| Dates: 22 May-5 June Venue: Roland Garros, Paris |
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Sixth seed Ons Jabeur suffered a shock first-round defeat by Magda Linette on the opening day of the French Open.
The Tunisian arrived at Roland Garros in sturdy clay-court type however fell 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 to the 52nd-ranked Pole.
Jabeur was among the many favourites for the title, having reached three clay-court finals in the build-up to Paris.
However, it was Linette, 30, who held her nerve higher on the massive factors to safe a nice victory.
Linette will face both Britain’s Harriet Dart or Martina Trevisan of Italy subsequent.
Jabeur, 27, had gained 17 clay-court matches the in weeks earlier than the French Open and is a participant identified for reacting properly underneath strain, however she minimize a annoyed determine because the match progressed.
The two traded breaks in the opening set and Linette faltered when serving at 5-3 down at hand Jabeur the opener.
The Pole left court docket for remedy on her proper thigh, which was closely strapped, and struggled along with her motion behind the court docket.
However, Jabeur missed 4 break level probabilities in the second set and appeared the much less assured of the 2 as Linette pressured a decider.
A troublesome remaining set noticed each gamers break, with Jabeur having to dig deep to avoid wasting two break factors at 4-4, however Linette stored the strain on.
Serving to remain in the match, the Tunisian squandered a 40-0 lead and double-faulted at hand Linette match level.
The Pole transformed it and raised her arms in triumph as she notched the third top-10 win of her profession.
Earlier, 2018 runner-up Sloane Stephens claimed her first victory since March as she fought again to beat German qualifier Jule Niemeier.
The American got here by way of 5-7 6-4 6-2 to arrange a gathering with twenty sixth seed Sorana Cirstea of Romania.
Former champion Garbine Muguruza and 2021 US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez are among the many gamers in motion on Sunday.
