Sharapova, who played with strips of white tape on her rehabbed right shoulder, shook off a sloppy start to beat Anastasiya Yakimova of Belarus 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. Next up is a tough second-round test against 11th-seeded compatriot Nadia Petrova.
Sidelined since August, Sharapova had arthroscopic surgery on her serving shoulder and is competing in her second tournament in singles in the last 10 months. She played one doubles match in March at Indian Wells and won two singles matches in an event last week in Warsaw.
A year ago, now-No. 102 Sharapova came into the French Open seeded No. 1 after the sudden retirement of Justine Henin.
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