PARIS, May 24 – The opening day action from the French Open tennis tournament got underway Sunday with favorable weather conditions (all times listed in GMT):
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Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic, seeded 11th in the tournament, dominated her opening match against Sinja Kraus from Austria, winning decisively 6-2, 6-3 on the main Court Philippe-Chatrier.
The Olympic gold medalist from Tokyo 2020 hopes to make a stronger showing this year, as she has yet to advance past the third round at Roland Garros in previous attempts.
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Competition commenced with clear, sunny conditions as temperatures at Roland Garros reached approximately 28 degrees Celsius, with France’s public weather service Meteo France predicting highs of 34 degrees later in the day.
The day’s first featured match on Court Philippe Chatrier showcased former Olympic winner Belinda Bencic, ranked 11th, against Austrian qualifier Sinja Kraus.
SUNDAY’S COMPLETE MATCH SCHEDULE (seeding numbers shown as prefixes):
COURT PHILIPPE CHATRIER (competition starts at 1000 GMT)
Sinja Kraus (Austria) versus 11-Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)
Benjamin Bonzi (France) versus 2-Alexander Zverev (Germany)
8-Mirra Andreeva (Russia) versus Fiona Ferro (France)
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (France) versus 3-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
COURT SUZANNE LENGLEN (competition starts at 0900 GMT)
13-Karen Khachanov (Russia) versus Arthur Gea (France)
26-Hailey Baptiste (United States) versus Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)
7-Taylor Fritz (U.S.) versus Nishesh Basavareddy (U.S.)
Ksenia Efremova (France) versus 18-Sorana Cirstea (Romania)
COURT SIMONNE MATHIEU (competition starts at 0900 GMT)
15-Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) versus Oksana Selekhmeteva (Russia)
Katie Volynets (U.S.) versus Clara Burel (France)
Titouan Droguet (France) versus 26-Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic)
28-Joao Fonseca (Brazil) versus Luka Pavlovic (France)
