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First day of the French Open: Andy Murray and Jack Draper eliminated at Roland Garros

Meanwhile, there were victories for Naomi Osaka and Carlos Alcaraz on Court Philippe Chatrier.

Here the PA news agency looks back on the first day at Roland Garros.

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Carlos Alcaraz fights his way to victory over JJ Wolf (Christophe Ena/AP)

Match of the day

Eighth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz survived a major scare to defeat Japanese qualifier Shintaro Mochizuki, world number 162, in five sets.

Statistics of the day

Strop watch

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Andrey Rublev was not happy about the defeat in the second set against Taro Daniel (Jean-Francois Badias/AP)

No Nadal farewell

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Rafael Nadal trained at Roland Garros on Saturday (Jean-Francois Badias/AP)

Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo announced on Sunday that a planned farewell ceremony for Rafael Nadal had to be cancelled after the 14-time champion admitted this might not be his last French Open after all. “That is his wish, even if we are ready to press the button,” she said.

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Andy Murray was clearly beaten by Stan Wawrinka
Andy Murray was clearly beaten by Stan Wawrinka (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)


Murray was quick to bounce back from tearing ankle ligaments in Miami but probably wished he hadn't after a 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 loss to veteran teammate Stan Wawrinka. Earlier, Draper suffered his worst defeat at tour level in his longest match. The 22-year-old was a hot favourite to beat Dutch qualifier Jesper De Jong, a player ranked 137 places below him in the world at 176, but he was beaten in five sets over four hours and six minutes.

Fallen seeds

Women: Barbora Krejcikova (24), Veronika Kudermetova (29).
Men: Nicolas Jarry (16), Ugo Humbert (17).

Who's next?

Without a doubt the hottest ticket in town, Rafael Nadal, the 14-time champion, will face fourth-seeded German Alexander Zverev in what is expected to be a classic in the late afternoon.