ROLAND GARROS – As the first round is now complete, some interesting second-round matches as some of the players who lost in the first round of singles try to atone in doubles.

Genie Bouchard is on Court 13 against Daria Gavrilova, while Gabriela Dabrowski and Jelena Ostapenko begin their quest for the women’s doubles title.

Women’s singles, second round

Canadian content

[WC] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) def. [PR] Daria Gavrilova (AUS) 57 64 63

Upsets

[WC] Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) def [6] Serena Williams (USA) WALKOVER
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) def [10] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 62 62
[Q] Nadia Podoroska (ARG) def [23] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 63 16 62
Barbora Krejcikova def. [32] Barbora Strycova (CZE) 64 36 63

Extra time

[5] Kiki Bertens (NED) def. [Q] Sara Errani (ITA) 76 (5) 36 97

Seeds scuffling

[3] Elina Svitolina (UKR) def. [Q] Renata Zarazua (MEX) 63 06 62

Seeds advancing

[1] Simona Halep (ROU) def Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 63 64
[16] Elise Mertens (BEL) def Kaia Kanepi (EST) 64 75
[20] Maria Sakkari (GRE) def [Q] Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) 76 (0) 62
[25] Amanda Anisimova (USA) def Bernarda Pera (USA) 62 60
[27] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def. [LL] Astra Sharma (AUS) 63 63

Other results (in alphabetical order)

Caroline Garcia (FRA) def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 76 (5) 62
Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 63 64
Iga Swiatek (POL) def. Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 61 64
[Q] Martina Trevisan (ITA) def Coco Gauff (USA) 46 62 75

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Men’s singles, second round

Upsets

[Q] Sebastian Korda (USA) def [21] John Isner (USA) 64 64 26 64
Federico Coria (ARG) def. [23] Benoit Paire (FRA) 76 (3) 46 63 61

Five-setters

[6] Alexander Zverev (FRA) def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 26 64 76 (5) 46 64
[28] Casper Ruud (NOR) def Tommy Paul (USA) 61 16 63 16 63
Stefano Travaglia (ITA) def Kei Nishikori (JPN) 64 26 76 (7) 46 62

Seeds advancing

[2] Rafael Nadal (ESP) def [PR] Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 61 60 63
[3] Dominic Thiem (AUT) def [Q] Jack Sock (USA) 61 63 76 (6)
[12] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) def [Q] Lorenzo Giustino (ITA) 61 75 60
[16] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) def Dominik Koepfer (GER) 63 62 36 61
[27] Taylor Fritz (USA) def Radu Albot (MDA) 63 62 64

*Fritz had a hit on Philippe-Chatrier last week – on Tuesday, he’s on Court 9 for his second-round match. (Stephanie Myles/Opencourt.ca/wordpress)*

Other results (in alphabetical order)

[Q] Marco Cecchinato (ITA) def Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) 63 62 57 62
[WC] Hugo Gaston (FRA) def Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 64 76 (4) 36 62
Norbert Gombos (SVK) def [Q] Jurij Rodionov (AUT) 62 26 76 (4) 64
[Q] Pedro Martinez (ESP) def Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 63 61 60
Jannik Sinner (ITA) def. [Q] Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) 62 64 64
Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) def Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 76 (8) 61 75