Men’s top seed Andy Murray played his first match at the 2017 French Open on Tuesday, and though he needed four sets, he made it past his opponent, Andrey Kuznetsov, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0.
French Open results 2017: Top seed Andy Murray advances to 2nd round
Murray needed four sets, but he made it to the second round on Tuesday.
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Murray stumbled in the second set, but he came back and dominated the next two sets. Kuznetsov is always a tough draw for the top seeds. Murray has carried an underdog label into Roland Garros despite being that top seed.
That’s because Rafael Nadal is still in the tournament, and many believe he has another big French Open win in the cards. Nadal won his first-round match on Monday.
Stan Wawrinka, the third seed, was also in action on Tuesday and he made short work of Jozef Kovalik, winning in straight sets, 6-2, 76(6), 6-3. Another top-10 seed, Kei Nishikori, won his match in four sets, beating Thanasi Kokkinakis, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.
The only match to have play suspended on Monday featured ninth seed Alexander Zverev up against Fernando Verdasco. They continued on Tuesday, and Verdasco, a former top-10 player himself, came out on top, winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
On the women’s side, another top-10 player was eliminated in seventh seed Johanna Konta. She fell to Su-Wei Hsieh, who took home a three-set win, 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-4. Top seed Angelique Kerber has already lost, falling on the tournament’s first day.
Below is the list of completed matches at the time of writing for singles matches with seeded competition involved. Further results from Sunday can be found in the men’s singles bracket here and women’s singles bracket here.
Men’s Singles
No. 1 Andy Murray
No. 3 Stan Wawrinka def. Jozef Kovalik, 6-2, 7-6(6), 6-3
No. 8 Kei Nishikori def. Thanasi Kokkinakis, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
Fernando Verdasco def. No. 9 Alexander Zverev, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 18 Nick Kyrgios def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3
Hyeon Chung def. No. 27 Sam Querrey, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
No. 29 Juan Martin Del Potro def. Guido Pella, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
Women’s Singles
No. 5 Elina Svitolina def. Yaroslava Shvedova, 6-4, 6-3
Su-Wei Hsieh def. No. 7 Johanna Konta, 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-4
No. 12 Madison Keys def. Ashleigh Barty, 6-3, 6-2
No. 20 Barbora Strycova def. Alison Riske, 6-3, 6-0
No. 21 Carla Suarez Navarro def. Maria Sakkari, 6-4, 6-2
No. 28 Caroline Garcia def. Nao Hibino, 6-2, 6-2
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