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Over on Suzanne-Lenglen, Kalinskaya is serving for the match against Boisson. After seeing off a break point the Russian fires into the net on match point to go back to deuce but eventually wears down Boisson with a series of forehand blows to get another chance. This time she double faults. A touch of nerves? A big serve gets Kalinskaya a third chance to seal it, again wasted. A loose backhand gives Boisson a break point but the Frenchwoman drifts a dropshot into the net with her opponent very deep. Kalinskaya saves another break point with heavy backhand. This is a mini-epic.<\/p>\n
Boisson has a fourth break point but Kalinskaya bangs an ace down the middle. We\u2019ve played 18 points and will get at least two more. Make that four, Kalinskaya goes long while on match point. And it ends with a bit of a whimper as Boisson drifts a backhand into the net when facing match point. Boisson will not repeat her run to the semi-final of last year, the Russian wins 6-2 6-2.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Well, well, well, Bublik looked as if he was about to go two sets down against Struff but reeeled off five points in a row to take the tie-breaker. The Kazakh\u2019s pass to go 7-6 up was equisite.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a012.21 EDT<\/p>\n On Court 7, Jaime Faria of Portugal has taken the first set 6-4 against Denis Shapovalov. The Canadian has reached the third round before at Roland Garros but is playing nearly 30 places down the world rankings from his career high of tenth.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Evening all, right where are we? Kalinskaya has consolidated her hold and now leads Boisson 3-1 in the second set. Bublik and Struff has gone to a tie-break in their second set. I\u2019ll let you know how that goes. Jacob Fernley is underway against Juan Manuel Cerundolo, it\u2019s 1-1 on Court 8. On Court 9, Martin Landaluce of Spain has beaten the Bolivian Juan Carlos Prado 6-3 4-6 6-2 6-7 6-4.<\/p>\n Anna Kalinskaya eyes the ball as she looks to be in control of her match against Lois Boisson. Updated at\u00a012.31 EDT<\/p>\n Back with Bublik, he now trails Struff 5-7 4-5, and has just been nailed by a glorious backhand winner lasered down the line. But a delicious slice from the back, followed by an error raises deuce, consecutive aces sealing the deal from there; it\u2019s 5-5 in the second. Finally, before I chuck this to Tom Bassam, let me note that Boisson has broken Kalinskaya back to trail 2-6 1-1, a contest we feared was over still with plenty legs left in it; now that\u2019s down, thanks for your company and until tomorrow, peace out.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Brilliant from Parry, a tremendous backhand followed by a forehand winner, on the run and down the line, securing a break at the start of set two. Kalinina leads her 6-0 0-2, but the contest is only just getting going \u2026 unlike on Lenglen, where Kalinskaya has just broken Boisson to lead 6-2 1-0. Last year\u2019s hero is in danger of immediate elimination this term.<\/p>\n Diane Parry bops a backhand to Anhelina Kalinina. Photograph: Julien de Rosa\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a012.32 EDT<\/p>\n Kalinskaya serves out that first set to lead Boisson 6-2, but there\u2019s a sense her young opponent has a level she might yet hit to make this contest interesting. Back on Chatrier, by the way, Parry is on the board, now trailing Kalinina 0-6 1-0.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Kalinina bagels Parry in set one, what a treat for those who bothered paying in to Chatrier. On which point, if it\u2019s as empty as it is, maybe they\u2019re charging too much?<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Struff leads Bublik 7-5 3-3, with Kalinskaya up 5-2 on Boisson.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Ruzic has beaten Krueger, which means shortly to arrive on Court 8 are Jacob Fearnley and Juan Manuel Cer\u00fandolo, younger brother of no 25 seed, Francisco.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Boisson is on the board against Kalinskaya but still down 4-1, while Kalinina leads Parry 4-0 and Jacquemot has beaten Fruhvirtova 6-4 6-3. In the men\u2019s competition, Faria and Shapovalov are level at 2-2 in the first, while Rom\u00e1n Andr\u00e9s Burruchaga and yes, before you ask, he\u2019s Jorge\u2019s lad \u2013 has beaten Seb Baez, who retired when down 2-1 2-0.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bublik is struggling with Struff, down 5-7 1-2 and forced to deuce as he seeks a hold.<\/p>\n What he says about doubles isn\u2019t right \u2013 Henry Patten, for example, plays it because he got good at it so quickly he couldn\u2019t play singles tournaments at the same level because his ranking wasn\u2019t there. John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova seemed to take it seriously, too \u2013 to name just two.<\/p>\n Jan-Lennard is strutting his Struff in the early stages of his match against Alexander Bublik. Photograph: Beno\u00eet Tessier\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.47 EDT<\/p>\n This appears to be a thing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Kalinskaya, who turned up to the grounds with a pet dog, breaks Boisson immediately for 1-0, consolidates and, while I\u2019m looking for a photo of, er, Bella, breaks again to love, and she leads 3-0.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n On Chatrier, the bonus match is Kalinina v Parry, the former breaking immediately for 1-0.