By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday Might 19, 2025
Paris – It was a busy day of qualifying at Roland-Garros, the place the springtime solar was shining brightly and among the world’s high tennis stars took to the courtroom to start a five-day trek that might land them a spot in the primary draw.
Bianca Andreescu took the courtroom in whole confidence, dealing with the ten AM begin like an early riser on a mission. The previous US Open champion defeated 21-year-old Chinese language Yao Xinxin a 6-0, 6-0 shellacking, and afterwards talked about her drive to get again to the highest.
“I do imagine that I can get again to the highest, and I believe I confirmed that final week,” Andreescu instructed reporters. “I’ve no time to waste, for me it’s not prefer it’s now or by no means as a result of I do know I’m nonetheless solely 24, however I see all these children doing nicely and I’m like ahh [expresses alarm], as a result of I’ve been on the tour for fairly some time, like six years, proper?
“No matter I can do to regulate the controllables, I’ll do. That’s me, my perspective, what I put in my physique, all these items.”
Q1 | #RolandGarrosBianca Andreescu’s Roland-Garros qualifying is off to the PERFECT begin ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/AJRfr5B05P
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Andreescu will face Japan’s Nao Hibino subsequent.
Fabio Fognini was not so fortunate on Monday. The previous quarterfinalist was defeated simply by American Nicolas Moreno De Alboran, 6-3, 6-2, thus ending his Roland-Garros profession.
Fognini confirmed a few of his trademark genius through the match, however couldn’t match the American’s consistency as he dedicated too many errors.
“I didn’t know that it was his final Roland-Garros, I don’t test the attracts both,” mentioned the world No.152. “However Fabio is a legend, he’s performed on the highest degree of our recreation, completed a lot.”
Get all of the scores from Day 1 of qualifying, in addition to tournaments in Geneva, Hamburg, Rabat and Strasbourg right here.
