Roland-Garros: Garcia survives scare against impressive Eva Lys, moves into second round
Caroline Garcia beat Eva Lys 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 on Sunday and will play American Sofia Kenin in the next round
Home hope Caroline Garcia, the No 21 seed and French No 1, beat German qualifier Eva Lys 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 to move into the second round of Roland-Garros at Roland-Garros in Paris.
Lys impressed in his first appearance on Court Philippe-Chatrier, pushing Garcia close for two sets before fading somewhat in the third.
Garcia, ranked No 23, will face American Sofia Kenin next.
Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):
- Erika Andreeva vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Irene Burillo Escorihuela vs. Moyuka Uchijima
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Sloane Stephens
- Katie Boulter vs. Paula Badosa
- Zeynep Sonmez vs. Emma Navarro
- Sara Errani vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Yue Yuan vs. Mayar Sherif
- Madison Keys vs. Renata Zarazua
- Magdalena Frech vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Lucija Ciric Bagaric vs. Peyton Stearns
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Emina Bektas
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Greet Minnen vs. Elena Rybakina
- Arantxa Rus vs. Angelique Kerber
- Petra Martic vs. Kristina Mladenovic
- Elise Mertens vs. Maria Lourdes Carle
- Anna Blinkova vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Lin Zhu vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Alize Cornet
- Harriet Dart vs. Linda Noskova
- Julia Riera vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Bernarda Pera vs. Nao Hibino
- Elsa Jacquemot vs. Ana Bogdan
- Fiona Ferro vs. Diane Parry
- Elina Svitolina vs. Karolina Pliskova
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Coco Gauff vs. Julia Avdeeva
- Maria Sakkari vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Panna Udvardy vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Jessika Ponchet
- Yulia Starodubtseva vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Iga Swiatek vs. Leolia Jeanjean
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Clara Burel
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Camila Osorio
- Danielle Collins vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Sachia Vickery vs. Ons Jabeur
- Daria Saville vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Oceane Dodin vs. Kayla Day
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Magda Linette
- Rebeka Masarova vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
- Olga Danilovic vs. Martina Trevisan
- Xinyu Wang vs. Jule Niemeier
- Katie Volynets vs. Aleksandra Krunic
- Alison Van Uytvanck vs. Tamara Zidansek
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Tatjana Maria vs. Clara Tauson: sunday
- Chloe Paquet vs. Diana Shnaider: sunday
- Xiyu Wang vs. Zhuoxuan Bai: sunday
- Amanda Anisimova beat Rebecca Sramkova (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-4
- 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.
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