Muguruza, Cilic reach French Open 2nd round

FE Team | Published: May 29, 2018 21:24:01

Spain's Garbine Muguruza celebrating after winning the women's singles first round match against Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova on day three of The Roland Garros 2018 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on Tuesday — AFP

PARIS, May 29 (AFP): Third seed and 2016 champion Garbine Muguruza defeated 2009 winner Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6 (7/0), 6-2 to reach the French Open second round on Monday.
Spain's Muguruza next faces French wildcard Fiona Ferro, ranked 257, for a place in the last 32.
Meanwhile, third seed Marin Cilic reached the French Open second round on Tuesday with a 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (7/4) win over Australia's James Duckworth.
Cilic, the Wimbledon and Australian Open runner-up, will face either Polish qualifier Herbert Hurckacz or Tennys Sandgren of the United States for a place in the third round.
Cilic made the quarter-finals at Roland Garros last year.