Roland-Garros: Alexandrova eases past Bronzetti to move into second round
Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Lucia Bronzetti 6-3, 6-2 on Monday evening and will face either Taylor Townsend or Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the next round
Alexandrova at Madrid Open, 2023 Imago / Panoramic
Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 20 seed, won against Italian Lucia Bronzetti 6-3, 6-2 to move into the second round of Roland-Garros.
Alexandrova, ranked No 20, will play the winner of the match between American lucky loser Taylor Townsend and Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto 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
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Greet Minnen
- Leolia Jeanjean vs. Irina-Camelia Begu: monday
- Clara Tauson vs. Magda Linette: monday
- Madison Keys vs. Daria Saville
- Arantxa Rus vs. Camila Osorio: monday
- Barbora Krejcikova (15) beat Tatjana Maria: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Jelena Ostapenko (21) beat Polina Kudermetova: 5-7, 6-0, 6-2
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse beat McCartney Kessler: 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Katie Boulter beat Carole Monnet (Q): 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-1
- Daria Kasatkina (17) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Maya Joint: 6-1, 6-3
- Bernarda Pera beat Caroline Garcia: 6-4, 6-4
- Danielle Collins beat Jodie Burrage: 7-6 (1), 6-4
- Paula Badosa (10) beat Naomi Osaka: 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-4
- Jaqueline Cristian beat Kimberly Birrell: 6-1, 6-0
- Robin Montgomery beat Diane Parry (WC): 6-2, 6-1
- Liudmila Samsonova (19) beat Mayar Sherif: 7-6 (3), 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (5) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 6-3, 6-3
- Emma Raducanu beat Xinyu Wang: 7-5, 4-6, 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)
