French Open 2016 Results: Winners, Scores, Stats from Monday's Singles Bracket
Defending French Open champion Stan Wawrinka avoided a major upset during his first-round clash with Lukas Rosol on Monday, completing a comeback win in five sets.
As shared by MailOnline's Stuart Fraser, Wawrinka came dangerously close to making the kind of history no player wants to make:
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Kei Nishikori cruised to a win against Simone Bolelli, while Andy Murray trails Radek Stepanek midway through the fourth set of their match, which was suspended due to fading light.
In the women's draw, Garbine Muguruza survived a tough challenge from Anna Schmiedlova, Roberta Vinci lost in two sets against Kateryna Bondarenko and Svetlana Kuznetsova needed three sets to get past Yaroslava Shvedova.
Men's Results
| Milos Raonic (8) bt. Janko Tipsarevic | 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (5) |
| Adrian Mannarino bt. Mikhail Kukushkin | 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 |
| Jack Sock (23) bt. Robin Haase | 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-2 |
| Dusan Lajovic bt. Denis Kudla | 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 |
| Jeremy Chardy (30) bt. Leonardo Mayer | 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
| Dustin Brown (q) bt. Dudi Sela | 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4 |
| Taro Daniel bt. Martin Klizan | 3-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 3-0 |
| Stan Wawrinka (3) bt. Lukas Rosol | 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
| Adam Pavlasek bt. Roberto Carballes (q) | 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 |
| Guido Pella bt. Diego Schwartzman | 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 |
| Viktor Troicki (22) bt. Grigor Dimitrov | 2-6, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 |
| Ivo Karlovic (27) bt. Albert Montanes | 6-2, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5) |
| Jordan Thompson (wc) bt. Laslo Djere (q) | 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 |
| Kei Nishikori (5) bt. Simone Bolelli | 6-1, 7-5, 6-3 |
| Gilles Simon (16) bt. Rogerio Dutra Silva | 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2 |
| Ivan Dodig bt. Mikhail Youzhny | 6-4, 5-7, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 |
| Fernando Verdasco bt. Steve Johnson (33) | 7-5, 6-4, 7-5 |
| Albert Ramos bt. Horacio Zeballos | 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 6-0 |
| Bjorn Fratangelo (wc) bt. Sam Querrey | 6-3, 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-3 |
| Richard Gasquet (9) bt. Thomaz Bellucci | 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 |
| Andrej Martin bt. Daniel Munoz | 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 |
| Marco Trungelliti (q) bt. Marin Cilic (10) | 7-6 (4) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
| Kyle Edmund bt. Nikoloz Basilashvili (q) | 7-6 (4), 6-7 (7), 7-5, 6-1 |
| Mathias Bourgue (wc) bt. Jordi Samper (q) | 7-5, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8) |
Wawrinka and Rosol served up an epic encounter on Monday, with both players producing some of their finest tennis. The defending champion came close to an early exit, saving a break point in the fourth set, but his class ultimately made the difference as he used his backhand to power his way back into the match.
Rosol has a tendency to make life hard on the top players on tour, and Monday's match was no different.
According to CBC Sports, the Czech had Wawrinka playing from his heels throughout the match, and the defending champion ended up hitting 46 unforced errors.
The longer rallies belonged to the favourite, and Wawrinka produced some fantastic shots, via Roland Garros' official Twitter account:
His serve and backhand improved as the match wore on, and while he never played as well as he did during last year's tournament, Wawrinka never seemed troubled in the final set. After wasting several match points, he eventually closed the deal on his serve.
Nishikori was one of many players forced to complete his first-round match on Monday after rain delays on Sunday, and while he couldn't find the rhythm he displayed earlier against Bolelli, the Japanese star still cruised to the next round.
Record's Jose Morgado was impressed:
Nishikori has played some excellent tennis during the clay season and is one of the main dark-horse candidates to take this year's title.
