Cameron Norrie defeated Benoit Paire and the French Open crowd to succeed in the second spherical, edging by means of in 5 units.
The 14th seed is the one British participant to make it by means of the primary spherical in singles after Jack Draper was compelled to retire with a shoulder downside towards Tomas Etcheverry.
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz each received their openers in straight units whereas Petra Kvitova was among the many ladies’s seeds to fall.
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A landmark second for 37-year-old Fognini.
Paire speaking balls
Paire was not sad with the balls getting used for this yr’s match, saying after his loss to Norrie: “You must hit each ball actually laborious as a result of it’s not transferring. It’s horrible. It’s Roland Garros, one of many biggest tournaments on this planet, and we’re taking part in with these foolish balls.”
Fallen seeds
Males: Felix Auger-Aliassime (10), Jan-Lennard Struff (21), Botic Van De Zandschulp (25), Bernabe Zapata Miralles (32)
Girls: Petra Kvitova (10), Veronika Kudermetova (11), Belinda Bencic (12), Karolina Pliskova (16), Martina Trevisan (26)
Who’s up subsequent?
Girls’s defending champion Iga Swiatek begins her marketing campaign on Philippe Chatrier towards Spaniard Cristina Bucsa.
Fourth seed Elena Rybakina takes on Czech teenager Brenda Fruhvirtova, whereas Coco Gauff faces Rebeka Masarova.
Within the males’s draw, second seed Daniil Medvedev meets Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild, and sixth seed Holger Rune faces American Chris Eubanks.