The starting day of the Open championship of France on tennis because of the rain turned out to be very fleeting.
From the extensive program of the first day on the clay courts of Paris held only five matches in men’s singles and women’s categories.
Men
Moldavian Radu Albot almost blocked the way to local favorite Benoit Paire – qualifier in the deciding set led to a break, but the Peer with the support of the home crowd found the strength for a comeback.
Nick Kyrgios in the second round made it without any problems – the Aussie is in the match with Marco Cecchinato at the right time included maximum speed and through excellence in the classroom to defraud the opponent.
The results of matches of seeded players:
Nick Kyrgios (Australia, 17) – Marco Cecchinato (Italy) – 7:6, 7:6, 6:4
Radu Albot (Moldova) – Benoit Paire (France, 19) – 2:6, 6:4, 4:6, 6:1, 4:6
Women
Petra Kvitova was two goals from the departure of Roland Garros two – time Wimbledon champion, leading 4:2 in the second set, too soon relaxed and almost allowed the Danka Kovinic to create the first loud sensation of the Open championship of France.
Last year’s finalist at Roland Garros, Lucie Safarova 59 minutes defeated Russian Vitalia diatchenko.
See also: Roland Garros-2015: Sharapova and Kvitova are leaving Paris
The results of matches of seeded players:
Sarah Sorribes-Tormo (Spain) – Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia, 24) – 2:6, 0:6
Danka Kovinic (Montenegro) – Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic, 10) — 2:6, 6:4, 5:7
Vitaly Dyachenko (Russia) – Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic, 11) — 0:6, 2:6
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