The duel between star veterans and three-time Grand Slam winners Stan Wawrinka and Andy Murray was gained by the 2015 Roland Garros champion. The 39-year-old Swiss beat the British tennis participant two years youthful, 6:4, 6:4, 6:2. For Murray, who performed within the remaining in Paris in 2016, it was in all probability the final look on the Paris clay. He has already introduced that he’ll almost certainly not play till the summer season.
The 21-year-old Spaniard and final 12 months’s semi-finalist returned to the courts for the primary time because the April event in Madrid, the place he had the one expertise this 12 months with the slowest tennis floor. He then missed the Masters in Rome and beforehand missed Monte Carlo and Barcelona.
Earlier than coming into the second Grand Slam of the 12 months, Alcaraz spoke cautiously. “I am doing higher, I play my forehand a lot sharper and with extra depth than, for instance, in Madrid. However I nonetheless give it some thought generally when hitting, I’ve to work on it,” mentioned Alcaraz.
French Open (clay, subsidy 53.5 million euros): Males: Singles – 1st spherical: Alcaraz (3-Sp.) – Wolf (USA) 6:1, 6:2, 6:1 Hurkacz (8-Pol.) – Mochizuki (Japan) 4:6, 6:3, 3:6, 6:0, 6:3 Marterer (Germany) – Thompson (Aust.) 6:3, 6:2, 6:0 De Jong (Netherlands) ) – Draper (Brit.) 7:5, 6:4, 6:7 (3:7), 3:6, 6:3 Ladies: Singles – 1st spherical: Kostyukova (18-Ukrainian) – Pigossiová (Braz. ) 7:5, 6:7 (4:7), 6:4 Garcia (21-Fr.) – Lysová (German) 4:6, 7:5, 6:2 Fettová (Croatian) – Bouzasová (Sp.) 6:2, 3:6, 7:5 Keninová (USA) – Siegemundová (Germany) 4:6, 6:2, 6:2 Anisimovová (USA) – Šramková (SR) 7:6 (8:6), 6: 4 Outcomes of Czech tennis gamers right here