Round-up: Jankovic crashes out, Berdych rattles past Pospisil, Tomic blasts Brian Baker

ByEurosport

Updated 24/05/2016 at 21:44 GMT

Czech superstar Tomáš Berdych was in great form but Jelena Jankovic fell in the first round of a major once again.

Jelena Jankovic has gone out in round one at Roland Garros for the last two years

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Berdych in great shape with opening win

Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat Vasek Pospisil (Canada) 6-3 6-2 6-1 - Czech seventh seed Tomas Berdych won 6-3 6-2 6-1 to make it safely into the second round. The former Wimbledon finalist broke his opponent eight times in the encounter - though also lost his own serve twice, with a first serve percentage that dipped below 50%. He'll need to pick up that aspect of his game, though his count of 27 winners shows that his ground strokes are in good shape.

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Jankovic joins Kerber in crashing out

Tatjana Maria (Germany) beat 23-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 6-3 3-6 6-3 - Germany's world number 111 Maria beat the Serbian 23rd seed in a tough-fought first-round match in Paris, a rare failure for one of the women's seeds on a day when most made it through without incident: Carla Suarez Navarro, Timea Bacsinszky and Sam Stosur were all among those who came through comfortably. There was almost nothing to choose between Maria and Jankovic, with the German managing two breaks in the final set to the Serb's one, earning her a match against France's Alize Cornet in the last 64.

Tomic rolls past Baker

20-Bernard Tomic (Australia) beat Brian Baker (US) 6-3 6-4 6-4 - Aussie bad boy Bernard Tomic dominated his American opponent with a torrent of winners in his first-round match. The 6'5" Aussie world number two was pushed hard at times by his 662nd-ranked opponent, seeing his serve broken at one point, but he kept calm and saved eight further break points as he won a solid victory in straight sets - a big win after a dreadful clay season so far.

HIGHLIGHTS: Tomic eases past Baker

Bedene belts Melzer to give Brits best French Open since 1975

Aljaz Bedene (Britain) beat Gerald Melzer (Austria) 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 - British number two Aljaz Bedene earned a spot in the second round of the French Open with a solid showing against Austrian journeyman Melzer. After losing the first set, Bedene impressed as he didn't have to face another break point - his likely opponent in round two will be 31st seed Federico Delbonis. Together with the victories by Kyle Edmund and Andy Murray, Britain now has three men in the second round of the French Open for the first time since 1975.

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Venus Williams battles through to second round

9-Venus Williams (US) beat Anett Kontaveit (Estonia) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-4) - It was probably not as easy as it looked on paper, but number nine seed Venus is through to the round of 64 with a straight-sets win over the world number 82. She needed two tie-breaks to get the job done, and will face fellow American Louisa Chirico. Venus lost the 2002 final to sister Serena, but has not been beyond the fourth round since 2006 when she lost in the last eight.

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FULL RESULTS FROM FIRST ROUND

Men's singles

Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) beat Santiago Giraldo (Colombia) 6-4 6-7(2) 6-4 1-6 6-3
12-David Goffin (Belgium) beat Gregoire Barrere (France) 6-3 6-3 6-4
Juan Monaco (Argentina) beat Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) 3-6 6-4 6-3 7-5
Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) beat Andreas Seppi (Italy) 6-3 7-5 6-4
Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) beat Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) 6-3 6-0 6-2
Stephane Robert (France) beat 18-Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 6-4 6-2 1-6 7-5
6-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) beat Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) 6-3 6-4 6-4
Marcel Granollers (Spain) beat 32-Fabio Fognini (Italy) 7-5 6-4 6-3
Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) beat Rajeev Ram (U.S.) 6-4 6-4 6-7(5) 6-0
11-David Ferrer (Spain) beat Evgeny Donskoy (Russia) 6-1 6-2 6-0
Nicolas Almagro (Spain) beat 24-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) 5-7 6-2 6-2 6-4
Pablo Carreno (Spain) beat 31-Federico Delbonis (Argentina) 7-6(3) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4
14-Roberto Bautista (Spain) beat Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) 6-3 6-3 6-1
Nicolas Mahut (France) beat Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania) 7-6(4) 6-2 6-1
26-Joao Sousa (Portugal) beat Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 2-6 7-6(8) 6-4 7-5
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) beat Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) 7-5 6-4 6-1
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) beat Thiemo de Bakker (Netherlands) 6-4 6-4 5-7 7-6(3)
25-Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) beat Tobias Kamke (Germany) 3-6 6-2 6-3 7-6(4)
1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Lu Yen-Hsun (Taiwan) 6-4 6-1 6-1
Facundo Bagnis (Argentina) beat Kenny De Schepper (France) 6-0 6-2 7-6(2)
21-Feliciano Lopez (Spain) beat Thomas Fabbiano (Italy) 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-2
13-Dominic Thiem (Austria) beat Inigo Cervantes (Spain) 3-6 6-2 7-5 6-1
Quentin Halys (France) beat Chung Hyeon (South Korea) 6-1 6-4 6-4
15-John Isner (U.S.) beat John Millman (Australia) 6-7(4) 7-6(12) 7-6(7) 7-5
Steve Darcis (Belgium) beat Marsel Ilhan (Turkey) 6-3 6-4 6-0
2-Andy Murray (Britain) beat Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) 3-6 3-6 6-0 6-3 7-5
4-Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Samuel Groth (Australia) 6-1 6-1 6-1
29-Lucas Pouille (France) beat Julien Benneteau (France) 6-3 4-6 6-4 7-6(4)
Victor Estrella (Dominican Republic) beat Illya Marchenko (Ukraine) 7-5 6-4 6-3
Aljaz Bedene (Britain) beat Gerald Melzer (Austria) 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4
Malek Jaziri (Tunisia) beat Florian Mayer (Germany) 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-2
Borna Coric (Croatia) beat Taylor Fritz (U.S.) 6-3 6-1 6-3
20-Bernard Tomic (Australia) beat Brian Baker (U.S.) 6-3 6-4 6-4
7-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat Vasek Pospisil (Canada) 6-3 6-2 6-1

