Roland-Garros: Raducanu battles past Wang to set up second-round clash with Swiatek

Emma Raducanu advanced to the second round of Roland-Garros by beating Chinese Xinyu Wang 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 at Roland-Garros in Paris.

It was a hard-fought win for the Briton, who has recorded just her second victory in only three career matches at Roland-Garros, having missed both of the previous two editions of the tournament.

After taking the first with three breaks, of serve, Raducanu then found herself 5-1 down as her energy levels dipped and Wang took full advantage to race into a commanding lead.

The 2021 US Open champion fought well to pull the score back to 5-4 with two breaks of serve as Wang had served for the set, but she was broken again in the tenth game as her opponent forced a deserved decider.

It was Raducanu who had the edge in that third stanza. Despite being broken at 5-2 as she served for the match, the Briton – whose returning had been formidable throughout the encounter – struck right back to seal safe passage into round two.

Raducanu, ranked No 41, will face three-time defending champion Iga Swiatek in a highly-anticipated second-round clash.

Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56.352.000, most recent results first):

• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Marie Bouzkova

• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Ann Li
• Karolina Muchova vs. Alycia Parks
• Solana Sierra vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Katie Volynets vs. Joanna Garland
• Lois Boisson vs. Elise Mertens
• Sonay Kartal vs. Erika Andreeva
• Anca Todoni vs. Jessica Pegula
• Elsa Jacquemot vs. Maria Sakkari
• Olivia Gadecki vs. Coco Gauff
• Magdalena Frech vs. Ons Jabeur
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Suzan Lamens vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Chloe Paquet vs. Tereza Valentova
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Sofia Kenin
• Nao Hibino vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Yanina Wickmayer vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Oksana Selekhmeteva vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Taylor Townsend vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Madison Keys vs. Daria Saville
• Leolia Jeanjean vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Polina Kudermetova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Greet Minnen
• Arantxa Rus vs. Camila Osorio
• Clara Tauson vs. Magda Linette
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Tatjana Maria
• Carole Monnet vs. Katie Boulter
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. McCartney Kessler
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Caroline Garcia vs. Bernarda Pera
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Maya Joint
• Danielle Collins vs. Jodie Burrage
• Naomi Osaka vs. Paula Badosa
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Kimberly Birrell: monday
• Diane Parry vs. Robin Montgomery: monday
• Mayar Sherif vs. Liudmila Samsonova: monday
• Iga Swiatek beat Rebecca Sramkova: 6-3, 6-3
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-5, 6-1
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Emma Navarro (9): 6-0, 6-1
• Elena Rybakina (12) beat Julia Riera (Q): 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
• Yuliia Starodubtseva (LL) beat Tamara Korpatsch (Q): 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Sara Bejlek (Q) beat Marta Kostyuk (26): 6-3, 6-1
• Anastasia Potapova beat Linda Noskova (29): 5-7, 6-1, 7-5
• Jasmine Paolini (4) beat Yue Yuan: 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
• Olga Danilovic beat Leylah Fernandez (27): 6-3, 6-1
• Iva Jovic (WC) beat Renata Zarazua: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
• Amanda Anisimova (16) beat Nina Stojanovic (Q): 6-3, 4-1 ret.
• Donna Vekic (18) beat Anna Blinkova: 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1
• Leyre Romero Gormaz (Q) beat Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah (WC): 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Diana Shnaider (11) beat Anastasiia Sobolieva (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Jil Teichmann beat Lucrezia Stefanini (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng (8) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-4, 6-3
• Dayana Yastremska beat Destanee Aiava (WC): 7-5, 6-1
• Emiliana Arango beat Alexandra Eala: 6-0, 2-6, 6-3
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-1, 6-0
• Anna Bondar beat Laura Siegemund: 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Eva Lys beat Peyton Stearns (28): 6-0, 6-3
• Viktorija Golubic beat Petra Kvitova: 3-6, 6-0, 6-4
• Elina Svitolina (13) beat Zeynep Sonmez: 6-1, 6-1
• Victoria Mboko (Q) beat Lulu Sun: 6-1, 7-6 (4)