Roland-Garros: Potapova beats Townsend to book spot in second round
The Russian will play the winner of the match between Egyptian Mayar Sherif and American Madison Brengle in the next round
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Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 24 seed, reached the second round of Roland-Garros by winning against American qualifier Taylor Townsend 6-1, 6-2 in Paris on Sunday.
Potapova, ranked No 24, will face the winner of the match between Egyptian Mayar Sherif and American Madison Brengle next.
Roland-Garros (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000)
- 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 vs. Kimberly Birrell: sunday
- 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
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Ons Jabeur
- Selena Janicijevic vs. Oceane Dodin
- Olga Danilovic vs. Kateryna Baindl
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Petra Martic vs. Shelby Rogers
- Clara Burel vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Linda Noskova vs. Danka Kovinic
- Elena Rybakina vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
- Rebeka Masarova vs. Coco Gauff
- Arantxa Rus vs. Julia Grabher
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Diane Parry
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Lin Zhu vs. Lauren Davis
- Erika Andreeva vs. Emma Navarro
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Xinyu Wang vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Rebecca Peterson vs. Fiona Ferro
- Ylena In-Albon vs. Claire Liu
- Iga Swiatek vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Tereza Martincova
- Anna Blinkova vs. Ysaline Bonaventure
- Simona Waltert vs. Elizabeth Mandlik
- Petra Kvitova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Nao Hibino vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Caroline Garcia vs. Xiyu Wang
- Peyton Stearns vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Elina Svitolina vs. Martina Trevisan
- Tatjana Maria vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Aliona Bolsova vs. Kristina Kucova
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Maryna Zanevska
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Dalma Galfi
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Alycia Parks
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Belinda Bencic
- Rebecca Marino vs. Diana Shnaider
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Sloane Stephens
- Camila Osorio vs. Ana Bogdan
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Donna Vekic
- Anett Kontaveit vs. Bernarda Pera
- Kaia Kanepi vs. Madison Keys
- Kayla Day vs. Kristina Mladenovic
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Katie Volynets
- Anna Bondar vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Jule Niemeier vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Danielle Collins vs. Jessica Pegula
- Mayar Sherif vs. Madison Brengle
- Sara Errani vs. Jil Teichmann
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