Roland-Garros: Former semi-finalist Podoroska reaches second round

2020 Roland-Garros semi-finalist Nadia Podoroska beat French wildcard Jessika Ponchet 6-0, 6-2 to move into the second round of the French Open in Paris on Sunday.

The match lasted one hour and two minutes with Podoroska hitting 18 winners and 9 unforced errors as compared to 14 winners and 27 unforced errors for her opponent.

Podoroska, ranked No 103 in the world, will play the winner of the match between Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed, and Czech Karolina Muchova next.

Roland-Garros (Grand Slam), other first round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000)

• Magdalena Frech beat Shuai Zhang (29): 6-1, 6-1
• 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
• Sara Bejlek vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Magda Linette vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Maria Sakkari vs. Karolina Muchova
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Panna Udvardy vs. Iryna Shymanovich
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Storm Hunter

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