The first day of the French Open was just a formality, as it turns out. Between the men's and women's bracket, there was only a single upset. The favorites didn't just win their matches on Sunday, they dominated in both brackets.
French Open results 2014: Serena and Venus Williams dominate along with other favorites
Sunday was not a day for upsets at the French Open.
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Top-seeded Serena Williams, who won the French Open a year ago, overwhelmed Alize Lim in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. Meanwhile, Venus Williams, the No. 29 seed, beat Belinda Bencic, who, at 17 years old, is just about half of Williams’ age. If the Williams sisters keep winning, they could face one another down the line in this tournament.
On the men’s side, fourth-seeded Roger Federer was the top seed in action on Sunday. He had an easy win over Lukas Lacko in three sets, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. In other action, No. 15 Mikhail Youzhny needed a bit of a comeback to beat Pablo Carreno Busta on Sunday. Youzhny dropped the first two sets but eventually won the match, 3-6, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-0.
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While the first slate of matches may have been somewhat uneventful, it should set the stage for some interesting matchups on the second day of the tournament. Both Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will be taking the court Monday and should have the full attention of the tennis world.
Here are the full results from the first day of action.
Men’s results - Day One
Jeremy Chardy (France) beat Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spain) 7-5, 6-2, 6-2
(20) Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) beat Albert Ramos (Spain) 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-1
(13) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) beat Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) 7-6(4), 7-5, 6-2
Sam Querrey (United States) beat Filippo Volandri (Italy) 7-6(3), 6-4, 6-3
(31) Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) beat Potito Starace (Italy) 6-1, 7-5, 6-2
(10) John Isner (United States) beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) 7-6(5), 7-6(4), 7-5
(22) Jerzy Janowicz (Poland) beat Victor Estrella Burgos (Dominican Republic) 6-1, 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4
Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Argentina) beat Gastao Elias (Portugal) 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
(6) Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat Peter Polansky (Canada) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) beat Michal Przysiezny (Poland) 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4
Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) beat Facundo Arguello (Argentina) 6-7(8), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Kazakhstan) beat Somdev Devvarman (India) 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3
(15) Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) beat Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain) 3-6, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-0
(4) Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat Lukas Lacko (Slovakia) 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
(8) Milos Raonic (Canada) beat Nick Kyrgios (Australia) 6-3, 7-6(1), 6-3
Women’s results - Day One
Varvara Lepchenko (United States) beat Petra Cetkovska (Czech Republic) 6-4, 6-1
Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria) beat Annika Beck (Germany) 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2
Johanna Larsson (Sweden) beat Maria Kirilenko (Russia) 6-1, 6-2
Ajla Tomljanovic (Croatia) beat Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 6-3, 6-3
(8) Angelique Kerber (Germany) beat Katarzyna Piter (Poland) 6-3, 6-1
Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) beat Grace Min (U.S.) 7-5, 7-6(6)
Yvonne Meusburger (Austria) beat Amandine Hesse (France) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Monica Niculescu (Romania) beat (25) Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
Claire Feuerstein (France) beat Olga Govortsova (Belarus) 6-1, 7-5
(14) Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) beat Yuliya Beygelzimer (Ukraine) 7-5, 7-5
(1) Serena Williams (United States) beat Alize Lim (France) 6-2, 6-1
(29) Venus Williams (United States) beat Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) 6-4, 6-1
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Slovakia) beat Jie Zheng (China) 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4
(31) Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) beat Jovana Jaksic (Serbia) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
(3) Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) beat Shuai Zhang (China) 6-3, 6-0
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