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Roland Garros-2017: Murray, Wawrinka and Nishikori to reach the second round

Stars of the first magnitude has overcome the starting hurdle at the Open championship of France on tennis.

The first racket of the world Andy Murray is not without problems passed Russian Andrey Kuznetsov. Murray at the start of the match confirmed concerns about his poor form, when the score was 1:1, transformed, and easily defeated Kuznetsova. Murray’s next opponent will be Slovak Martin Klizan, who is in Paris remember the victory over kei nishikori in the first round of the tournament 2014.

The champion of Roland Garros, 2015 Stan Wawrinka in the first round did not delay the match with Joseph Kovalam. The Swiss felt discomfort only in the second set at the tiebreak Wawrinka had to play a triple set-bol. For access to the 1/16 finals, Wawrinka will compete with the first racket of Ukraine Oleksandr Dolgopolov, who is inferior in personal meetings.

Kei nishikori, Tomas Berdych and John Isner in the first round matches allowed himself to lose the set. Started confidently Gael Monfils and Nick Kirios, and Juan Martin Del Potro, a potential rival Murray in the third round, won the first victory in Paris since 2012.

The results of matches of seeded players:

Andy Murray (UK, 1) – Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) — 6:4, 4:6, 6:2, 6:0

Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland, 3) – Jozef Kovalik (Slovakia) — 6:2, 7:6, 6:3

Dustin Brown (Germany) – Gael Monfis (France, 15) — 4:6, 5:7, 0:6

, Tanasi Kokkinakis (Australia) – Kei Nishikori (Japan, 8) — 6:4, 1:6, 4:6, 4:6

Jan-Lennard, Struff (Germany) – Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic, 13) — 1:6, 1:6, 6:4, 4:6

Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) – Nick Kirios (Australia, 18) — 3:6, 6:7, 3:6

Sam Querry (USA, 27) — Hyeon Chung (South Korea) — 4:6, 6:3, 3:6, 3:6

John Isner (USA, 21) – Jordan Thompson (Australia) — 6:3, 4:6, 7:6, 6:3

Guido Pella (Argentina) – Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina, 29) — 2:6, 1:6, 4:6

Alexander Zverev (Germany, 9) — Fernando Verdasco (Spain) — 4:6, 6:3, 4:6, 2:6

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