Grand Slam French Open Update
Grand Slam French Open Update: Former champion Novak Djokovic reached the French Open 3rd round for the 13th time on Wednesday with a 7-6 (7/1), 6-4, 6-4 win over Spanish qualifier Jaume Munar.
Djokovic, the 2016 Roland Garros champion and former world number one but seeded 20 this year, goes on to face Spain´s 13th seed Roberto Bautista Agut for a place in the last 16.
The Serb fired 39 winners but 33 unforced errors and was broken three times by Munar, the world 155.
Serena Williams made a winning return to Grand Slam tennis which turned memorable as she reached the Roland Garros second round.
The 36-year-old downed Kristyna Pliskova of the Czech Republic 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 to register her first victory at the majors since her 2017 Australian Open triumph. She will face Australia´s Ashleigh Barty in the next round.
Williams returns to Grand Slam tennis for the first time since the 2017 Australian Open where she won a 23rd major while also being two months pregnant.
Williams starts her 16th Roland Garros against Czech world number 70 Kristyna Pliskova who has never won a match at the tournament in three visits.
Rafael Nadal racked up his 80th French Open win as the 10-time champion defeated Italian lucky loser Simone Bolelli 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (11/9) to reach the second round, but then blasted the showpiece Philippe Chatrier Court for being too slippery.
World number one Nadal had been two sets up but 0-3 down in the third when rain caused the tie to be suspended late Monday.
He quickly levelled at 3-3 on Tuesday and saved four break points in the eighth game before saving four set points.
Nadal eventually claimed the match on a third match point when Bolelli dumped a forehand into the net.
But he was far from happy with the clay on Chatrier, the court where he has only lost twice in his career. He said “That´s the reason I have success, is because I go every day on court knowing that I can win, that I can lose, and that´s the sport. So anything can happen.”
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