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

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French Open 2023 Women's Singles •First round • completed
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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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