Roland-Garros: Pliskova bounces back to reach second round in Paris

Former world No 1 Karolina Pliskova came from a set and an early break down in the second set to reach the second round of Roland-Garros to beat French wild card Tessah Andrianjafitrimo in Paris on Tuesday.

30-year-old Pliskova lost the first set to Andrianjafitrimo, ranked No 141 in the world, and lost her first service game in the second set before bouncing back to win 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 in two hours and four minutes.

The Czech hit 35 winners and 33 unforced errors to Andrianjafitrimo’s 20 winners and 17 unforced errors in the match.

Ranked No 8 in the world currently, Pliskova missed the first few months of the season due to injury and made her 2022 debut in Indian Wells in March.

She won only 2 matches in her first six events before reaching her first semi-final of the year in Strasbourg last week.

Pliskova will next meet another French wild card, Leolia Jeanjean, in the second round.

Paris (Grand Slam): Wednesday first-round women’s results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 43.600.000)

• 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
• Jelena Ostapenko (13) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-1, 6-4

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