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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.
(Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby
Davis)
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