Roland-Garros: Badosa blitzes Ferro to reach second round
The former world No 2 was in ominous form, and will next face either Russian qualifier Oksana Selekhmeteva and Slovenian Kaja Juvan
Spain’s Paula Badosa in action during her first round match against France’s Fiona Ferro (Panoramic)
Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 3 seed, advanced to the second round of Roland-Garros by beating French wildcard Fiona Ferro 6-2, 6-0 in less than an hour on Tuesday.
Badosa, currently ranked No 4, will play the winner of the next match between Russian qualifier Oksana Selekhmeteva and Slovenian Kaja Juvan next.
Paris (Grand Slam): Other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 43.600.000, most recent results first):
- Tamara Zidansek (24) beat Claire Liu: 6-2, 6-2
- Jessica Pegula (11) beat Qiang Wang: 6-2, 6-4
- Yulia Putintseva beat Irina Bara (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Anhelina Kalinina beat Hailey Baptiste (Q): 5-2 ab.
- Mayar Sherif beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-3, 7-5
- Shelby Rogers beat Tereza Martincova: 6-4, 6-3
- Madison Keys (22) beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Jasmine Paolini: 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 [5]
- Caroline Garcia beat Taylor Townsend: 6-3, 6-4
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (30) beat Greet Minnen: 7-5, 6-3
- Elena Rybakina (16) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
- Katie Volynets (WC) beat Viktorija Golubic: 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
- Alize Cornet beat Misaki Doi: 6-2, 6-0
- Aleksandra Krunic (Q) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-4, 6-3
- Danielle Collins (9) beat Viktoriya Tomova (LL): 6-0, 6-4
- Karolina Pliskova (8) beat Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (WC): 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Jelena Ostapenko (13) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-1, 6-4
- Angelique Kerber (21) beat Magdalena Frech: 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Veronika Kudermetova (29) beat Lin Zhu (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Anett Kontaveit (5): 7-6 [5], 7-5
- Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova beat Kristina Kucova: 4-6, 7-6 [1], 6-2
- Emma Raducanu (12) beat Linda Noskova (Q): 6-7 [4], 7-5, 6-1
- Leolia Jeanjean (WC) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 6-4, 6-3
- Elsa Jacquemot (WC) beat Heather Watson: 6-3, 6-3
- Danka Kovinic beat Liudmila Samsonova (25): 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
- 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 (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Andrea Petkovic beat Oceane Dodin: 6-4, 6-2
- Victoria Azarenka (15) beat Ana Bogdan: 6-7 [7], 7-6 [1], 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
- Marie Bouzkova beat Anastasia Gasanova (LL): 6-2, 6-1
- Leylah Fernandez (17) beat Kristina Mladenovic: 6-0, 7-5
- Donna Vekic (Q) beat Mirjam Bjorklund (Q): 7-6 [6], 6-2
- Belinda Bencic (14) beat Reka-Luca Jani (LL): 6-1, 6-1
- Cori Coco Gauff (18) beat Rebecca Marino (Q): 7-5, 6-0
- Elise Mertens (31) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse: 6-3, 6-1
- Maria Sakkari (4) beat Clara Burel: 6-2, 6-3
- Alison Van Uytvanck beat Ann Li: 3-6, 2-3 ab.
- Varvara Gracheva beat Astra Sharma: 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Olga Danilovic (Q) beat Dalma Galfi: 3-6, 7-6 [4], 6-2
- Jil Teichmann (23) beat Bernarda Pera: 6-2, 6-1
- Katerina Siniakova beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 7-6 [6]
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-1
- Kaia Kanepi beat Garbine Muguruza (10): 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Karolina Muchova beat Carole Monnet (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- Maria Camila Osorio Serrano beat Harmony Tan (WC): 6-4, 6-3
- Sloane Stephens beat Jule Niemeier (Q): 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
- Sorana Cirstea (26) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-3
- Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
- Magda Linette beat Ons Jabeur (6): 3-6, 7-6 [4], 7-5
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