Spain’s Rafael Nadal greets spectators after defeating Egor Gerasimov of Belarus in Paris this morning.
He smacked 32 winners to just 20 unforced errors to down Gerasimov, one of 31 men entered into his first French Open main draw. “She played very well in the first set, it wasn’t easy for me and she hit a lot of winners,” said Williams, playing at the French Open for the 18th time. Fourth seed Daniil Medvedev crashed out in the first round for the fourth year running, losing 6-4, 7-6 , 2-6, 6-1 to Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics.
US Open winner Dominic Thiem, the runner-up to Nadal in Paris the past two years, defeated former Slam champion Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.
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