Roland-Garros: A Strong Start for Swiatek

Poland’s Iga Swiatek, the No. 5 seed, advanced to the second round of Roland-Garros after comfortably defeating Slovakia’s Rebecca Sramkova (6-3, 6-3) on Monday morning in Paris.

It was a serious and focused start, despite conceding a break in the second set. The defending champion remained composed and won the last three games of the match to secure her place in the second round of the Parisian Grand Slam.

Iga Swiatek has become the current player with the most Women’s Singles main draw matches won at Roland-Garros (36)

“I’m really happy with my performance, I managed to stay active on court just as I wanted. I arrived early to prepare here, on the best clay courts in the world—it was great. I tried to hold it together during the tribute to Nadal, but I shed a tear—it was very emotional. What the FFT did with this tribute was amazing,” said the Polish player after her victory.

Swiatek, ranked No 5, will face the winner of the match between Emma Raducanu and Chinese Xinyu Wang next.

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
• Naomi Osaka vs. Paula Badosa
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Maya Joint
• Danielle Collins vs. Jodie Burrage
• Diane Parry vs. Robin Montgomery: monday
• Mayar Sherif vs. Liudmila Samsonova: monday
• Emma Raducanu vs. Xinyu Wang: monday
• 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)