Sinner thrashes retiring Gasquet as Andreeva and Pegula through

Jed Court Jannik Sinner ended the retiring Richard Gasquet's career with a one-sided victory at the French Open on Thursday.

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Women's second seed and former Roland Garros finalist Coco Gauff also targets a place in the last 32, after 18-year-old contender Mirra Andreeva cruised through.

World number one Sinner had no trouble in seeing off the 38-year-old Gasquet, playing at the tournament for the 22nd and final time, 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 in under two hours.

Sinner made his comeback from a three-month doping ban at the Italian Open earlier in May, reaching the final before losing in straight sets to reigning Roland Garros champion Carlos Alcaraz.

He was in fine form against Gasquet, saving three break points to serve out the first set before dominating the rest of the match on Court Philippe Chatrier.

"I'm very happy to be in the third round," Sinner told the crowd after setting up a third-round meeting with Czech Jiri Lehecka.

"Thank you for being very fair with me today, I know what was at stake... It's your (Gasquet's) moment. Congrats on an amazing career."

Djokovic, fresh off his IOOth ATP title last weekend, got his tilt at a fourth French Open crown off to a solid start on Tuesday.

The Serbian sixth seed will need to be on his guard against crafty Frenchman Corentin Moutet.