Roland-Garros 2024: what to remember from the first day of the main draw

Stan Wawrinka and Andy Murray, the only two players to have won three Grand Slam titles during the Federer-Nadal-Djokovic Big 3 reign, faced off in the first night session of Roland-Garros 2024 on the Central, Sunday in closing of the first day. The Swiss won against the Briton in three sets and reached the second round. At the same time, the French Corentin Moutet took out the Chilean Nicolas Jarry, seeded 16.

Corentin Moutet creates a surprise against Nicolas Jarry!

The French Corentin Moutet, 79th in the world, created a surprise against the Chilean Nicolas Jarry, seeded 16, eighth finalist last year and finalist of the Masters 1000 in Rome a week ago. The young Habs won in four sets on a boiling Simonne-Mathieu court, at nightfall.

Stan Wawrinka wins against Andy Murray

The Swiss Stan Wawrinka, winner of Roland-Garros in 2015, won against the Briton Andy Murray, finalist in 2016, in a match between old hands of the ATP circuit which opened the ball of the night sessions of the 2024 edition .

Richard Gasquet beats Borna Coric and advances to the 2nd round

In three tight sets, Frenchman Richard Gasquet, 37, won against Croatian Borna Coric on the Suzanne-Lenglen court, covered by its roof deployed for the first time in the main draw of the tournament. For his 21st Roland-Garros, the Frenchman will face in the second round the world number 2 Jannik Sinner or the American Chris Eubanks (46th) who meet on Monday.

Chloé Paquet and Alexandre Muller in the 2nd round

The French Chloé Paquet and Alexandre Muller, both beneficiaries of an invitation to Roland-Garros, qualified for the 2nd round of the Paris tournament on Sunday. Paquet sharply dismissed the Russian Diana Shnaider (47th) 6-3, 6-1 while Muller dominated the Italian Luca Nardi (72nd in the world) in less than 1h45, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3.

Chloé Paquet, 29 years old, joins the second round of Roland-Garros for the first time since 2017, she who had no longer managed to pass this milestone of the first match between 2018 and 2022. Alexandre Muller, 27 years old, will discover the second tour at Roland-Garros, for his fourth participation.

Caroline Garcia gets scared but qualifies

The first French player, Caroline Garcia, was scared on Sunday on the center court but finally managed to win against the German Eva Lys, in three sets (4-6, 7-5, 6-2) .

#Roland Garros | Lily ⚔️ Garcia

Victory for Caroline Garcia in 3 sets for her entry into the tournament (4-6, 7-5, 6-2)!

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Easy victory for Alcaraz in the first round

The Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, 3rd in the world and one of the main contenders for the title, easily disposed of the American JJ Wolf in the first round (6-1, 6-2, 6-1), under the open roof of the Philippe-Chatrier court due to the rain.

#Roland Garros | Alcaraz ⚔️Wolf

It passes for Carlos Alcaraz! The Spaniard was impressive against JJ Wolf
Victory in 3 sets (6-1, 6-2, 6-1) ✅

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French number 1 Ugo Humbert eliminated from the start by Italian Sonego

French number Ugo Humbert was eliminated in the first round of Roland-Garros on Sunday in four sets (6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3) by the Italian Lorenzo Sonego (49th). Sixteenth in the world, Humbert is still marking time on Parisian clay, having won only one match there in six appearances.

#Roland Garros | ❌ UGO HUMBERT ELIMINATED FROM ENTRY! ❌

The French No. 1 lost in four sets to Lorenzo Sonego (6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3) after 2h49 of play.

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Osaka comes out of it and risks facing Swiatek in the second round

Naomi Osaka, former world No.1 and four-time Grand Slam winner, suffered a scare in the first round of Roland-Garros before emerging 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 against the Italian Lucia Bronzetti (48th) Sunday. First in this 2024 edition to set foot on the clay of Central Court, not her favorite surface, the 26-year-old Japanese risks facing the current world No.1, Iga Swiatek, in the second round. On condition that the double holder of the trophy excludes the French qualifier Léolia Jeanjean for her entry into the running.

#Roland Garros | Osaka ⚔️ Bronzetti

Naomi Osaka wins this match in 3 sets (6-1, 4-6, 7-5) and qualifies for the second round

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Osaka led 4 games to 0 in the third set before seeing Bronzetti equalize. She finally escaped in just over two hours. “There were times when I played well, and sometimes I was nervous and tense,” she explained. Pregnant, Osaka did not participate in Roland-Garros in 2023. At best, she reached the third round there, in 2016, 2018 and 2019.

Nadal-Zverev will be played in the afternoon on Monday

The flagship match of the first round of Roland-Garros between Rafael Nadal and Alexander Zverev (4th in the world) will play each other in the afternoon on Monday on the Philippe-Chatrier court where the Spaniard has been crowned fourteen times, according to the program published on Sunday. Although being the poster of the day, this match will not be played at night, this schedule reverting to the duel between Gaël Monfils and Thiago Seyboth Wild.

Donna Vekic, first qualified for the 2nd round

Croatian Donna Vekic, 40th in the world, took advantage of the retirement of Lesia Tsurenko (44th) on Sunday at the end of the first set to become the first qualifier for the second round of Roland-Garros 2024. Vekic led 6-5 after 1h03 of the match when the Ukrainian threw in the towel. In the next round, she will face another Ukrainian, Marta Kostyuk (20th), or the Brazilian Laura Pigossi (119th and qualified).