Roland-Garros: Gracheva books spot in second round, will face Stephens
Varvara Gracheva won against Dalma Galfi 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 on Monday and will play American Sloane Stephens in the next round
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Russian Varvara Gracheva defeated Hungarian Dalma Galfi 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 to move into the second round of Roland-Garros at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Monday.
Gracheva, ranked No 41, will play American Sloane Stephens next.
Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):
- Petra Martic vs. Shelby Rogers
- Erika Andreeva vs. Emma Navarro
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Ylena In-Albon vs. Claire Liu
- Iga Swiatek vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Clara Burel vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Elena Rybakina vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
- Selena Janicijevic vs. Oceane Dodin
- Linda Noskova vs. Danka Kovinic
- Rebeka Masarova vs. Coco Gauff
- Arantxa Rus vs. Julia Grabher
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Lin Zhu vs. Lauren Davis
- Olga Danilovic vs. Kateryna Baindl
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Ons Jabeur
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Diane Parry
- Xinyu Wang vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Rebecca Peterson vs. Fiona Ferro
- Petra Kvitova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Nao Hibino vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Anna Blinkova vs. Ysaline Bonaventure
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Simona Waltert vs. Elizabeth Mandlik
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Tereza Martincova
- Tatjana Maria vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Caroline Garcia vs. Xiyu Wang: monday
- Peyton Stearns vs. Katerina Siniakova: monday
- Aliona Bolsova vs. Kristina Kucova: monday
- Elina Svitolina beat Martina Trevisan (26): 6-2, 6-2
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Maryna Zanevska: monday
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Belinda Bencic: monday
- Diana Shnaider beat Rebecca Marino: 6-3, 7-5
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Alycia Parks: 6-4, 6-0
- Sloane Stephens beat Karolina Pliskova (16): 6-0, 6-4
- Camila Osorio (LL) beat Ana Bogdan: 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Madison Keys (20) beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-2, 6-2
- Donna Vekic (22) beat Dayana Yastremska (Q): 6-2, 7-5
- Bernarda Pera beat Anett Kontaveit: 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Kayla Day (Q) beat Kristina Mladenovic (WC): 7-5, 6-1
- Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-3, 6-4
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Danielle Collins: 6-4, 6-2
- Liudmila Samsonova (15) beat Katie Volynets: 6-0, 6-1
- Irina-Camelia Begu (27) beat Anna Bondar: 6-4, 6-2
- Mayar Sherif beat Madison Brengle: 6-3, 6-1
- Sara Errani beat Jil Teichmann: 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Anastasia Potapova (24) beat Taylor Townsend (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Clara Tauson (Q) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-2, 6-0
- Qinwen Zheng (19) beat Tamara Zidansek (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Camila Giorgi beat Alize Cornet: 6-3, 6-4
- Leolia Jeanjean (WC) beat Kimberly Birrell (WC): 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3
- Karolina Muchova beat Maria Sakkari (8): 7-6 (5), 7-5
- Leylah Fernandez beat Magda Linette (21): 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
- Elise Mertens (28) beat Viktoria Hruncakova (LL): 6-1, 6-4
- Kamilla Rakhimova beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 6-0, 6-3
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-3, 6-2
- Iryna Shymanovich (Q) beat Panna Udvardy: 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1
- Magdalena Frech beat Shuai Zhang (29): 6-1, 6-1
- Storm Hunter (Q) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Nadia Podoroska beat Jessika Ponchet (WC): 6-0, 6-2
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