PARIS : Highlights of the first day at the French Open on Sunday (times GMT):2106 KASATKINA BEATS NIEMEIERRussia's Daria Kasatkina, a semi-finalist at last year's French Open, played a near-flawless match to beat Jule Niemeier 6-3 6-4 and set up a second-round clash with either Marketa Vondrousova
Russia's Daria Kasatkina, a semi-finalist at last year's French Open, played a near-flawless match to beat Jule Niemeier 6-3 6-4 and set up a second-round clash with either Marketa Vondrousova or Alycia Parks, who play on Monday.
Earlier, Russian Andrey Rublev quashed an attempted comeback from unseeded Serbian Laslo Djere to win 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-4 and book his place in the second round.Italian 17th seed Lorenzo Musetti breezed through the first round with a 7-5 6-2 6-4 win over Sweden's Mikael Ymer, who made headlines earlier this week when he smashed his racket and left a hole through the umpire's chair following an argument over a line call.
"It was difficult, stressful. But I told myself 'there's no chance this is going to five sets today'," Tsitsipas said."Jiri is a great player, I don't think he gets credit. I would like to congratulate him for his effort today."Russian Karen Khachanov beat Constant Lestienne of France in a tough five-setter 3-6 1-6 6-2 6-1 6-3 to reach the second round.
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