Cameron Norrie defeated Benoit Paire and the French Open crowd to attain the second round, edging through in 5 units.
The 14th seed is the one British participant to make it through the primary round in singles after Jack Draper was pressured to retire with a shoulder drawback 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 12 months’s event, saying after his loss to Norrie: “You have to hit every ball really hard because it’s not moving. It’s terrible. It’s Roland Garros, one of the greatest tournaments in the world, and we’re playing with these silly balls.”
Fallen seeds
Men: Felix Auger-Aliassime (10), Jan-Lennard Struff (21), Botic Van De Zandschulp (25), Bernabe Zapata Miralles (32)
Women: Petra Kvitova (10), Veronika Kudermetova (11), Belinda Bencic (12), Karolina Pliskova (16), Martina Trevisan (26)
Who’s up subsequent?
Women’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.
In the lads’s draw, second seed Daniil Medvedev meets Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild, and sixth seed Holger Rune faces American Chris Eubanks.
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