Spain's Carlos Alcaraz and Japan's Naomi Osaka advance to the second round of the French Open as they look to win their first title in Roland Garros
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But cheered on by the Philippe Chatrier crowd, the two-time Grand Slam champion, who skipped three of the four tune-up events he planned to participate in, thumped the lucky loser, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1, and will face qualifier Jesper De Jong next. Osaka’s reward for a battling 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 win over Italian Lucia Bronzetti could be a meeting with defending champion Iga Swiatek in the second round.
Ostapenko continued her strong season by beating Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian, 6-4, 7-5, but it was the end if the road for fellow former champion Barbora Krejcikova who was beaten 7-6 , 6-4 by Viktorija Golubic.Madrid champion and sixth seed Rublev was pushed hard by Osaka’s compatriot Taro Daniel before securing a 6-2, 6-7 , 6-3, 7-5 victory while Polish eighth seed Hurkacz was dragged the distance by another Japanese player in Shintaro Mochizuki.
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