Roland-Garros: Rome finalist Kalinina out on day three as former champion Krejcikova also falls

French wildcard Diane Parry reached the second round of Roland-Garros by defeating Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, the No 25 seed, 6-2, 6-3 at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Tuesday.

Parry, ranked No 79, will face Russian qualifier Mirra Andreeva next.

“I’m really happy with this win. It was a really good player and she was in confidence also with her final in Rome,” Parry said afterwards. “I [knew] it [would] be a tough match, but I’m really happy with my game today and how I played all the match.”

Kalinina joins the other seeds eliminated on the women’s side: Maria Sakkari (8), Petra Kvitova (10), Veronika Kudermetova (11), Belinda Bencic (12), Karolina Pliskova (16), Magda Linette (21), Martina Trevisan (26), Shuai Zhang (29), and Marie Bouzkova (32).

Krejcikova another early Roland-Garros casualty

Shockwaves were sent through the women’s draw in Paris, as Ukrainian world No. 66 Lesia Tsurenko advanced to the second round of Roland-Garros by defeating Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the 13th seed, 6-2, 6-4.

Krejcikova won both the doubles and singles titles in 2021, and had positioned herself as the player most likely to challenge to new Big Three of Rybakina, Sabalenka and Swiatek on the clay.

However, despite being the heavy underdog going into the match, it was a comfortable win for Tsurenko, who will play American Lauren Davis in the next round.

Andreescu comes through gripping Roland-Garros match

Canadian Bianca Andreescu reached the second round of Roland-Garros by edging out Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 18 seed, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Andreescu had to recover from a set down in what was a compelling battle between two former Grand Slam champions.

Andreescu, ranked No 42 for this year’s event, will face American wildcard Emma Navarro next.

Leading ladies win through on Roland-Garros day 3

Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina and Coco Gauff all came through their first round matches.

Swiatek overcame a difficult start to eventually breeze through her match against Spain’s Bucsa 6-4, 6-0.

Rybakina dispatched teenage Czech Brenda Fruhvirtova 6-4, 6-2 with a typically devastating display of serving and powerful shot-making.

Gauff suffered a big scare when dropping the first set of her match against Masarova, but recovered to win 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.

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Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):

• Petra Martic vs. Shelby Rogers
• Erika Andreeva vs. Emma Navarro
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Ylena In-Albon vs. Claire Liu
• Iga Swiatek vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Clara Burel vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Elena Rybakina vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
• Selena Janicijevic vs. Oceane Dodin
• Linda Noskova vs. Danka Kovinic
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Coco Gauff
• Arantxa Rus vs. Julia Grabher
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Lin Zhu vs. Lauren Davis
• Olga Danilovic vs. Kateryna Baindl: tuesday
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Ons Jabeur: tuesday
• Xinyu Wang vs. Marie Bouzkova: tuesday
• Rebecca Peterson beat Fiona Ferro (Q): 6-2, 6-0
• Mirra Andreeva 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