Wawrinka out in round one

Day Two at Roland Garros and most of the favoured players won their way into the second round, but there were some surprises and a few matches that went the distance in a big way.

Petra Kvitova (8) sent a scare through the Czech Republic after dropping the opening set to Veronica Cepede Royg, ranked 89 in the world. The Paraguayan number one made the fourth round last year, and gave up just seven points on her serve in the first set.

Petra rebounded quickly to level at a set all and the decider was an even affair, where Kvitova was never taken to deuce, but could not break Veronica’s serve until 5-5, where she converted a chance and proceeded to hold for a 3-6 6-1 7-5 victory.

Kvitova has now won her last 12 matches, including two tournament victories.

2015 champion Stan Wawrinka (23) was taken to five sets by Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.  Garcia-Lopez had defeated the Swiss star in 2014 in the first round, the same year Stan won the Australian Open.

After Guillermo won the opening set, Stan delivered sets two and three and looked likely to win the battle.  However, a fourth set tie break turned the tide.  Garcia-Lopez edged Wawrinka seven points to five, then won the deciding fifth set and the marathon battle 6-2 3-6 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3

2016 champion Novak Djokovic (20) won in straight sets against qualifier Rogerio Dutra Silva 6-3 6-4 6-4.  Although it wasn’t the best tennis from Novak, he will be pleased to have his Roland Garros quest off and running without issue.

Kiki Mladenovic (29) was a quarter finalist in last years Roland Garros tournament, but this year she ran into a rejuvenated Andrea Petkovic.  

Andrea is a former top ten player, and a 2014 Roland Garros semi finalist.  However, in 2018 she had won only three main draw matches coming into Paris.

Petkovic somehow won the opening set in a tie break where she trailed six points to three.  Petkovic saved four set points and eventually prevailed 12 points to 10.

Set two was a procession, Petkovic 4-0 quickly.  Ultimately it was an impressive 7-6(10) 6-2 victory and hopefully the first step in a ranking rise from 107.

Other winners of note on Day Two:

Caroline Wozniacki (2)

Richard Gasquet (27)

Dominic Thiem (7)

CoCo Vandeweghe (15)

Karolina Pliskova (6)

Madison Keys (13)

Sam Querrey (12)

Naomi Osaka (21)

Roberto Bautista Agut (13)

Diego Schwartzman (11)

Carla Suarez Navarro (23)

Magdalena Rybarikova (19)

Daria Kasatkina (14)

Mihaela Buzarnescu (31)

Albert Ramos-Vinolas (31)