Day 1 of this year’s Roland Garros saw Turkish #1 Cagla Buyukakcay subdue #22 seed Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in a straight 6-3 6-3 win.
Women’s Singles
Cagla Buyukakcay (EZONE DR 100) (TUR)
6-3, 6-3
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) [22]
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
6-2, 5-7, 6-2
Angelique Kerber (VCORE SV 100, POLYTOUR FIRE 120) (GER)
Due to suspension of play, Day 2 saw the completion of Steve Johnson vs Yuichi Sugita, ending with the American denying Sugita of an upset in the final set. Pierre-Hugues Herbert captured his first singles win at Roland Garros with an upset over upcoming American Jared Donaldson. Day 2 also featured an all EZONE affair, with Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova overcoming fellow EZONE player CoCo Vandeweghe in straight sets.
Men’s Singles
Steve Johnson (VCORE SV 98) (USA) [25]
6-3, 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-7(3), 6-3
Yuichi Sugita (JPN)
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (VCORE Duel G 97, POLYTOUR FIRE 125) (FRA)
6-4, 7-6(5), 6-4
Jared Donaldson (USA)
Fabio Fognini (ITA) [28]
6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 1-6, 6-0
Frances Tiafoe (VCORE Duel G 97) (USA)
Women’s Singles
Magdalena Rybarikova (EZONE DR 98, POLYTOUR PRO 125) (SVK)
6-1, 6-4
CoCo Vandeweghe (EZONE DR 98) (USA) [20]
Elise Mertens (BEL)
7-6(4), 1-6, 6-4
Daria Gavrilova (EZONE DR 100, POLYTOUR PRO 125) (AUS) [24]
Shuai Zhang (CHN) [32]
7-5, 6-4
Donna Vekic (VCORE SV 100) (CRO)
Tournament official website: http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/index.html