I’m afraid that’s all we’ve got time for in terms of our Roland Garros opening day live coverage. We’ll have the report from Murray versus Wawrinka later of course, as the pair with a combined age of 76 lock horns on Chatrier. It’ll be a fascinating duel, despite both men being past their peak by a good few years.
The headlines today are that Briton Jack Draper is out after a five-set defeat to Jesper de Jong, while big names in the men’s and women’s singles draws like Carlos Alcaraz, Naomi Osaka and Andrey Rublev are safely through. Bye for today! Thanks for joining us.
Caroline Garcia (21) beats Eva Lys 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
It all became very straightforward for the French player in the end, despite losing the opening set to 22-year-old 5 ft 5 qualifier Lys. Garcia wrote on social media yesterday that a “home slam is not always easy” and that proved somewhat prophetic. But she’s through after hitting her stride midway through the second set and that’s all that matters.
