PARIS, May 24 – Action from the opening day of the French Open tennis tournament on Sunday (all times in GMT):
1205 KHACHANOV DEFEATS GEA
Russian player Karen Khachanov, seeded 13th, eliminated French wildcard Arthur Gea with scores of 6-3, 7-6(3), 6-0.
1142 BENCIC ADVANCES PAST KRAUS
Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic, the 11th seed, dominated Austria’s Sinja Kraus with a comfortable 6-2, 6-3 win on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
The Olympic gold medalist from Tokyo 2020 hopes to make a strong showing this year, as she has never advanced past the third round at Roland Garros.
0909 TOURNAMENT BEGINS
Competition commenced under bright sunshine, with temperatures at Roland Garros around 28 degrees Celsius and France’s national weather service predicting highs of 34 degrees later in the day.
Olympic champion Belinda Bencic, seeded 11th, faced Austrian qualifier Sinja Kraus in the opening match on Court Philippe Chatrier.
SUNDAY’S FRENCH OPEN MATCH SCHEDULE (numbers indicate tournament seeding):
COURT PHILIPPE CHATRIER (matches start at 1000 GMT)
Sinja Kraus (Austria) v 11-Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)
Benjamin Bonzi (France) v 2-Alexander Zverev (Germany)
8-Mirra Andreeva (Russia) v Fiona Ferro (France)
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (France) v 3-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
COURT SUZANNE LENGLEN (matches start at 0900 GMT)
13-Karen Khachanov (Russia) v Arthur Gea (France)
26-Hailey Baptiste (United States) v Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)
7-Taylor Fritz (U.S.) v Nishesh Basavareddy (U.S.)
Ksenia Efremova (France) v 18-Sorana Cirstea (Romania)
COURT SIMONNE MATHIEU (matches start at 0900 GMT)
15-Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) v Oksana Selekhmeteva (Russia)
Katie Volynets (U.S.) v Clara Burel (France)
Titouan Droguet (France) v 26-Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic)
28-Joao Fonseca (Brazil) v Luka Pavlovic (France)
