton back to London.
Wozniacki moves on to face either Barbara Zahlavova-Strycova or Bojana Jovanovski next at Roland-Garros.