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Vacherot, the men\u2019s no 16 seed, has beaten Faurel in four; next for him, it\u2019s Tabilo. So I\u2019m going to watch the match which succeeded theirs on Court 14, with Jan-Leonard Struff having just taken the first set off Sascha Bublik, the no 9 seed, 7-5.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Share<\/a><\/p>\n I\u2019m looking forward to this one, Kalinskaya bringing the guile and Boisson, who reached the semis here last year, the power. That remains the only time she\u2019s made it past round one of a slam\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Next on Lenglen: Anna Kalinskaya (22) v Lo\u00efs Boisson.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Learner Tien (18) beats Cristian Gar\u00edn 6-0 2-6 6-0 6-2<\/p>\n A thumping win for Tien, who meets D\u00edaz Acosta or Zhang next. I\u2019m really excited to see where he goes form here, all the more so as the top seed in his eighth, Daniil Medvedev\u2013 who he\u2019s twice beaten at the Aussie Open \u2013 is already out, with Felix Auger-Aliassime his likely quarter-final opponent if he wins it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Osaka says she felt really nervous but having not played on Lenglen \u201cin a little minute\u201d she was just pleased to get out there and hopes everyone\u2019s drinking water.<\/p>\n She\u2019s considered a veteran at this point and hopes she can play many more matches this tournament, but her goal is to have a lot of fun and smile a lot. She found the court a little slippery, running in to chase drop shots, but conditions are the same for everyone.<\/p>\n Finally, she explains that the dress in which she came out was very couture and she thinks the gold number looks a bit like the Eiffel Tower when it\u2019s lit up at night. Otherwise, she\u2019ll spend her day off calling her daughter and lying there waiting for the match.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.55 EDT<\/p>\n We\u2019re done on Chatrier until the evening sesh \u2013 that features Sinner v Tabur \u2013 but they announce there\u2019ll be another match, presumably because Tsitsipas v Muller only went a set and a bit, so we\u2019ll see what that is.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Gauff says she\u2019s a lot of great memories on Chatrier but was a little nervous at the start before finding her calm, and she\u2019s happy to be in the next round. She and Townsend have known each other for so long and know each other so well off the court but this was their first match on it. Her team, though, came up with a great plan and she stuck to it.<\/p>\n It\u2019s different playing a lefty, especially one who hits with a lot of spin, but she had a good hitting partner who replicated the style. Also, she\u2019s from Florida, so isn\u2019t fazed by the heat at all, but adds that the higher bounce helps her serve.<\/p>\n Finally, she pays respect to Althea Gibson, who became the first Black grand slam winner 70 years ago, saying that she and Taylor are able to play on Chatrier partly because of her \u2013 and Zina Garrison, and the Williams sisters.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Naomi Osaka (16) beats Laura Siegemund 6-3 7-6(3)<\/p>\n A decent workout for Osaka, who played well in set one then hung in there is two to do necessary. Next for her: Donna Vekic, in a match I\u2019m already excited to see.<\/p>\n Naomi Osaka celebrates her victory. Photograph: Thomas Samson\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.09 EDT<\/p>\n Oh dear: Siegemund nets a forehand and, at 3-5 is almost out. And Osaka doesn\u2019t let her off the hook, moving beautifully when she reads a drop and a forehand winner raising three match points\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Osaka starts the breaker well, earning a mini-break that she immediately returns via double. No matter: a forehand return on to the line restores it, and though it\u2019s immediately lost, a lovely volley, spun on to the sideline, means she leads 4-3.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Coco Gauff (4) beats Taylor Townsend 6-4 6-0<\/p>\n A sticky start, but an impressive end. Next for her: the qualifier, Mayar Sherif.<\/p>\n Coco Gauff bashes a backhand during her straight sets victory over Taylor Townsend. Photograph: Christophe Ena\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.12 EDT<\/p>\n Osaka quickly holds to earn a second-set tiebreak, while Gauff has cut loose on Chatrier, up 6-4 5-0 on Townsend, who isn\u2019t long for this tournament.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Osaka makes break point at 30-40 but flaps a backhand long, then Siegemund is warned for taking too long between deliveries. She does, though, make advantage, only to power a forehand long, just \u2013 the umpire gets up to check \u2013 then, when she\u2019s advantage down, wins a net exchange that she ought really to have been pushed out of. And from there, she seals what might yet prove to be a crucial hold, Osaka leading 6-3 5-6.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n There\u2019s a strange match in progress on Court 6, Tien leading Garin 6-0 2-6 6-0 1-0; Gauff breaks Townsend immediately in two, leading 6-4 2-0; and Osaka holds to lead Siegemund 6-3 5-5.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Osaka gets to deuce then Siegemund wafts long from the back and she\u2019s faltering here with the pressure of a set to be won upon her, drilling a forehand low into the net to return the break for which she fought so hard. Osaka leads 6-3 4-5.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Gauff earns another opportunity to forge in front to net a backhand return. But from deuce, Townsend goes wide then long, tamely ceding a set she worked extremely hard to make close; the champ leads 6-4.