Paris: Back at the French Open after a five-year absence, Martina Hingis says she's relaxed but hungry to win and better than before.
She looked the part on Tuesday, beating Lisa Raymond 6-2, 6-2.
The victory was the 32nd of Hingis' career at Roland Garros, but her first since being sidelined for three years by foot and ankle injury.
"I feel like it's that long," she said.
The five-time Grand Slam champion is seeded 12th and considered a title threat after winning last week at Rome, her first championship since returning to the tour in January.
She played at Roland Garros for the first time since losing to eventual champion Jennifer Capriati in the 2001 semi-finals.
"Today I would probably beat the Martina back then," Hingis said. "I have weapons today - the brains and everything, experience and more mature ... I'm really more relaxed now."
Her second-round match will be against Zuzana Ondraskova, who beat Julia Schruff 6-4, 6-2.
One potential semi-final opponent for Hingis was eliminated when No 3-seeded Nadia Petrova lost. Two-time semi-finalist Petrova, who won three clay-court tournaments this spring, was upset by Akiko Morigami 6-2, 6-2.
Morigami hit 26 winners to seven for Petrova.
No 5 Justine Henin-Hardenne began a bid for her third title in four years by beating Maret Ani 6-3, 6-0. No 10 Anastasia Myskina, a first-round loser last year after winning the 2004 title, defeated Sania Mirza 6-4, 6-1.
"I don't have any pressure at all," Myskina said. "So I just tried my best, and it worked."
No 13 Anna-Lena Groenefeld, No 15 Daniela Hantuchova and No 19 Ana Ivanovic advanced in straight sets, as did Americans Jamea Jackson and Shenay Perry. No 23 Tatiana Golovin of France lost to Zheng Jie 6-3, 7-6 (5).
On the men's side, No 25 Gael Monfils of France won the battle of 19-year-olds, beating Andy Murray 6-4, 6-7 (2), 1-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Murray struggled after receiving treatment for a back injury midway through the match. "It just feels real tight," Murray said. "I couldn't serve. It doesn't help when you're serving about 50 or 60 mph."
Murray said he expects to be fine for Wimbledon.
Monfils drew jeers from center-court fans in the fourth set when he argued at length about a line call.
"You know you're acting up a little bit when your own crowd is booing you," Murray said.
Monfils attributed his argumentative mood to nerves.
"When you're a bit tense, you really have this habit of wanting to be sure that the call was right," he said.
"This was nothing against Andy. It's just because I was very tense. I wanted to be reassued. I hope he didn't mind. If he did, I'm sorry."
No 4 Ivan Ljubicic beat Carlos Berlocq 6-2, 6-0, 6-3. Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis, seeded 19th, eliminated Albert Portas 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1.
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