PARIS, Sept 30 — Victoria Azarenka, runner up at the recent US Open, crashed out in the second round of Roland Garros after losing in straight sets today to Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova.

The Belarusian 10th seed hit 38 unforced errors in a 6-2, 6-2 defeat against a player who hadn’t won a Grand Slam match in five years before her first-round victory over Venus Williams.

Schmiedlova, the world number 161, awaits the winner between 23rd seed Yulia Putintseva and Argentine qualifier Nadia Podoroska for a place in the last 16. — AFP