<\/p>\n Meantime on Lenglen, Siegemund \u2013 who, as we said, was coming \u2013 breaks Osaka for 5-3 and is now serving to force a decider.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n While all that was going on, Osaka fought hard for a hold which gives her 6-3 3-3, but Siegemund is well in this match now, much more so than in set one, and a swift hold underlines the point.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n An ace gives Gauff set point \u2026 but a double follows, which I doubt surprises anyone, least of all her. Oh! And when Townsend forces yet another break point, this time she splatters a fantastic backhand winner on to the sideline and is still in set one at 4-5.<\/p>\n Taylor Townsend flings a forehand to Coco Gauff. Photograph: Christophe Ena\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.46 EDT<\/p>\n Yeah, time\u2019s up. Gauff breaks Townsend for 5-3 and is now serving for the set \u2026 but at 30-all, a big, swinging left forehand is whammed cross-court, the point won from it. But she can\u2019t convert the breaking opportunity, nor when she earns another immediately afterwards. Back to deuce we go\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n On 6, Garin has retaliated, losing the first set against Tien 6-0 but taking the second 6-2. I\u2019m going to drop in on that match, because I think the young American reminds me of a song has the harrying and hands to become a factor on clay.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Townsend\u2019s played pretty well so far, but at 15-30, Gauff clouts one through her at net, then a forehand into the tape restores parity, the break-back taken for 3-3.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Adolfo Daniel Vallejo beats Cameron Norrie 7-6(7) 2-0 retired<\/p>\n Norrie came into the match carrying a rib injury and it, along with the heat and breathing issues, mean he can\u2019t continue. Given the warrior we know he is, we can only imagine how much physical pain he\u2019s in and the accordant mental anguish he\u2019s now experiencing. Next for Vallejo: Moise Kouame!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n From deuce, Osaka closes out a 6-3 set, and this is a decent contest for her \u2013 one she probably can\u2019t lose, but also one that\u2019s testing enough to get her focused and into the competition. Back on Chatrier, meantime, Townsend endorses her break, then Gauff gets on the board, the doubles specialist leading the champ 2-1.<\/p>\n Naomi Osaka fires off a forehand on her way to winning the first set in her first round match against Laura Siegemund. Photograph: Aur\u00e9lien Morissard\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.44 EDT<\/p>\n Serving for set one at 5-3, Osaka finds herself down 0-30, racing to net to level things. But at 40-30, a tame double cedes deuce while Norrie, now down a set and a break at 6-7 0-1, has the doctor out and seems to be struggling with a tight chest. It\u2019s dead hot out there so, if that\u2019s the issue, it tallies.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Intriguing start on Chatrier, Townsend breaking Gauff for 1-0. She\u2019ll know her mate\u2019s serve isn\u2019t the greatest \u2013 the mechanics of it aren\u2019t settled \u2013 and that there\u2019s also a weakness on forehand.<\/p>\n Coco Gauff stoops for a return. Photograph: St\u00e9phane Mah\u00e9\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.38 EDT<\/p>\n In the men\u2019s competition, another seed has gone, Arnaldi seeing off Griekspoor in four to set up a second-round meeting with Tsitsipas; Learner Tien, never past round one of this competition, leads Cristian Garin 6-0; and, in the men\u2019s dubs, Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool, the reigning Wimbledon champions, are into round two.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n On Lenglen, Osaka has broken Siegemund for 4-2 in the first and, looking at the draw, if she keeps winning, she\u2019ll probably face Jovic in round three, then Sablenka in four. Those are big asks, but if she\u2019s at it, she\u2019s got the game to make it happen and, as I type, she consolidates for 5-2.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n On Chatrier, Gauff and Townsend are out.<\/p>\n Allow Instagram content?<\/p>\n This article includes content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click ‘Allow and continue’.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Oh dear. Another Vallejo double and Norrie again has a point for the set \u2026 only to direct a backhand into the tape. So the younger man thrashes away on backhand, forcing a set point of his own, on serve, then directs Norrie to either corner, forcing the error, and he takes the tiebreak to seven! The grand slam debutant leads by one set to love!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A Vallejo double hands Norrie three sets points, but he saves the two on return, then plays a fine rally to level us up at 6-6. Just when it seems like quality and experience are taking over, it turns out that actually, they aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.19 EDT<\/p>\n Osaka survives break points to lead 2-1 but Siegemund, whose name you might remember from last year\u2019s Wimbledon quarters, is really canny, her slow game of spins and angles not one that can really be prepare for. And back with Norrie, he holds then takes a mini-break, before a missed volley donates him a second at 4-1.<\/p>\n
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