Expeditious Medvedev, Alizé Cornet and Richard Gasquet at the rendezvous

The hierarchy was respected, Tuesday, May 24, during the first matches of the second day of the Roland-Garros tournament.

Daniil Medvedev expeditious

Daniil Medvedev, world number two, did not go into detail against the Argentinian Facundo Bagnis, beaten 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 in just 1h40. ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT / AFP

Daniil Medvedev, world number two, did not drag on the Suzanne-Lenglen court, against the Argentinian Facundo Bagnis (98th). The Russian won (6-2, 6-2, 6-2) in just 1 hour 40 minutes. Operated on for a hernia in early April, Medvedev arrived at Roland-Garros without any landmarks because he only played one match on clay this season, a defeat in Geneva against Richard Gasquet. And clay is far from being his favorite surface, he who won his first match at Auteuil only in 2021. But his ball coverage and his tactical sense always make him formidable, Bagnis can testify to this, he who often seemed completely overwhelmed in this encounter.

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Alizé Cornet exactly at the rendezvous…

The French Alizé Cornet left no chance to the Japanese Misaki Doi, dominated 6-2, 6-0 on the Philippe-Chatrier court. JEAN-FRANCOIS BADIAS / AP

In a one-sided match, Alizé Cornet (40^e in the WTA rankings) dominated 6-2, 6-0, at the start of the day on the Philippe-Chatrier court, the Japanese Misaki Doi (98^e). More powerful, the Niçoise largely dominated her opponent from the back of the court, in a match that quickly turned into a demonstration.

« It’s been a long time since I’ve had so much fun on clay.”, said Alizé Cornet after the meeting at the microphone of France Television. In the next round, she will face Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, seeded number 13, a test that promises to be much more serious.

Another Frenchwoman in the running, Tessah Andrianjafitrimo did not pass the course of this first round. But the 23-year-old, who had an invitation, took a set from the Czech Karolina Pliskova, seeded number eight. Without demerit, she lost in three sets with the score of 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.

… just like Richard Gasquet

On Court Suzanne-Lenglen, the Biterrois (70th) mastered his match started the day before and interrupted by the rain. He dominated the South African Lloyd Harris (39th) to win in three sets (6-1, 6-3, 6-4) and 1h49 of play.

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The other results of the day

Men’s singles:

Holger Rune (Denmark) beat Denis Shapovalov (Canada) 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (4)

Laslo Djere (Serbia) bat Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan) bat Arthur Rinderknech (France) 6-2, 6-4, 6-4

Women’s singles:

Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) bat Lucia Bronzetti (Italy) 6-1, 6-4

Aleksandra Krunic (Serbian) bat Kamilla Rakhimova (Russie) 6-4, 6-3

Danielle Collins (USA) defeats Viktoriya Tomova (Bulgaria) 6-0, 6-4

Jerome Porier