Venus Into Second Round

American Venus Williams (13) ousted Sybille Bammer 6-4, 6-3 to make the second round Monday at Roland Garros. In just her fourth tournament back from an injury, Williams was a little rusty but got the job done when she needed it most to pull out the straight set victory.

"Definitely not playing as well as I'm capable, but definitely moving up," Williams noted to reporters after making 33 unforced errors. "Just playing solid. Really mentally pretty good. Sometimes I lose a bit of clarity. That comes with a few more matches."

Williams led 4-2 in the first set before Bammer broke back to level it. However, Williams held and then closed out the set with another break. She was a perfect five-for-five on break chances and finished off Bammer in the second set.

Despite not having played her best, Williams still was fairly confident in her chances to go far.

"I always feel like [I can win] for sure," she pointed out.

"I think it's the truth. At this point, it's definitely round by round. That's the best way to take it, especially if you've been off a little."

Also moving into the second round was second seeded Belgian Kim Clijsters with a 6-0, 7-6 (4) triumph over Virginie Razzano.

"At the beginning I was allowed to step in but in the second set she started to play aggressive tennis and I was making too many unforced errors," said Clijsters.

Seventh seeded Swiss Patty Schnyder eliminated Michaella Krajicek 6-1, 6-2. Also advancing was sixth seeded Russian Elena Dementieva who defeated Martina Sucha 7-6 (3), 6-2.

Other seeds who moved onto Round 2 included Francesca Schiavone (9), Nathalie Dechy (21), Katarina Srebotnik (24) and Sofia Arvidsson (29).

There were two upsets on the day. Croat Karolina Sprem defeated 18th seeded Elena Likhovtseva 6-1, 6-1. Romanian Anda Perianu knocked out Czech Lucie Safarova (28) 6-1, 7-6 (7).

In her return from a season-ending injury in 2005, Aussie Alicia Molik also advanced with a 7-5, 7-6 (3) win over Italian Antonella Serra Zanetti.