Roland-Garros: 28-year-old qualifier Hunter wins first Grand Slam main draw match

Australian qualifier Storm Hunter reached the second round of Roland-Garros by edging out Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in Paris on Sunday.

This was the first main draw win for 28-year-old Hunter (earlier known as Storm Sanders), who made her Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2014 Australian Open. The current world No 5 in the doubles format had gone 0-7 in Grand Slam main draw matches before today.

Hunter, ranked No 202, will face the winner of the match between Ukrainian Elina Svitolina and Italian Martina Trevisan, the No 26 seed, next.

Roland-Garros (Grand Slam), other first round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49,600,000)

• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-3, 6-2
• Magdalena Frech beat Shuai Zhang (29): 6-1, 6-1
• Nadia Podoroska beat Jessika Ponchet (WC): 6-0, 6-2
• Panna Udvardy vs. Iryna Shymanovich
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Maryna Zanevska
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Dalma Galfi
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Sloane Stephens
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Alycia Parks
• Peyton Stearns vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Tereza Martincova
• Elina Svitolina vs. Martina Trevisan
• Anna Blinkova vs. Ysaline Bonaventure
• Caroline Garcia vs. Xiyu Wang
• Catherine McNally vs. Ana Bogdan
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Belinda Bencic
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Ons Jabeur
• Selena Janicijevic vs. Oceane Dodin
• Olga Danilovic vs. Kateryna Baindl
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Donna Vekic
• Anett Kontaveit vs. Bernarda Pera
• Simona Waltert vs. Elizabeth Mandlik
• Petra Kvitova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Tatjana Maria vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Rebecca Marino vs. Diana Shnaider
• Nao Hibino vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Petra Martic vs. Shelby Rogers
• Clara Burel vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Linda Noskova vs. Danka Kovinic
• Elena Rybakina vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Coco Gauff
• Arantxa Rus vs. Julia Grabher
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Diane Parry
• Kaia Kanepi vs. Madison Keys
• Kayla Day vs. Kristina Mladenovic
• Aliona Bolsova vs. Kristina Kucova
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Lin Zhu vs. Lauren Davis
• Erika Andreeva vs. Emma Navarro
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Xinyu Wang vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Rebecca Peterson vs. Fiona Ferro
• Ylena In-Albon vs. Claire Liu
• Iga Swiatek vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Jule Niemeier vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Danielle Collins vs. Jessica Pegula
• Mayar Sherif vs. Madison Brengle
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Katie Volynets
• Anna Bondar vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Sara Errani vs. Jil Teichmann
• Tamara Zidansek vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Taylor Townsend vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Alize Cornet vs. Camila Giorgi
• Elise Mertens vs. Viktoria Hruncakova
• Leolia Jeanjean vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Clara Tauson vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Magda Linette vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Maria Sakkari vs. Karolina Muchova
• Sara Bejlek vs. Kamilla Rakhimova

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