Roland Garros—Paris, France
Monday’s action at the French Open featured two-time former champion Novak Djokovic breeze into the second round of the event, defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(1).
The No. 3 seed will next face Marton Fucsovics, who defeated Hugo Grenier 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3.
Elsewhere, No. 10 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime was ousted in straight sets by Fabio Fognini 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. The Canadian, who made the fourth-round of the event last year, has been injured for a majority of the 2022 season.
No. 14 seed Cameron Norrie, No. 18 seed Alex de Minaur, No. 26 seed Denis Shapovalov all advanced to the second round.
On the women’s side, former US Open winner and French Open finalist Sloane Stephens ousted No. 16 seed Karolina Pliskova 6-0, 6-4.
Later in the day, top seed Carlos Alcaraz and No. 8 seed Jannik Sinner both advanced to the round of 64 with straight set victories.
Alcaraz, who won the US Open last fall in New York City, is playing his first Major since winning his maiden Slam. The 20-year-old had to miss the Australian Open earlier this year due to injury.
Sinner, who has become a major rival to Alcaraz, is still in search of his first-career Grand Slam. The Italian defeated the Spaniard at the Miami Open in March.
Tuesday’s schedule in Paris will feature Iga Swiatek, Daniil Medvedev, Casper Ruud and Elena Rybakina all aiming to reach the second round of the year’s second Grand Slam.
The 2023 French Open will take place from May 28 to June 11 at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France.
First-round results:
(1) Carlos Alcaraz Defeats Flavio Cobolli 60 62 75
(3) Novak Djokovic Defeats Aleksandar Kovacevic 63 62 76(1)
(8) Jannik Sinner Defeats Alexandre Muller 61 64 61
Fabio Fognini Defeats (10) Felix Auger-Aliassime 64 64 63
(12) Frances Tiafoe Defeats Filip Krajinovic 63 64 62
(14) Cameron Norrie Defeats Benoit Paire 75 46 36 61 64
(15) Borna Coric Defeats Federico Coria 76(3) 67(5) 63 63
(18) Alex de Minaur Defeats Ilya Ivashka 61 57 61 63
(19) Roberto Bautista Agut Defeats Yibing Wu 76(4) 61 61
Jiri Lehecka Defeats (21) Jan-Lennard Struff 75 16 63 36 61
(26) Denis Shapovalov Defeats Brandon Nakashima 64 75 46 36 63
Thiago Agustin Tirante Defeats (25) Botic van de Zandschulp 62 46 63 64
(29) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Defeats Arthur Fils 61 46 63 63
Diego Schwartzman Defeats (32) Bernabe Zapata Miralles 16 67(5) 62 60 64
Taro Daniel Defeats Christopher O’Connell 60 62 64
Tomas Martin Etcheverry Defeats Jack Draper 64 10 (RET)
Juan Pablo Varillas Defeats Juncheng Shang 46 26 62 63 61
Daniel Altmaier Defeats Marc-Andrea Huesler 63 64 64
Pedro Cachin Defeats Dominic Thiem 63 62 67(1) 46 62
Marcos Giron Defeats Hamad Medjedovic 60 62 16 60
Aslan Karatsev Defeats Alexei Popyrin 63 67(4) 61 62
Luca Van Assche Defeats Marco Cecchinato 61 61 63
Juan Pablo Varillas Defeats Juncheng Shang 46 26 62 63 61
Stan Wawrinka Defeats Albert Ramos-Vinolas 76(5) 64 67(2) 16 64
Zhizhen Zhang Defeats Dusan Lajovic 61 41 (RET)
