Roland Garros—Paris, France
Opening day at Roland Garros 2023 featured No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka advancing past Marta Kostyuk 6-3, 6-2 and No. 5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas fighting past Jiri Vesely 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(7).
Sabalenka—the reigning Australian Open winner—will next face Iryna Shymanovich in the second round. Tsitsipas, who made finals of the event in 2021, will take on Roberto Carballes Baena, who dismissed Emilio Nava.
Elsewhere, No. 5 seed Andrey Rulbev, No. 11 seed Karen Khachanov and No. 13 seed Hubert Hurkacz all advanced to the second round. Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis upset No. 20 seed Daniel Evans 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
On the women’s side, No. 24 seed Anastasia Potapova, No. 28 seed Elise Mertens advanced over Viktoria Hruncakova 6-1, 6-4 and No. 29 seed Zhang Shuai was upset by Magdalena Frech 6-1, 6-1. No. 8 seed Maria Sakkari was also ousted by Karolina Muchova 7-6(5), 7-5.
Monday’s action in Paris will feature No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz, No. 3 seed Novak Djokovic, No. 5 seed Caroline Garcia, and No. 12 seed Belinda Bencic.
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First-round results:
(5) Stefanos Tsitsipas Defeats Jiri Vesely 75 63 46 76(7)
(7) Andrey Rublev Defeats Laslo Djere 61 36 63 64
(11) Karen Khachanov Defeats Constant Lestienne 36 16 62 61 63
(13) Hubert Hurkacz Defeats David Goffin 63 57 64 26 64
(17) Lorenzo Musetti Defeats Mikael Ymer 75 62 64
Thanasi Kokkinakis Defeats (20) Daniel Evans 64 64 64
(24) Sebastian Korda Defeats Mackenzie McDonald 64 75 64
Matteo Arnaldi Defeats Daniel Elahi Galan 26 63 60 62
Nuno Borges Defeats John Isner 64 57 76(3) 46 76(9)
Roberto Carballes Baena Defeats Emilio Nava 76(5) 63 62
Jason Kubler Defeats Facundo Diaz Acosta 16 63 64 36 61
Radu Albot Defeats Patrick Kypson 63 62 46 61
Marton Fucsovics Defeats Hugo Grenier 63 57 61 63
Tallon Griekspoor Defeats Pedro Martinez 64 26 06 75 63
Sebastian Ofner Defeats Maxime Cressy 64 76(6) 62
