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It was a captivating first day of action at the 2023 French Open, and Day 2 has just as much in store. Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, British No. 1 Cameron Norrie and home hope Caroline Garcia are among those taking to the red dirt on Monday, with ambitions of making a deep run at the second Grand Slam of the year.
Aryna Sabalenka won a politically-charged French Open duel against Marta Kostyuk on Sunday as jeers and boos rained down on the defeated Ukrainian who refused to shake hands with her Belarusian opponent. World number two and Australian Open champion Sabalenka swept 10 of the last 12 games to win 6-3, 6-2 as she kick-started her push to reach the second week in Paris for the first time. Kostyuk honoured her pledge not to shake hands with Sabalenka in protest at Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Belarus is a key military ally of Moscow.
Kostyuk, the world number 39, had warned she would not shake hands with Russian and Belarusian players due to the ongoing war in Ukraine – a stance she and other Ukrainian athletes have stuck to since Moscow’s forces invaded their country last year, with support from Belarus.
Alexander Ursenbacher completed a comfortable win in his first match at the 208-player Q School event with a 4-0 whitewash of Tan Wang Chooi in Leicester. The man dubbed 'Federer of the Baize' endured a forgettable season to finish outside of the top 64 despite defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-1 at the British Open, but is aiming to bounce back at the first attempt by securing a fresh tour card. Ad He compiled 51, 76 and 50 to advance to the third qualifying round and a match against Belgium's Daan Leyssen on Monday evening.
Dan Evans says he will do some «soul-searching» after his «shocking» first-round loss at the French Open, while Laura Robson backed the Brit to «thrive» during the upcoming grass-court season. Evans has not had a vintage 2023 so far, winning just eight matches to reach June with only a 35% win percentage. Ad He was, however, well in his contest against Thanasi Kokkinakis on Sunday, but got embroiled in a row over a foot fault and ultimately succumbed in straight sets, 6-4 6-4 6-4.
Novak Djokovic's quest for a record-breaking 23rd Grand Slam title was given a boost when Rafa Nadal pulled out of the French Open and the Serbian has arrived at Roland Garros without any injury problems.
Stefanos Tsitsipas survived a scare against Jiri Vesely in his opening match at the French Open.
PARIS : American Sebastian Korda claimed his first victory since January by battling past Mackenzie McDonald at the French Open on Sunday and said he had spent the last few months learning to play again after a wrist issue wrecked his strong start to 2023.