Roland-Garros: Andreescu overcomes Azarenka in gripping battle of Grand Slam champions

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