HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-French Open day two
Holder Rafael Nadal saved four break points in a scrappy opening game against Yannick Hanfmann, before blasting past the German 6-2 6-1 6-3 in a winning start to his quest for a 12th title at Roland Garros. READ MORE
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Muguruza can win any tournament when she's at her peak, says Corretja 1307 HERBERT COMPLETES EPIC COMEBACK
France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert rallied from two sets down to stun 12th seed Daniil Medvedev 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5 in three hours and 54 minutes. 1301 TEENAGER PARRY PLAYS IT COOL
France's Diane Parry, aged 16 years and 281 days, said that keeping a cool head helped her become the youngest player to win a main draw match at Roland Garros since 2009 and the youngest from her country since Alize Cornet in 2006. "I tried to approach (it) as a run-of-the-mill match so as not to have too much pressure on my shoulders," Parry, who idolises Roger Federer, said after beating Vera Lapko 6-2 6-4.
"I tried to roll out my usual game ... I tried not to think about the fact that it was a big match in the French Open. I tried to be as cool and relaxed as possible." 1231 KRAJINOVIC OUTLASTS TIAFOE
Filip Krajinovic switched gears in the final set to overcome Frances Tiafoe, the lone seeded American man in the draw, in a marathon five-setter. The Serbian won 6-2 4-6 6-3 3-6 6-0 in nearly three hours. 1210 BARTY MAKES SHORT WORK OF PEGULA
Ashleigh Barty, seeded eighth, converted six out of seven break points against American Jessica Pegula to ease into the second round with a 6-3 6-3 victory. 1114 WOZNIACKI STUNNED BY KUDERMETOVA
Caroline Wozniacki handed Veronika Kudermetova a bagel in the opening set, but was comprehensively beaten 0-6 6-3 6-3 by the unseeded Russian as the tournament lost another big name following Venus Williams' and Angelique Kerber's opening day exits. 1048 BERTENS EASES THROUGH
Fourth seed Kiki Bertens hardly broke sweat in a 6-3 6-4 victory over local hope Pauline Parmentier. She meets Viktoria Kuzmova in the next round. 1045 LONDERO DUMPS OUT BASILASHVILI
Nikoloz Basilashvili, the 15th seed, was beaten 6-4 6-1 6-3 by Argentina's Juan Ignacio Londero. 1042 FIFTH-TIME LUCKY FOR BRITON KONTA
Johanna Konta snapped a run of four opening round defeats at Roland Garros with a 6-4 6-4 win over Germany's Antonia Lottner. 0900 PLAY BEGINS AT ROLAND GARROS
Play got underway under cloudy skies at 11 a.m. local time in Paris with the temperature at the 16 degrees Celsius mark and a forecast high of 19C. 0900 KVITOVA WITHDRAWS WITH ARM INJURY
Sixth-seed Petra Kvitova withdrew from the French Open due to an injury to her forearm, hours before her first match at the tournament against Romania's Sorana Cirstea on Monday. (Reporting by Simon Jennings and Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru Editing by Amlan Chakraborty and Pritha Sarkar)
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