Roland-Garros: Vekic battles past Blinkova to reach second round

Croat Donna Vekic, the No 18 seed, moved into the second round of Roland-Garros by winning against Russian Anna Blinkova 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1 at Roland-Garros in Paris on Sunday evening.

Vekic, ranked No 18, will face the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia and American Bernarda Pera next.

Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round matches (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56,352,000):

• Olga Danilovic beat Leylah Fernandez (27): 6-3, 6-1
• Amanda Anisimova (16) beat Nina Stojanovic (Q): 6-3, 4-1 ret.
• 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)
• Olivia Gadecki vs. Coco Gauff
• Chloe Paquet vs. Tereza Valentova
• Sonay Kartal vs. Erika Andreeva
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Nao Hibino vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Sofia Kenin
• Yanina Wickmayer vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Anca Todoni vs. Jessica Pegula
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Ann Li
• Oksana Selekhmeteva vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Magdalena Frech vs. Ons Jabeur
• Lois Boisson vs. Elise Mertens
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Elsa Jacquemot vs. Maria Sakkari
• Karolina Muchova vs. Alycia Parks
• Solana Sierra vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Katie Volynets vs. Joanna Garland
• Suzan Lamens vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Taylor Townsend vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Madison Keys vs. Daria Saville
• Leolia Jeanjean vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Polina Kudermetova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Greet Minnen
• Arantxa Rus vs. Camila Osorio
• Clara Tauson vs. Magda Linette
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Tatjana Maria
• Carole Monnet vs. Katie Boulter
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. McCartney Kessler
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Caroline Garcia vs. Bernarda Pera
• Naomi Osaka vs. Paula Badosa
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Maya Joint
• Diane Parry vs. Robin Montgomery
• Mayar Sherif vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Danielle Collins vs. Jodie Burrage
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Iga Swiatek
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Emma Navarro
• Emma Raducanu vs. Xinyu Wang
• Elena Rybakina vs. Julia Riera
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Yuliia Starodubtseva
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Sara Bejlek
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Linda Noskova
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Yue Yuan
• Iva Jovic vs. Renata Zarazua