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Krejcikova and Raducanu dumped out on first day of French Open as Andreeva strolls through

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AFP

Published 4 weeks ago

Former French Open winner Barbora Krejcikova was the highest-profile female departee of the first day in Paris as the world number 41 was eliminated 6-7(7), 7-6(6), 6-2 by American 26th seed Hailey Baptiste.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/baptiste-h-Cjagsdf4/krejcikova-b-2FyACZYi/?mid=2JnBEReB"]She was joined[/a] in exiting Roland Garros by fellow former major winners [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/raducanu-emma/YmIZde1B/"]Emma Raducanu[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kenin-sofia/IJAxNUl3/"]Sofia Kenin[/a], who both lost their respective opening matches.[/p][p]Ukrainian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kostyuk-marta/8CZqQdSa/"]Marta Kostyuk[/a] earned her 12th consecutive win on clay as she eased past [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/selekhmeteva-oksana/v7vDWRvO/"]Oksana Selekhmeteva[/a], who was born in Russia but obtained Spanish nationality four days ago, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/kostyuk-m-8CZqQdSa/selekhmeteva-o-v7vDWRvO/?mid=pbrbPrAT"]6-2, 6-3.[/a][/p][embed guid="f492a972-3c26-4723-af40-d52eb9f01833" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvfADCKQTUs" social-type="youtube" /][p]The Madrid Open champion then revealed that her family home in Kyiv was nearly struck by a Russian missile during a massive bombardment of the Ukrainian capital earlier on Sunday.[/p][p][b]"This morning, 100 metres from my parents' house, a missile fell," [/b]the 15th seed said on court.[/p][p][b]"I'm obviously very happy to be in the second round. All my thoughts and all my heart were with the people of Ukraine today. My biggest example are Ukrainian people today."[/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="26b3b10c-2a09-49b1-9e2b-8f513d94bd04" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="42dd98ca-844d-4335-af20-e6320d94d1d4" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]Kostyuk will meet [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/volynets-katie/vw1oqIPi/"]Katie Volynets[/a] in the round of 64, after the American beat France's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/burel-clara/4IwCdyAG/"]Clara Burel[/a] in straight sets.[/p][p]Swiss 11th seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bencic-belinda/ObGlDvu0/"]Belinda Bencic[/a] opened play on Court Philippe Chatrier with a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/bencic-b-ObGlDvu0/kraus-s-6oA7gaee/?mid=CdvrOBcJ"]6-2, 6-3 victory[/a] over Austrian qualifier [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kraus-sinja/6oA7gaee/"]Sinja Kraus[/a].[/p][p]Last year's junior winner, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tagger-lilli/UT72lXiG/"]Lilli Tagger[/a], was downed in her debut match in the senior draw at Roland Garros as the Austrian 18-year-old lost [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/tagger-l-UT72lXiG/wang-xin-8jMJmh84/?mid=zXpJC5QN"]6-3, 3-6, 6-4[/a] to Chinese 32nd seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wang-xinyu-2001/8jMJmh84/"]Wang Xinyu[/a].[/p][p]Russian teenager and eighth seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreeva-mirra/lI6fOOat/"]Mirra Andreeva[/a] navigated her way past 181st-ranked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ferro-fiona/WfnqI5WD/"]Fiona Ferro[/a] of France [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/andreeva-m-lI6fOOat/ferro-f-WfnqI5WD/?mid=p6Wl7qlo"]in straight sets.[/a][/p][embed guid="12199ab2-b9aa-48d6-a15b-ab20b2d91bd6" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtZ8AImANxE&pp=0gcJCQMLAYcqIYzv" social-type="youtube" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/wta-singles/french-open/"]Follow the women's French Open with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]

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