Roland-Garros: Azarenka needs over three hours to reach second round
Victoria Azarenka defeated Ana Bogdan 6-7 [7], 7-6 [1], 6-2 to set up a second round showdown with former top 10 player Andrea Petkovic in the second round of Roland-Garros
Victoria Azarenka at the Mutua Madrid Open in 2019
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Former world No 1 Victoria Azarenka, the No 15 seed, moved into the second round of Roland-Garros after defeating Romanian Ana Bogdan 6-7 [7], 7-6 [1], 6-2 in a rain-interrupted clash in Paris on Monday.
Azarenka enjoyed some success on the clay courts of the French Open early on in her career, reaching the semi-finals in Paris in 2013 and the quarter-finals in 2009 and 2011.
But she has reached the fourth round only once (in 2021) in her last six appearances at Roland-Garros.
Bogdan served for the match at 6-5 in the second set but Azarenka broke back and then won the tiebreak easily, before having an easier time in the final set and winning it 6-2.
The match lasted three hours and nine minutes and sets up a second round clash between Azarenka and former top 10 player Andrea Petkovic, who defeated Frace’s Oceane Dodin 6-4, 6-2 earlier on Monday.
Roland-Garros (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 43.600.000)
- Diane Parry beat Barbora Krejcikova (2): 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Alison Riske beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-3, 6-3
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Lesia Tsurenko (Q): 6-2, 6-0
- Daria Saville (WC) beat Valentini Grammatikopoulou: 6-1, 6-2
- Andrea Petkovic beat Oceane Dodin: 6-4, 6-2
- Amanda Anisimova (27) beat Naomi Osaka: 7-5, 6-4
- Bianca Andreescu beat Ysaline Bonaventure: 3-6, 7-5, 6-0
- Petra Kvitova (32) beat Anna Bondar: 7-6 [7], 6-1
- Martina Trevisan beat Harriet Dart: 6-0, 6-2
- Qinwen Zheng beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-3, 6-1
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