French Open: Day 1

French Open: Day 1
French Open: Day 1 /

French Open: Day 1

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Julia Goerges of Germany serves during her first-round match with Mathilde Johansson of France. Goerges won 6-1, 6-4.

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A ball boy holds official balls during the first day of the French Open at Roland Garros.

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Serbian's Jelena Jankovic returns the ball to Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko during their first-round match. Jankovic won 6-3, 6-1.

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France celebrates match point after winning 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 over Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic.

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Ball boys observe a first-round match on Sunday afternoon.

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Spain's David Ferrer hits a return to Finland's Jarkko Nieminen during their first-round match. Ferrer won 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.

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Russian's Vera Dushevina serves to Australian's Jelena Dokic during their first-round match. Dushevina won 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

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Spain's Albert Montanes returns the ball to France's Marc Gicquel during their first-round match. Montanes won 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

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Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka hits a return to France's Augustin Gensse during their first-round match. Wawrinka won 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

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A pigeon flies above a court during Sunday's first day of the French Open.

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France's Julien Benneteau plays a forehand during his match with Rui Machado of Portugal. Benneteau won 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0.

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Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic serves during her first-round match with Australia's Samantha Stosur. Stosur won 6-2, 6-3.

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Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States eyes the ball as she plays Spain's Arantxa Parra Santonja in the first round. Mattek-Sands won 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-3.

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The shadow of his racket and a tattoo are seen on the legs of Augustin Gensse of France as he serves in his first-round match against Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland. Wawrinka won 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

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Flanked by bodyguards, France's Gael Monfils (center) walks through the crowd at the French Open on Sunday.

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Ball boys run during the first day of play at the French Open.

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A general view of Court Suzanne Lenglen during the first-round match between Julien Benneteau of France and Rui Machado of Portugal. Benneteau rallied from an early hole to win in four sets.

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American Varvara Lepchenko is seen serving between the legs of Italy's Flavia Pennetta during their first-round match. Lepchenko won 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 over the 18th-seeded Pennetta, advancing to meet compatriot Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the second round.


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