Williams, who is chasing an elusive 24th Grand Slam singles
title, won her last major at the 2017 Australian Open.
The 39-year-old beat Irina-Camelia Begu 7-6(6) 6-2 in the
first round, while Buzarnescu, whose best finish at a slam was reaching the
last 16 at Roland Garros in 2018, also came through in straight sets against
Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands.
Third seed Aryna Sabalenka will meet Aliaksandra Sasnovich
in an all-Belarusian clash out on Court Suzanne Lenglen, while their
compatriot, 15th seed Victoria Azarenka, faces Denmark's Clara Tauson on Court
Simonne Mathieu.
"We know each other quite well," Sabalenka said of
Sasnovich. "We've played against each other and we have been growing
together.
"She's a great player, good girl. Her game, her style
is a little bit tricky. She likes to use all these dropshots, spin, slices,
different variations. It's never easy to play her."
In the men's draw, second seed Daniil Medvedev will look to
build on his morale-boosting first-round victory when he takes on unseeded
American Tommy Paul for the first time in his career.
Medvedev had never won a match at Roland Garros in four
attempts prior to his 6-3 6-3 7-5 win over Alexander Bublik on Sunday, but the
Russian now seeks to make it two in a row against Paul, who has also never
reached the third round.
Fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and sixth seed Alexander
Zverev are also in action, taking on Spain's Pedro Martinez and Russia's Roman
Safiullin, respectively.
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