Zverev, Alcaraz and Auger-Aliassime Reach French Open Second Round; Thiem, Brooksby Ousted – Tennis Connected

Roland Garros—Paris, France

Sunday’s opening day action at the French Open featured No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev, inform Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, No. 9 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime and No. 15 seed Diego Schwartzman all advance to the second round.

Canadian Auger-Aliassime avoided a first round exit by coming back from two sets to love, while Alcaraz continued to prove that he’s currently the best player in the world in 2022.

Former finalist and US Open winner Dominic Thiem was ousted in the first round, losing to unheralded Bolivian Hugo Dellien. Australian Open doubles champion Thanasi Kokkinakis was also ousted in five sets at the hands of Albert Ramos Vinolas. Ramos Vinolas will next face Alcaraz.

On the women’s side, fan-favourite and inform Ons Jabeur lost to Magda Linette 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-5, while former winner Garbine Muguruza exited the event to Kaia Kanepi 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.

US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez ended the day with victory over local favourite Kristina Mladenovic 6-0, 7-5.

First-round results:

(3) Alexander Zverev Defeats Sebastian Ofner 62 64 64
(6) Carlos Alcaraz Defeats Juan Ignacio Londero 64 62 60
(9) Felix Auger-Aliassime Defeats Juan Pablo Varillas 26 26 61 63 63
(15) Diego Schwartzman Defeats Andrey Kuznetsov 63 16 64 62
(18) Grigor Dimitrov Defeats Marcos Giron 61 61 61
(23) John Isner Defeats Quentin Halys 76(3) 46 76(1) 76(6)
(26) Botic van de Zandschulp Defeats Pavel Kotov 63 36 63 62
Pablo Cuevas Defeats (31) Jenson Brooksby 62 61 62
Fabio Fognini Defeats Alexei Popyrin 64 75 64
Gregoire Barrere Defeats Taro Daniel 36 62 06 63 64
Aljaz Bedene Defeats Christopher O’Connell 62 64 67(5) 61
Borna Coric Defeats Carlos Taberner 36 62 63 61
Hugo Dellien Defeats Dominic Thiem 63 62 64
Jaume Munar Defeats Daniel Altmaier 61 63 46 63
Albert Ramos-Vinolas Defeats Thanasi Kokkinakis 64 46 64 76(5)
Camilo Ugo Carabelli Defeats Aslan Karatsev 63 46 64 36 76(5)
Bernabe Zapata Miralles Defeats Michael Mmoh 76(7) 63 75