Women's singles

Pauline Parmentier (France) beat 31-Monica Niculescu (Romania) 6-2 7-6(2) )
Teliana Pereira (Brazil) beat Kristyna Pliskova (Czech Republic) 7-5 3-6 9-7
Irina Falconi (U.S.) beat Mona Barthel (Germany) 6-4 0-6 6-2
1-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) 6-2 6-0
18-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) beat Sorana Cirstea (Romania) 6-1 6-3
Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) beat Aleksandra Wozniak (Canada) 6-1 6-1
Karin Knapp (Italy) beat 5-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 6-3 6-7(6) 4-0 (Azarenka retired)
Kurumi Nara (Japan) beat Denisa Allertova (Czech Republic) 5-7 6-3 2-0 (Allertova retired)
Julia Goerges (Germany) beat 20-Johanna Konta (Britain) 6-2 6-3
28-Andrea Petkovic (Germany) beat Laura Robson (Britain) 6-2 6-2
Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) beat Olga Govortsova (Belarus) 7-5 6-3
Mariana Duque (Colombia) beat Daria Gavrilova (Australia) 5-7 6-4 6-4
Taylor Townsend (U.S.) beat Amandine Hesse (France) 6-2 6-1
Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia) beat Sachia Vickery (U.S.) 6-2 6-2
Virginie Razzano (France) beat Ipek Soylu (Turkey) 4-6 6-1 6-0
9-Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Anett Kontaveit (Estonia) 7-6(5) 7-6(4)
14-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) beat Oceane Dodin (France) 6-0 5-7 6-2
15-Madison Keys (U.S.) beat Donna Vekic (Croatia) 6-3 6-2
29-Darya Kasatkina (Russia) beat Anna-Lena Friedsam (Germany) 6-1 4-6 6-3
Louisa Chirico (U.S.) beat Lauren Davis (U.S.) 6-2 2-6 8-6
Camila Giorgi (Italy) beat Alize Lim (France) 6-3 6-2
27-Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) beat Varvara Lepchenko (U.S.) 5-7 6-4 6-3
8-Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) beat Silvia Soler Espinosa (Spain) 6-3 6-1
Tatjana Maria (Germany) beat 23-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 6-3 3-6 6-3
21-Samantha Stosur (Australia) beat Misaki Doi (Japan) 6-2 4-6 6-3
Zhang Shuai (China) beat Galina Voskoboeva (Kazakhstan) 7-5 6-2
12-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) beat Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) 6-2 4-6 6-2
Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) beat 3-Angelique Kerber (Germany) 6-2 3-6 6-3
22-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) beat Zheng Saisai (China) 6-3 6-1
26-Kristina Mladenovic (France) beat Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 6-2 6-4
Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) beat Laura Siegemund (Germany) 6-2 6-2
Ana Konjuh (Croatia) beat Arina Rodionova (Australia) 6-2 6-3
Timea Babos (Hungary) beat Samantha Crawford (U.S.) 6-4 6-0
Alize Cornet (France) beat Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) 6-1 6-0
Wang Qiang (China) beat Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (France) 6-0 6-0

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