Djokovic scores 70th win at French Open, Ostapenko stuns Pliskova

World No.1 Novak Djokovic took another confident stride closer to an 18th Grand Slam title with his 70th win at French Open as Jelena Ostapenko stunned second seed Karolina Pliskova, throwing the chase for the women's title wide open.

Djokovic, the 2016 champion, needed just 83 minutes to complete a 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 demolition of Lithuania's Ricardas Berankis at Roland Garros. The top seed went level with Roger Federer for victories at the tournament, although still 25 behind Rafael Nadal's all-time best.

He will now face Colombian lucky loser Daniel Elahi Galan, ranked 153, for a place in the last 16. "It was difficult for Ricardas in the third set as he had an injury and couldn't move very well," said Djokovic whose afternoon stroll was eased by his opponent needing treatment on a back problem after the second set. Djokovic is bidding to become the first man in half a century to win all four majors twice, also only dropped five games in his first round match against Mikael Ymer who likened facing the Serb to a 'snake killing its prey'.

Victory stretched his 2020 record to 33-1, his only defeat coming via disqualification from the US Open.

Former champion Ostapenko swept second seed Pliskova out of the tournament, triumphing 6-4, 6-2 on the back of 27 winners.

In a women's draw reeling from the injury-enforced withdrawal of Serena Williams, and the absence of world number one and defending champion Ashleigh Barty, as well as US Open winner Naomi Osaka, world number 43 Ostapenko pressed her case for a second Paris title after her shock 2017 breakthrough.

She will now face Spain's Paula Badosa who put out Sloane Stephens, the 2017 US Open winner and 2018 runner-up in Paris, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.