PARIS (Reuters) – Highlights of the second day at the French Open, the second Grand Slam of the year, on Monday (times GMT):
1040 OSAKA EXITS IN FIRST ROUND
Four-times Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka crashed out at the first hurdle following a 7-5 6-4 defeat by seeded American Amanda Anisimova, a year after her withdrawal from Roland Garros for mental health reasons.
Anisimova, who reached the semi-finals in Paris in 2019, also beat Osaka in the Australian Open third round this year.
1035 KVITOVA ADVANCES
Twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova rallied from 2-5 to take the first set against Hungarian Anna Bondar on the tiebreak before cruising through the second to triumph 7-6(0) 6-1. She will meet Australia’s Daria Saville in the second round.
0915 PLAY UNDERWAY
Play began under cloudy skies at Roland Garros, following brief showers earlier in the day, with the temperature hovering around 19 degrees Celsius (66 degrees Fahrenheit).
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French Open order of play on Monday
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Clinical Zverev eases into second round at Roland Garros
Alcaraz bulldozes past Lorendo to reach French Open second round
Twice runner-up Thiem crashes out at first hurdle in Paris
Fourth seed Sakkari admits to stress in opening win over Burel
Muguruza’s freefall continues with French Open first-round loss
Fernandez happy to overcome ‘football match’ crowd in win over Mladenovic
(Compiled by Aadi Nair and Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)
