Serena Williams powers into last eight at Roland Garros

Serena Williams has booked her place in the quarter-finals of the French Open with a routine victory over Elina Svitolina.

The rain delays in Paris meant that the defending champion was forced to wait to get her last-16 clash underway, but she required just 62 minutes to continue her path toward another appearance in the final.

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Williams dominated from start to finish as she dropped just seven points on serve and broke on three occasions to quickly wrap up the opening set, and it was a similar story in the second.

Svitolina saw seven break-point opportunities come and go but she struggled to win games behind her own delivery and it allowed Williams to quickly wrap up a 6-1 6-1 win.

Williams will now play the winner of the match between Carla Suarez Navarro and Yulia Putintseva.