Roland-Garros: Rabat finalist Grabher sets up second-round clash with Gauff
The Austrian qualifier beat Arantxa Rus 6-2, 6-3 on Tuesday to score her first Grand Slam main draw win
Julia Grabher at Madrid Open 2023
Austrian Julia Grabher defeated Dutch qualifier Arantxa Rus 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the second round of Roland-Garros in Paris on Tuesday afternoon.
Grabher, ranked No 61 in the world, is coming off the best week of her career. She reached the final of the WTA 250 event in Rabat which was her WTA Tour level debut.
This was the Austrian’s first win at a Grand Slam main draw level and she will face American Coco Gauff, the No 6 seed, next.
Roland-Garros (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000)
- Linda Noskova beat Danka Kovinic: 6-3, 2-1 ret.
- Coco Gauff 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
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Petra Martic vs. Shelby Rogers
- Erika Andreeva vs. Emma Navarro
- Ylena In-Albon vs. Claire Liu
- Iga Swiatek vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Lin Zhu vs. Lauren Davis
- Elena Rybakina vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Clara Burel vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Barbora Krejcikova
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