Roland-Garros: Andreescu overcomes Azarenka in gripping battle of Grand Slam champions
Bianca Andreescu edged out Victoria Azarenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday evening. She’ll play American wildcard Emma Navarro in the next round
Andreescu at Roland-Garros 2023 © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Canadian Bianca Andreescu reached the second round of Roland-Garros by edging out Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 18 seed, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Andreescu had to recover from a set down in what was a compelling battle between two former Grand Slam champions.
Andreescu, ranked No 42 for this year’s event, will face American wildcard Emma Navarro next.
Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):
- Emma Navarro beat Erika Andreeva (LL): 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
- Petra Martic beat Shelby Rogers (32): 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Claire Liu beat Ylena In-Albon (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-4, 6-0
- Lauren Davis beat Lin Zhu: 6-3, 6-3
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Jasmine Paolini beat Sorana Cirstea (30): 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Clara Burel (WC): 7-6, 6-2
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Barbora Krejcikova (13): 6-2, 6-4
- Julia Grabher beat Arantxa Rus (Q): 6-2, 6-3
- Linda Noskova beat Danka Kovinic: 6-3, 2-1 ret.
- Coco Gauff (6) beat Rebeka Masarova: 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Oceane Dodin beat Selena Janicijevic (WC): 0-6, 6-2, 6-1
- Olga Danilovic (Q) beat Kateryna Baindl: 6-3, 6-2
- Ons Jabeur (7) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-4, 6-1
- Diane Parry (WC) beat Anhelina Kalinina (25): 6-2, 6-3
- Xinyu Wang beat Marie Bouzkova (31): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Rebecca Peterson beat Fiona Ferro (Q): 6-2, 6-0
- Mirra Andreeva (Q) beat Alison Riske-Amritraj: 6-2, 6-1
- Jelena Ostapenko (17) beat Tereza Martincova: 6-3, 7-5
- Simona Waltert (Q) beat Elizabeth Mandlik (Q): 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Petra Kvitova (10): 6-3, 6-4
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (23) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-1, 2-6, 6-1
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Veronika Kudermetova (11): 6-3, 6-1
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (14) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-0, 6-1
- Anna Blinkova beat Ysaline Bonaventure: 6-2, 6-0
- Anna-Lena Friedsam beat Nao Hibino (LL): 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
- Caroline Garcia (5) beat Xiyu Wang: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4
- Peyton Stearns beat Katerina Siniakova: 7-6 (7), 6-2
- Aliona Bolsova (LL) beat Kristina Kucova: 6-2, 6-1
- Elina Svitolina beat Martina Trevisan (26): 6-2, 6-2
- Yulia Putintseva beat Maryna Zanevska: 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Varvara Gracheva beat Dalma Galfi: 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
- Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Belinda Bencic (12): 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
- Diana Shnaider beat Rebecca Marino: 6-3, 7-5
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Alycia Parks: 6-4, 6-0
- Sloane Stephens beat Karolina Pliskova (16): 6-0, 6-4
- Camila Osorio (LL) beat Ana Bogdan: 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Madison Keys (20) beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-2, 6-2
- Donna Vekic (22) beat Dayana Yastremska (Q): 6-2, 7-5
- Bernarda Pera beat Anett Kontaveit: 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Kayla Day (Q) beat Kristina Mladenovic (WC): 7-5, 6-1
- Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-3, 6-4
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Danielle Collins: 6-4, 6-2
- Liudmila Samsonova (15) beat Katie Volynets: 6-0, 6-1
- Irina-Camelia Begu (27) beat Anna Bondar: 6-4, 6-2
- Mayar Sherif beat Madison Brengle: 6-3, 6-1
- Sara Errani beat Jil Teichmann: 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Anastasia Potapova (24) beat Taylor Townsend (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Clara Tauson (Q) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-2, 6-0
- Qinwen Zheng (19) beat Tamara Zidansek (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Camila Giorgi beat Alize Cornet: 6-3, 6-4
- Leolia Jeanjean (WC) beat Kimberly Birrell (WC): 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3
- Karolina Muchova beat Maria Sakkari (8): 7-6 (5), 7-5
- Leylah Fernandez beat Magda Linette (21): 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
- Elise Mertens (28) beat Viktoria Hruncakova (LL): 6-1, 6-4
- Kamilla Rakhimova beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 6-0, 6-3
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-3, 6-2
- Iryna Shymanovich (Q) beat Panna Udvardy: 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1
- Magdalena Frech beat Shuai Zhang (29): 6-1, 6-1
- Storm Hunter (Q) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Nadia Podoroska beat Jessika Ponchet (WC): 6-0, 6-2
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