French Open Day 1: Thrilling Matches and Surprising Upsets

Day 1 at the French Open saw intense matches with thrilling comebacks, notable victories, and unexpected upsets. Hubert Hurkacz survived a five-set battle, while Carlos Alcaraz cruised past J.J. Wolf. Naomi Osaka and Andrey Rublev faced challenges but ultimately advanced. Rain briefly suspended play on the outside courts.

Highlights of the first day at the French Open on Sunday (times GMT): 1533 HURKACZ SURVIVES FIVE-SET BATTLE

Polish eighth seed Hubert Hurkacz was made to work hard in his first-round match, orchestrating a comeback to beat Japan's Shintaro Mochizuki 4-6 6-3 3-6 6-0 6-3. 1425 ALCARAZ EASES PAST WOLF

Spanish third seed Carlos Alcaraz had little trouble in seeing off American J.J. Wolf 6-1 6-2 6-1 to reach the second round. 1400 PLAY SUSPENDED ON OUTSIDE COURTS DUE TO RAIN

1358 OSTAPENKO AND DIMITROV ADVANCE Former champion Jeļena Ostapenko beat Romania's Jaqueline Cristian 6-4 7-5 to move into the second round. The champion in 2017, Ostapenko has not moved past the third round since.

Tenth seed Grigor Dimitrov also moved into the second round with a straight sets victory, beating American Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 6-3 6-4. 1220 RUBLEV OVERCOMES DANIEL

Russian sixth seed Andrey Rublev lost the second set and was forced to save break points late in the fourth but overcame Japan's Taro Daniel 6-2 6-7(3) 6-3 7-5 to move into the second round. 1210 OSAKA SURVIVES BRONZETTI BATTLE

Former world number one Naomi Osaka was made to fight for her place in the second round, but the Japanese overcame Italian Lucia Bronzetti 6-1 4-6 7-5. 1200 SONEGO SINKS HUMBERT

Italy's Lorenzo Sonego knocked out Ugo Humbert in the first round, defeating the French 17th seed 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-3. 1052 BOUZKOVA UPSETS KUDERMETOVA

The Czech Republic's Marie Bouzkova became the first player to win a match in the opening round when she upset 29th seed Veronika Kudermetova 6-2 6-4. Kudermetova has now fallen in the first round of her last three tournaments on clay.

0908 PLAY UNDERWAY Play began under partly cloudy skies at Roland Garros, with the temperature hovering around 20 degrees Celsius.

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