Roland-Garros: Kerber saves match points against Frech to reach second round

German Angelique Kerber, the No 21 seed, reached the second round of Roland-Garros by saving match points to edge out Pole Magdalena Frech 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 in Paris on Monday evening.

Kerber, ranked No 17, will play French wildcard Elsa Jacquemot next.

Paris (Grand Slam): Other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 43.600.000, most recent results first):

• Veronika Kudermetova (29) beat Lin Zhu (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Ajla Tomljanovic beat Anett Kontaveit (5): 7-6 [5], 7-5
• Emma Raducanu (12) beat Linda Noskova (Q): 6-7 [4], 7-5, 6-1
• Leolia Jeanjean (WC) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 6-4, 6-3
• Elsa Jacquemot beat Heather Watson: 6-3, 6-3
• Danka Kovinic beat Liudmila Samsonova (25): 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
• Diane Parry beat Barbora Krejcikova (2): 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Alison Riske beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-3, 6-3
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Lesia Tsurenko (Q): 6-2, 6-0
• Daria Saville (WC) beat Valentini Grammatikopoulou (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Andrea Petkovic beat Oceane Dodin: 6-4, 6-2
• Victoria Azarenka (15) beat Ana Bogdan: 6-7 [7], 7-6 [1], 6-2
• Amanda Anisimova (27) beat Naomi Osaka: 7-5, 6-4
• Bianca Andreescu beat Ysaline Bonaventure: 3-6, 7-5, 6-0
• Petra Kvitova (32) beat Anna Bondar: 7-6 [7], 6-1
• Martina Trevisan beat Harriet Dart: 6-0, 6-2
• Qinwen Zheng beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-3, 6-1
• Marie Bouzkova beat Anastasia Gasanova (LL): 6-2, 6-1
• Leylah Fernandez (17) beat Kristina Mladenovic: 6-0, 7-5
• Donna Vekic (Q) beat Mirjam Bjorklund (Q): 7-6 [6], 6-2
• Belinda Bencic (14) beat Reka-Luca Jani (LL): 6-1, 6-1
• Cori Coco Gauff (18) beat Rebecca Marino (Q): 7-5, 6-0
• Elise Mertens (31) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse: 6-3, 6-1
• Maria Sakkari (4) beat Clara Burel: 6-2, 6-3
• Alison Van Uytvanck beat Ann Li: 3-6, 2-3 ab.
• Varvara Gracheva beat Astra Sharma: 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Olga Danilovic (Q) beat Dalma Galfi: 3-6, 7-6 [4], 6-2
• Jil Teichmann (23) beat Bernarda Pera: 6-2, 6-1
• Katerina Siniakova beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 7-6 [6]
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-1
• Kaia Kanepi beat Garbine Muguruza (10): 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Karolina Muchova beat Carole Monnet (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Maria Camila Osorio Serrano beat Harmony Tan (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Sloane Stephens beat Jule Niemeier (Q): 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
• Sorana Cirstea (26) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-3
• Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
• Magda Linette beat Ons Jabeur (6): 3-6, 7-6 [4], 7-5