French Open: Kerber, Prajnesh out; Cilic, Tsitsipas through to second round

Garbine Muguruza beat USA's Taylor Townsend, while Angelique Kerber suffered a shock defeat against Russian teenager Anastasia Potapova in the first round of the French Open on Sunday.

Updated : May 27, 2019 00:00 IST

Spain's Garbine Muguruza celebrates after her first round victory over USA's Taylor Townsend.
Spain's Garbine Muguruza celebrates after her first round victory over USA's Taylor Townsend.
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Spain's Garbine Muguruza celebrates after her first round victory over USA's Taylor Townsend.

Hello and welcome to Sportstar's LIVE updates of the 2019 French Open. The first round of the men's and women's singles gets underway today.

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  • A straightforward win for David Goffin as he beats Ricardas Berankis 6-0, 6-2, 6-2.
  • Argentine Diego Schwartzman survives a marathon five-setter against Hungary's Marton Fucsovics. The 26-year-old is through to the second round with a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (9-7), 2-6, 6-2.
  • Seventh seed Sloane Stephens is into the second round with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over Misaki Doi.
  • Leonardo Mayer beats Jiri Vesely 7-6 (7-3), 6-3, 6-0.
  • Elina Svitolina knocks out Venus Williams 6-3, 6-3 to set up a second round clash with Ukraine's Kateryna Kozlova who beat Bernarda Pera earlier.
  • Ninth seed Elina Svitolina takes the first set 6-3 against Venus Williams.
  • Karoilna Pliskova beats Madison Brengle 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the second round.
  • France's Fiona Ferro beats compatriot Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) to reach the second round.
  • Second seed Karolina Pliskova wins the first set 6-2 against Madison Brengle.
  • Diego Schwartzman loses the second set to Marton Fuscsovics 3-6.
  • Ukraine's Kateryna Kozlova beats USA's Bernarda Pera 6-2, 7-6(7-5) to move to the next round.
  • Switzerland's 15th seed Belinda Bencic beats France's Jessica Ponchet 6-1, 6-4.
  • Prajnesh Gunneswaran loses to 1-6,  3-6, 1-6 to Hugo Dellien in the first round.
  • Roger Federer enters the second round of French Open after beating Lorenzo Sonego 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 and will face Germany's Oscar Otte in the second round.
  • Nicolas Mahut stages a superb comeback by winning the fourth set 6-2 against Marco Cecchinato.
  • Diego Schwartzmann, seeded 17th, wins the first set 6-3 against Hungary's Marton Fucsovics.
  • Germany's Laura Siegemund beats Russia's Sofya Zhuk 6-3, 6-3 to enter the second round.
  • Hugo Dellien fights back from 3-1 down in the second set to win 6-3 against India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran.
  • Fifteenth seeded Belinda Bencic takes the first set 6-1 against France's Jessika Ponchet.
  • Nicolas Mahut pegs back Cecchinato by winning the third set 6-4.
  • Roger Federer wins the second set 6-4 against Lorenzo Sonego.
  • Kei Nishikori powers through to win the third set to record a straight-set 6-2,6-3, 6-4 win against France's Quentin Halys.
  • Hugo Dellien wins the first set against Prajnesh Gunneswaran, lone Indian in the French Open singles main draw, 6-1.
  • Grigor Dimitrov wins the final set 6-4 against  Janko Tipsarevic to win the match 6-3, 6-0, 3-6, 6-7(4-7), 6-4.
  • Croatia's 189th-ranked Kristina Kucova beats veteran Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-2 to enter the second round.
  • Croatia's Marco Vondrousova beats China's Wang Yafan 6-4, 6-3 to enter the second round.
  • Marco Cecchinato takes the second set 7-6(8-6) against Nicolas Mahut.
  • Federer takes the first set 6-2 against Lorenzo Sonego.
  • Germany's Oscar Otte beats Tunisia's Malek Jaziri 6-3, 6-1, 4-6,  6-0 to enter the second round.
  • Nishikori storms through the second set to win 6-3 against France's World No. 153 Quentin Halys.
  • China's Wang Yafan wins the first set 6-4 against Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova.
  • Grigor Dimitrov lets Tipsarevic make a comeback to force the match into the final set as the Croatian wins the fourth set 7-6(7-4).
  • Roger Federer gears up for his French Open comeback after three years against Italy's Lorenzo Sonego.
  • Italy's 29th seed Matteo Berrettini beats Spain's Pablo Andujar 6-7(3-7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.
  • Marco Cecchinato takes the first set 6-2 against France's Nicolas Mahut.
  • Kei Nishikori, seeded seventh, wins the first set 6-2 against local boy Quentin Halys.
  • Stefanos Tsitsipas takes a closely-contested third set 7-6(7-4) to enter the second round with a 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(7-4) win against Maximilian Marterer.
  • Australia's 19-year old Alexei Popyrin comes back from being one set down to beat France's Ugo Humbert 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(12-10), 6-3.
  • Tipsarevic fights back as he takes the takes the third set 6-3 against Grigor Dimitrov.
  • Identical result in the second set for Stefanos Tsitsipas -- a 6-2 win against German Maximilian Marterer.
  • Norway's Casper Ruud enters the second round with a 6-2, 7-6(7-2), 6-0 win against Latvia's Ernests Gulbis.
  • Grigor Dimitrov dominates to win the second set 6-0 against Janko Tipsarevic.
  • Marin Cilic eases into the second round with a 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 win over Italian Thomas Fabbiano.
  • Garbine Muguruza beats USA's Taylor Townsend 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 to enter the second round.
  • Sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas wins the first set 6-2 against Germany's Maximilian Marterer.
  • Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov wins the first set 6-3 against Croatia's Janko Tipsarevic.
  • Cilic wins the second set against Italian Thomas Fabbiano 7-5.
  • Croatia's Magdalena Rybarikova loses to Sweden's Johanna Larsson 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round.
  • Eleventh-seed Marin Cilic wins the first set 6-3 against Italy's Thomas Fabbiano.
  • Garbine Muguruza pulls one back as she takes the second set 6-2 to force the match into the final set against USA's Taylor Townsend.
  • Russia's 18-year old Anastasia Potapova, playing only her third main draw Grand Slam match, eliminates former Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber with a 6-4, 6-2 win.
  • Croatia's World No. 28 Petra Martic storms into the second round with a straight set 6-1, 6-2 victory over Tunisian Ons Jabeur.
  • Spain star Garbine Muguruza loses the first set to USA's Taylor Townsend 7-5.
  • Anastasia Potapova takes the first set against fifth seeded Angelique Kerber 6-4.

‣ Here are the current matches:

  • Thomas Fabbiano vs Marin Cilic

  • Alexei Popyrin vs Ugo Humbert

  • Casper Ruud vs Ernests Gulbis

  • Matteo Berrettini vs Pablo Andujar

  • Angelique Kerber vs Anastasia Potapova

  • Garbine Muguruza vs Taylor Townsend

  • Petra Martic vs Ons Jabeur

  • Magdalena Rybarikova vs Johanna Larsson

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