PARIS (Sporting Alert) — Top seed Serena Williams made light-weight of her first round competitor on the opening day of the 2013 French Open tennis tournament at Stade Roland Garros on Sunday.
The American World No. 1 easily brushed aside Georgia’s unranked Anna Tatishvili, 6-0, 6-1.
“I’ve played a lot of players who have very good serves, but hers is consistently good, so you always feel pressure when you’re returning,” Tatishvili said.
“I wasn’t really surprised, because I’ve watched her so much, you know? It’s Serena Williams; you watch her always on TV or at tournaments. But it’s the first time I felt what I had seen.”
Venus Williams, however, was not as fortunate as the 32-year-old was dumped from the tournament by Urszula Radwanska, losing 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (4-7), 6-4 to the Polish player.
Elsewhere on the women’s side No. 5 ranked Sara Errani defeated Arantxa Rus, 6-1, 6-2, Ana Ivanovic (14) recovered from a slow second set performance to beat Petra Martic, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, while Monica Puig ousted No. 11 Nadia Petrova, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.
On the men’s side at the French Open opening round, No. 2 Roger Federer and No. 4 David Ferrer were both among the winners at the tournament, while Lleyton Hewitt was beaten 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5 by No. 15 Gilles Simon.
French Open Men’s First Round Results
Roger Federer (2) beat. Pablo Carreno-Busta, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
David Ferrer (4) beat. Marinko Matosevic, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
Milos Raonic (14) beat. Xavier Malisse, 6-2, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
Gilles Simon (15) beat. Lleyton Hewitt, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5
Sam Querrey (18) beat. Lukas Lacko, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Andreas Seppi (20) beat. Leonardo Mayer, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-4
Kevin Anderson (23) beat. Illya Marchenko, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
Jeremy Chardy (25) beat. Benjamin Becker, 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
Roberto Bautista Agut beat. Gilles Muller, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Viktor Troicki beat. James Blake, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
Jan Hajek beat. Denis Kudla, 6-2, 5-7, 6-0, 6-4
Blaz Kavcic beat. James Duckworth, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
Michael Llodra beat. Steve Darcis, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Joao Sousa beat. Go Soeda, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
Somdev Devvarman beat. Daniel Munoz-De La Nava, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5
French Open Women’s First Round Results
Serena Williams (1) beat. Anna Tatishvili, 6-0, 6-1
Sara Errani (5) beat. Arantxa Rus, 6-1, 6-2
Monica Puig beat. Nadia Petrova (11), 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Ana Ivanovic (14) beat. Petra Martic, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (19) beat. Andrea Hlavackova, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
Sorana Cirstea (26) beat. Kiki Bertens, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2
Urszula Radwanska beat. Venus Williams (30), 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (4-7), 6-4
Sabine Lisicki (32) beat. Sofia Arvidsson, 6-3, 6-4
Virginie Razzano beat. Claire Feuerstein, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4
Dinah Pfizenmaier beat. Mandy Minella, 7-5, 6-1
Yulia Putintseva beat. Ayumi Morita, 6-2, 6-3
Shelby Rogers beat. Irena Pavlovic, 6-3, 6-4
Caroline Garcia beat. Yuliya Beygelzimer, 6-3, 6-4
Petra Cetkovska beat. Olga Puchkova, 6-0, 6-2
Donna Vekic beat. Mallory Burdette, 3-6, 4-6
Galina Voskoboeva beat. Grace Min, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
