Roland-Garros: Blinkova battles past Cirstea to reach second round

Russian Anna Blinkova moved into the second round of Roland-Garros by edging out Romanian Sorana Cirstea, the No 28 seed, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5) in Paris.

Blinkova, ranked No 55, will play Russian Elina Avanesyan next.

Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):

• Katie Boulter vs. Paula Badosa
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Sloane Stephens
• Sara Errani vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Zeynep Sonmez vs. Emma Navarro
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Emina Bektas
• Irene Burillo Escorihuela vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Yue Yuan vs. Mayar Sherif
• Madison Keys vs. Renata Zarazua: tuesday
• Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Magdalena Frech: 7-5, 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Erika Andreeva: 6-1, 6-2
• Lucija Ciric Bagaric vs. Peyton Stearns: tuesday
• Arantxa Rus beat Angelique Kerber: 6-4, 6-3
• Elina Avanesyan beat Lin Zhu: 6-2, 6-4
• Elise Mertens (25) beat Maria Lourdes Carle: 6-3, 7-6 (8)
• Petra Martic beat Kristina Mladenovic (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Tamara Korpatsch: tuesday
• Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Alize Cornet (WC): 6-2, 6-1
• Elena Rybakina (4) beat Greet Minnen: 6-2, 6-3
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Bernarda Pera beat Nao Hibino: 6-2, 6-0
• Ana Bogdan beat Elsa Jacquemot (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Irina-Camelia Begu beat Julia Riera (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Cristina Bucsa beat Yulia Starodubtseva (Q): 6-4, 6-1
• Diane Parry beat Fiona Ferro (WC): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Linda Noskova (27) beat Harriet Dart: 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Varvara Gracheva beat Maria Sakkari (6): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Bianca Andreescu beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 7-5, 6-1
• Elina Svitolina (15) beat Karolina Pliskova: 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Camila Osorio beat Anhelina Kalinina: 3-6, 7-6 (2), 4-1 ret.
• Anna Kalinskaya (23) beat Clara Burel: 7-6 (3), 7-5
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (20) beat Panna Udvardy (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Danielle Collins (11) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-3, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez (31) beat Jessika Ponchet (WC): 6-2, 6-0
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Julia Avdeeva (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Viktoriya Tomova beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (16): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Ons Jabeur (8) beat Sachia Vickery (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Jasmine Paolini (12) beat Daria Saville: 6-3, 6-4
• Hailey Baptiste (LL) beat Kayla Day: 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Liudmila Samsonova (17) beat Magda Linette: 6-1, 6-1
• Marketa Vondrousova (5) beat Rebeka Masarova: 6-1, 6-3
• Anastasia Potapova beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-2, 6-3
• Katie Volynets (Q) beat Aleksandra Krunic: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Olga Danilovic (Q) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-1, 6-2
• Xinyu Wang beat Jule Niemeier (Q): 0-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Viktorija Golubic beat Barbora Krejcikova (24): 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Tamara Zidansek (Q) beat Alison Van Uytvanck: 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
• Clara Tauson beat Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 6-3
• Chloe Paquet (WC) beat Diana Shnaider: 6-3, 6-1
• Xiyu Wang beat Zhuoxuan Bai: 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-3
• Amanda Anisimova beat Rebecca Sramkova (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Caroline Garcia (21) beat Eva Lys (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Katerina Siniakova (32) beat Dalma Galfi (LL): 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Sofia Kenin beat Laura Siegemund: 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-4, 7-5
• Jana Fett (LL) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
• Marta Kostyuk (18) beat Laura Pigossi (Q): 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-4
• Naomi Osaka beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
• Dayana Yastremska (30) beat Ajla Tomljanovic (WC): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Yafan Wang beat Maria Timofeeva: 6-3, 6-3
• Marie Bouzkova beat Veronika Kudermetova (29): 6-2, 6-4
• Donna Vekic beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-5 ret.