PARIS: Fourth seed Elena Rybakina overpowered Elina Svitolina with a straight-sets victory to reach the French Open quarter-finals for the second time on Monday.

The Kazakh former Wimbledon champion eased to a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Ukraine’s Svitolina after just 69 minutes on Court Philippe Chatrier.

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Rybakina will face either Italian 12th seed Jasmine Paolini or Russian Elina Avanesyan for a place in a maiden semi-final at Roland Garros.