Kvitova, Kyrgios advance as rain stops play at French Open

French Open 2016 Day 1 on Sunday: Petra Kvitova avoids upset, Nick Kyrgios advances and rain suspends play in Paris.

Jamie Lisanti | May 22, 2016

Kvitova, Kyrgios advance as rain stops play at French Open /

A review of Day 1 at the French Open in Paris, including results, tweets, hot shots, photos and more.

Results Roundup

• No. 10 seed Petra Kvitova avoided the early upset in the first match on Philippe Chatrier on Sunday, outlasting Danka Kovinic 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 to advance to the second round.

• Nick Kyrgios finished off Marco Cecchinato 7–6, 7–6, 6–4 in his opening match on Sunday, but not without drama. The 21-year-old Aussie was warned for yelling at a ballkid for a towel and referenced Novak Djokovic's incident with an umpire in Rome last week.

A standing ovation from the crowd as @NickKyrgios advances on Court 1. #RG16 pic.twitter.com/GV3U2AITX9
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 22, 2016

Check out this tweener from Kyrgios—and quick reaction—from Cecchinato:

• After two hours 59 minutes, Frenchman Benoit Paire defeated Radu Albot, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 to advance to the second round. He plays Teymuraz Gabashvili next.

• Before rain suspended play, No. 5-seed Kei Nishikori, the highest men’s seed playing on Sunday, led Simone Bolelli 6–1, 7–5, 2–1.

• Fresh off a win over Marin Cilic in the Geneva Open final, defending champion Stan Wawrinka returned to Roland Garros—now with his own Snapchat filter.

You know you've made it when you get your own filter on snapchat @stanwawrinka #RG16 pic.twitter.com/cHxETs96YT
— Reem Abulleil (@ReemAbulleil) May 22, 2016

• 2015 finalist Lucie Safarova looked strong in a 6–0, 6–2 win over Vitalia Diatchenko. The No. 11-seed has spent several months recovering from a bacterial infection that sidelined her for months. “I know I’m defending the final," she said. "But I also know that there was a big possibility that I wouldn’t be able to play at all. It’s been a tough trip to get to this point. I’m just happy that I’m on the tennis court and I hope this is the way I will go into the French Open." Read more about Safarova's recovery here.

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• When play was officially called on Sunday, six matches were still in progress. Those matches will resume on Monday—the full order of play can be found here.

• The following matches originally scheduled for Day 1 on Sunday have been cancelled and will be rescheduled for Monday: Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Garbine Muguruza; Jeremy Chardy vs. Leonardo Mayer; Milos Raonic vs. Janko Tipsarevic; Simona Halep vs. Nao Hibino; Karolina Pliskova vs. Shelby Rogers; John Isner vs. John Millman; Myrtille Georges vs. Christina McHale; Grigor Dimitrov vs. Viktor Troicki; Laslo Djere vs. Jordan Thompson;Margarita Gasparyan vs. Sloane Stephens; Elena Vesnina vs. Madison Brengle; Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Kyle Edmund; Ivo Karlovic vs. Albert Montanes; Veronica Cepede Royg vs. Sabine Lisicki; Zarina Diyas vs. Carina Witthoeft; Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Adam Pavlasek.

Hot shots of the Day

Dustin Brown played through qualifying into the main draw, and hit this tweener in his opening match on Sunday:

Dustin Brown tweener. Spoiler alert. It was out... https://t.co/YGC9LbIggD
— Chris Oddo (@TheFanChild) May 22, 2016

Yaroslava Shvedova hit this hot shot vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova in the opening set.

Hot Shot: Shvedova (@SlavaSays) uses her touch to end this superb rally against #Kuznetsova. #RG16 https://t.co/Os7Fgy3nLr
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 22, 2016

Tweets of the Day

Just hit double digits for the amount of people in the players lounge who've mentioned the British weather to me. #notfunny #RG16
— Laura Robson (@laurarobson5) May 22, 2016

When your hike turns into this...🌼🌼🌼 pic.twitter.com/1Sj3gqtckJ
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) May 21, 2016

I don’t think I’ve ever seen Petra wear knee socks before.. #fashionista pic.twitter.com/G3KaH1tAco
— Jimmie48 Photography (@JJlovesTennis) May 20, 2016

The Day in Photos

FRENCH OPEN DAY 1

French Open 2016 Day 1

Kei Nishikori

Dustin Brown

Nick Kyrgios

Jack Sock

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic

Nicole Gibbs

Heather Watson

Simone Bolelli

• CoCo Vandeweghe is ready for Roland Garros, despite the rain. She starts off against Britain’s Naomi Broady on Monday.

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Daily Data Viz

Each day, SI and IBM will bring you data-driven infographics based on the top storylines and stats from Roland Garros. Click the image to view the graphic.

Lefties control the clay: Left-handed players have dominated the clay courts, with Guillermo Vilas, Rafael Nadal and Thomas Muster leading the pack.

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova lead the women's draw, while Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut and Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau top the men's bracket. Other interesting teams to watch include Nick Kyrgios and Alexander Zverev, Nicole Gibbs and Heather Watson (who faced off in singles in the first round on Sunday) and Daria Gavrilova and Elina Svitolina.

This post will be updated.

Published May 22, 2016

JAMIE LISANTI

Jamie Lisanti is an assistant managing editor at Sports Illustrated. A former college soccer player, she covers a variety of topics, including tennis, Olympics, fitness and nutrition, and more.