Iga Swiatek was made to sweat in the first round to make it past Rebecca Sramkova

Details: Published: 26 May 2025

Iga Swiatek was made to sweat in the first round to make it past Rebecca Sramkova as the Polish star started her title defence with a straight sets win on Monday, May 26. Swiatek won the match with a scoreline of 6-3, 6-3, and it took the former World No.1 one hour and 24 minutes to get past the Slovakian star. In a match earlier in the day, Casper Ruud progressed to the second round of the competition with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win over Albert Ramos-Violas.Swiatek needed to start the campaign without any major stumbles after a good lead up to Roland Garros, winning titles in Madrid and Rome.

However, Sramkova wasn't ready to give up without a fight and fired 5 aces throughout the game as compared to Swiatek's one. The Polish star also committed three double-faults. However, it was in the break points column that Swiatek made a difference in the contest as she converted 4 while Sramkova just got one.Swiatek broke for a 4-3 lead after a lengthy seventh game and then again to wrap up the first set. The second one saw Sramkova push the Polish star with the score at 0-2 at one point, before Swiatek showed her class to win the match. This extended Swiatek's winning run at Roland Garros to 22.Ruud secures crushing win.

Two-time runner-up Ruud secured a crushing win over Ramos-Vinolas. The Spaniard was aiming to avoid a fifth straight loss to Ruud and the 37-year-old recovered from a loss of serve early in the second set to give himself a chance before Ruud ensured that there was no chance of a comeback. Ruud was able to complete the match in two hours and six minutes to reach the second round, where he will face Nuno Borges. In the biggest upset of the day, ninth seed Emma Navarro was dumped out in the first round by Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, who won the match in just 57 minutes with a 6-0, 6-1 scoreline.

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