It is still raining in Paris and French Open organizers have announced there will be no play at least before 1 p.m.
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She also saved five of the six break points she faced.
Next up for the 26th-seeded Mladenovic is American Samantha Crawford.
A video of Muhammad Ali fired up French wild-card entry Mathias Bourgue before he took on Andy Murray at the French Open.
“I am adjusting to clay but I’d rather do better here than at smaller tournaments”, said Osaka. “It was very emotional”. “I didn’t think about the Nadal match – it was totally different”.
“I’m happy to get through in three sets”. “Matches are hard. I’m there to win”.
Fifth seed Kei Nishikori, a dark horse for the title, began with a 6-1 7-5 6-3 victory over Simone Bolelli while ninth-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet just beat the darkness to see off Thomaz Bellucci 6-1 6-3 6-4.
Garcia cheered herself up and encouraged the crowd to support her after breaking back in the seventh game of the second set. Djokovic didn’t seem bothered by that and he sealed the deal in the next game with a love hold, finishing it in style, with a nice drop shot.
Most notable were the break points which the third-seeded Swiss player failed to convert against a player 89 spots below him in the rankings.
He trails Radek Stepanek 3-6, 3-6, 6-0 4-2 from their match last night, which was suspended due to bad light. The trainer taped up her foot and ankle.
Daniel, who is based in Valencia, had been two sets to love down before Klizan wilted. The second-round win came just a day after Murray completed another five-setter in the first round.
Play has been delayed by two hours but matches could be starting soon.
When it comes to hitting aces, big-serving Ivo Karlovic has no rival. Connors was 39 when he progressed to the semifinals at Flushing Meadows that year.
So, Stan Wawrinka was asked, were you aware that in the long history of the French Open, no defending champion ever had lost in the first round?
Number three seed Stan fended off two set points against world number 93 Daniel in an opening tie-break, and Wawrinka was also forced to rally from a break down in the third set before wrapping up a straight-sets victory. But he erased both of those and eventually pulled out the set, then quickly went up a break in the second and was on his way.
Radwanska leads their head-to-head 2-1 including a win on clay in Madrid in 2013 but all of the pair’s three meetings have gone to three sets.
Nadal is now 71-2 at the French Open in his career.
The clay courts of Roland Garros host the second Grand Slam of the season.
Ranked fourth, the 2015 Wimbledon finalist won 6-2, 6-0 against Myrtille Georges, a French wild-card entry.
Another Japanese player also is impressing.
Russian 13th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 2009 champion, was too strong for Britain’s Heather Watson winning 6-1, 6-3.
The 10th-seeded Kvitova beat Hsieh Su-Wei 6-4, 6-1. “Hopefully I will play better and better to go as far as possible. I’m healthy, and that’s important”.
Spanish fourth seed Garbine Muguruza struggled on Court Suzanne Lenglen, coming back from a set down to defeat Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Tightened security measures at the French Open, with multiple pat-downs and bag checks, are making getting into Roland Garros a bit of a chore. Chardy has reached the fourth round of a grand slam four times since 2013.
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Halep is on Court Philippe Chatrier against Zarina Diyas.
