Roland-Garros: Vekic is first player to reach second round

Croat Donna Vekic became the first player to advance to the second round of the French Open on Sunday.

The Croatian went through when Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko retired at Roland-Garros while Vekic, ranked No 40, was leading 6-5.

This is the sixth time in 12 main draw appearances that Vekic is through to the second round in Paris, and her thid time in a row.

The Croat will play the winner of the match between Brazilian qualifier Laura Pigossi and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 18 seed, next.

Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round matches (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53,478,000)

• Erika Andreeva vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Irene Burillo Escorihuela vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Sloane Stephens
• Katie Boulter vs. Paula Badosa
• Zeynep Sonmez vs. Emma Navarro
• Sara Errani vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Yue Yuan vs. Mayar Sherif
• Madison Keys vs. Renata Zarazua
• Magdalena Frech vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Lucija Ciric Bagaric vs. Peyton Stearns
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Emina Bektas
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Greet Minnen vs. Elena Rybakina
• Arantxa Rus vs. Angelique Kerber
• Petra Martic vs. Kristina Mladenovic
• Elise Mertens vs. Maria Lourdes Carle
• Anna Blinkova vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Lin Zhu vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Alize Cornet
• Sachia Vickery vs. Ons Jabeur
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Camila Osorio
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Jessika Ponchet
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Yulia Starodubtseva vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Magda Linette
• Coco Gauff vs. Julia Avdeeva
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Danielle Collins vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Iga Swiatek vs. Leolia Jeanjean
• Harriet Dart vs. Linda Noskova
• Julia Riera vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Bernarda Pera vs. Nao Hibino
• Maria Sakkari vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Panna Udvardy vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Elsa Jacquemot vs. Ana Bogdan
• Fiona Ferro vs. Diane Parry
• Elina Svitolina vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Daria Saville vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Oceane Dodin vs. Kayla Day
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Clara Burel
• Alison Van Uytvanck vs. Tamara Zidansek
• Katie Volynets vs. Aleksandra Krunic
• Olga Danilovic vs. Martina Trevisan
• Xinyu Wang vs. Jule Niemeier
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Eva Lys vs. Caroline Garcia
• Xiyu Wang vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
• Tatjana Maria vs. Clara Tauson
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Chloe Paquet vs. Diana Shnaider
• Laura Siegemund vs. Sofia Kenin
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Dalma Galfi
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Jana Fett
• Laura Pigossi vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Naomi Osaka
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Yafan Wang vs. Maria Timofeeva
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Veronika Kudermetova

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