Murray dropped the first two sets of his contest with Stepanek but bounced back nicely and trailed 3-6, 3-6, 6-0, 4-2 by the time their match was halted. Stepanek visibly tired as the match wore on, and while the stoppage should give him a chance to recover, his 37-year-old legs likely won't be as fresh as Murray's when play resumes.
Milos Raonic cruised to the next round, beating Janko Tipsarevic in three sets, and he'll face Adrian Mannarino in Round 2. The Frenchman shockingly beat Mikhail Kukushkin in four sets during the first round.
Women's Results
| Mirjana Lucic-Baroni bt. Daniela Hantuchova (q) | 6-1, 6-2 |
| Myrtille Georges (wc) bt. Christina McHale | 6-7 (7), 6-0, 6-3 |
| Garbine Muguruza (4) bt. Anna Schmiedlova | 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 |
| Naomi Osaka bt. Jelena Ostapenko (32) | 6-4, 7-5 |
| Sloane Stephens (19) bt. Margarita Gasparyan | 6-4, 6-3 |
| Polona Hercog bt. Lourdes Dominguez | 6-4, 7-6 (4) |
| Cagla Buyukakcay (q) bt. Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-2 |
| Veronica Cepede (q) bt. Sabine Lisicki | 6-2, 6-2 |
| Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (30) bt. Lucie Hradecka (q) | 6-4, 7-5 |
| Shelby Rogers bt. Karolina Pliskova (17) | 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 |
| Yanina Wickmayer bt. Alexandra Dulgheru | 6-1, 6-3 |
| Elena Vesnina bt. Madison Brengle | 6-2, 6-3 |
| Simona Halep (6) bt. Nao Hibino | 6-2, 6-0 |
| Annika Beck bt. Maryna Zanevska (q) | 6-1, 6-2 |
| Heather Watson bt. Nicole Gibbs | 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 |
| Tsvetana Pironkova bt. Sara Errani (16) | 6-3, 6-2 |
| Caroline Garcia bt. Lesia Tsurenko | 6-3, 7-5 |
| Agnieszka Radwanska (2) bt. Bojana Jovanovski | 6-0, 6-2 |
| Kateryna Bondarenko bt. Roberta Vinci (7) | 6-1, 6-3 |
| Coco Vandeweghe bt. Naomi Broady | 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 |
| Irina Camelia Begu (25) bt. Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 |
| Zarina Diyas bt. Carina Witthoeft | 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
| Johanna Larsson bt. Magda Linette | 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 |
Muguruza was anything but dominant in her first match of this year's tournament, dropping the first set against Schmiedlova and playing sloppy, mistake-filled tennis throughout the contest.
The 22-year-old saved nine break points in the opening game of the second set, per Ben Rothenberg of the New York Times:
She then nearly gave up a four-game lead to Schmiedlova, who has won just a single match all year, per AS.
Muguruza finished with 53 unforced errors and gave up 21 break chances, a dreadful performance from someone who is seen as a dark-horse candidate to win the tournament. According to AS, she said she would watch the tape of this match, but that's something she always does:
"I like to watch my games afterwards, whether I won or lost. I like to look at the body language, in which moments or why I lost certain points or what I did wrong. It really opens your eyes. Roland Garros is a special tournament in Spain, obviously because of [Rafael Nadal] and for the other Spanish players who have won it. Everybody dreams of winning Roland Garros. The Spanish School of Tennis is also on clay, so it’s the tournament everybody wants to win.
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She will play local favourite Myrtille Georges in Round 2.
Vinci became the first top-10 seed to bow out of the tournament, as in-form Bondarenko dominated from the baseline on her way to one of the biggest wins of her career.
Agnieszka Radwanska cruised to a win against Bojana Jovanovski, surrendering just two games on her way to the next round. The second-seeded Radwanska had her opponent on the back foot all day long, using strong, deep serves and smart positional shots to win just about every rally.
Kuznetsova didn't have it nearly as easy against Shvedova, although she bounced back nicely from her outing on Sunday. The former champion found better range with her winners on Monday and appears to be rounding into form at the right time.
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