Although not a day for upsets, the road to victory for some was a touch unusual. Naomi Osaka gave Anna Karolina Schmiedlova a 0-6 3-5 start before winning a ticket to second round action.
Alexander Zverev was two sets up but frittered that away and scraped through in five against John Millman.
Simona Halep lacked the killer instinct after nailing Ajla Tomljanovic in the first set. She was only a shadow of the reigning champion in set two before returning to her real self and blitzing the Aussie in the decider.
An aged care facility released Ivo Karlovic and Feliciano López to play their opening round match, and the youthful 37 year old Spaniard had to surrender to the old man Karlovic, who at 40, still packs a punch with his serve.
Anett Kontaveit, the 17th seed, was probably the highest ranked casualty of the day, falling to 73rd ranked Karolina Muchova after taking the first set.
Doubles matches began being played, and a major shock occurred. Men’s doubles pair Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares, seeded #2, were bundled out in three sets by Matteo Berrettini and Lorenzo Sonego.
Sixth seeded Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus were dumped by Rohan Bopanna and Marius Copil.
High profile players del Potro, Fognini, Keys, and Verdasco won through.
Since it is the French Open, the scorecard for French players goes something like this after Day 3.
Winners
Gaël Monfils
Caroline Garcia
Lucas Pouille
Adrian Mannarino
Gregoire Barrere
Elliot Benchetrit
Antoine Hoang
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Richard Gasquet
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Benoit Paire
Gilles Simon
Corentin Moutet
Diane Parry
Kristina Mladenovic
Nicolás Mahut
Losers
Jeremy Chardy
Selena Janicijevic
Chloe Paquet
Harmony Tan
Pauline Parmentier
Alizé Cornet
Audrey Albie
Maxime Janvier
Alexandre Muller
Quentin Halys
Fiona Ferro
Jessika Ponchet
Ugo Humbert
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