Roland-Garros: Kerber saves match points against Frech to reach second round
It was an absolute rollercoaster of a match as the former Grand Slam champion clung on
May 28, 2021: Angelique Kerber of Germany during practice ahead of the 2021 Roland Garros Grand Slam Tournament
German Angelique Kerber, the No 21 seed, reached the second round of Roland-Garros by saving match points to edge out Pole Magdalena Frech 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 in Paris on Monday evening.
Kerber, ranked No 17, will play French wildcard Elsa Jacquemot next.
Paris (Grand Slam): Other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 43.600.000, most recent results first):
- Veronika Kudermetova (29) beat Lin Zhu (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Anett Kontaveit (5): 7-6 [5], 7-5
- Emma Raducanu (12) beat Linda Noskova (Q): 6-7 [4], 7-5, 6-1
- Leolia Jeanjean (WC) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 6-4, 6-3
- Elsa Jacquemot beat Heather Watson: 6-3, 6-3
- Danka Kovinic beat Liudmila Samsonova (25): 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
- Diane Parry beat Barbora Krejcikova (2): 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Alison Riske beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-3, 6-3
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Lesia Tsurenko (Q): 6-2, 6-0
- Daria Saville (WC) beat Valentini Grammatikopoulou (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Andrea Petkovic beat Oceane Dodin: 6-4, 6-2
- Victoria Azarenka (15) beat Ana Bogdan: 6-7 [7], 7-6 [1], 6-2
- Amanda Anisimova (27) beat Naomi Osaka: 7-5, 6-4
- Bianca Andreescu beat Ysaline Bonaventure: 3-6, 7-5, 6-0
- Petra Kvitova (32) beat Anna Bondar: 7-6 [7], 6-1
- Martina Trevisan beat Harriet Dart: 6-0, 6-2
- Qinwen Zheng beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-3, 6-1
- Marie Bouzkova beat Anastasia Gasanova (LL): 6-2, 6-1
- Leylah Fernandez (17) beat Kristina Mladenovic: 6-0, 7-5
- Donna Vekic (Q) beat Mirjam Bjorklund (Q): 7-6 [6], 6-2
- Belinda Bencic (14) beat Reka-Luca Jani (LL): 6-1, 6-1
- Cori Coco Gauff (18) beat Rebecca Marino (Q): 7-5, 6-0
- Elise Mertens (31) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse: 6-3, 6-1
- Maria Sakkari (4) beat Clara Burel: 6-2, 6-3
- Alison Van Uytvanck beat Ann Li: 3-6, 2-3 ab.
- Varvara Gracheva beat Astra Sharma: 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Olga Danilovic (Q) beat Dalma Galfi: 3-6, 7-6 [4], 6-2
- Jil Teichmann (23) beat Bernarda Pera: 6-2, 6-1
- Katerina Siniakova beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 7-6 [6]
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-1
- Kaia Kanepi beat Garbine Muguruza (10): 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Karolina Muchova beat Carole Monnet (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- Maria Camila Osorio Serrano beat Harmony Tan (WC): 6-4, 6-3
- Sloane Stephens beat Jule Niemeier (Q): 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
- Sorana Cirstea (26) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-3
- Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
- Magda Linette beat Ons Jabeur (6): 3-6, 7-6 [4], 7-5
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