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ROLAND GARROS –  Not quite the potential popcorn matches from Sunday.

But among the number of upsets, the only real surprise is Veronika Kudermetova.

The rest (Bencic, Pliskova, Trevisan et al) were either coming back from injury or carrying an injury.

Canadian Rebecca Marino, who hadn’t played in a fair while because of a shoulder issue, got young Russian lefty Diana Shnaider, who is balancing a college academic and tennis career with the pros.

Marino went down in two fairly close sets. But considering the rust she played okay, and the main thing is she says she’s 100 per cent healthy.

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Roland Garros
Location: Paris, France
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Red Clay
Dates: May 28 – June 11, 2023
Total Prize money: $46,705,000
Draws: S128 – D64

Monday, May 29, 2023
Women’s final results
Singles, first round

Canadian Content

Diana SHNAIDER (RUS) def Rebecca MARINO (CAN) 63 75

Upsets

Elisabetta COCCIARETTO (ITA) def [10] Petra KVITOVA (CZE) 63 64 
Anna Karolina SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK) def [11] Veronika KUDERMETOVA (RUS) 63 61
[LL] Elina AVANESYAN (RUS) def [12] Belinda BENCIC (SUI) 63 26 64
Sloane STEPHENS (USA) def [16] Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) 60 64 
[PR] Elina SVITOLINA (UKR) def [26] Martina TREVISAN (ITA) 62 62

Seeds advancing

[5] Caroline GARCIA (FRA) def Xiyu WANG (CHN) 76 (4) 46 64
[14] Beatriz HADDAD MAIA (BRA) def Tatjana MARIA (GER) 60 61
[17] Jelena OSTAPENKO (LAT) def Tereza MARTINCOVA (CZE) 63 75
[20] Madison KEYS (USA) def Kaia KANEPI (EST) 61 36 61
[22] Donna VEKIC (CRO) def [Q] Dayana YASTREMSKA (UKR) 62 75
[23] Ekaterina ALEXANDROVA (RUS) def Viktoriya TOMOVA (BUL) 61 26 61

Other results (in alphabetical order)

Anna BLINKOVA (RUS) def Ysaline BONAVENTURE (BEL) 62 60
[Q] Aliona BOLSOVA (ESP) def [PR]  Kristina KUCOVA (SVK) 62 61
[Q] Kayla DAY (USA) def [WC] Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) 75 61
Anna-Lena FRIEDSAM (GER) def [LL] Nao HIBINO (JPN) 63 36 64
Varvara GRACHEVA (RUS) def  Dalma GALFI (HUN) 64 26 61
Caty MCNALLY (USA) [LL] Camila OSORIO (COL) def Ana BOGDAN (ROU) 36 63 75
[PR] Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) def Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE) 62 62
Bernarda PERA (USA) def Anett KONTAVEIT (EST) 76 (6) 62
Yulia PUTINTSEVA (KAZ) def Maryna ZANEVSKA (BEL) 75 76 (3)
Peyton STEARNS (USA) def Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE) 76 (7) 62
Marketa VONDROUSOVA (CZE) def  Alycia PARKS (USA) 64 60
[Q] Simona WALTERT (SUI) def [Q] Elizabeth MANDLIK (USA) 61 46 62

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