Photos: French Open Day 1
Switzerland's Roger Federer prepares to serve against Spain's Pablo Carreno Busto. (Petr David Josek/AP)
Day 1 of the 2013 French Open is in the books. Roger Federer and Serena Williams cruised in their opening matches. But the day belonged to the inspirational performances by Venus Williams and Lleyton Hewitt, both of whom fought but lost to their bodies and opponents, while a teenager from Puerto Rico scored the upset of the day.
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Serena Williams: The WTA No. 1 and prohibitive favorite left no question as to her focus and determination in a 6-0, 6-1 win over Anna Tatishvili.
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Monica Puig: In her Slam main draw debut, the 19-year-old from Puerto Rico upended No. 11 Nadia Petrova 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.
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Michael Llodra: It was a good day for the French. Gilles Simon came back to beat Hewitt 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5, and Llodra, Caroline Garcia and Virginie Razzano all won.
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Long day for fans: Play began at 11 a.m. and ended around 9:30 p.m. These two fans chose sleep over David Ferrer's predictable win over Marinko Matosevic. Probably wise.
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James Blake: Blink and you missed him. The 33-year-old American lost to Victor Troicki 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.
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Venus Williams: There was no performance more dramatic, inspiring and heartbreaking as Venus Williams' 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-4 loss to Urszula Radwanska. Exhausted and clearly not at her best, this was her celebration after coming back from 0-4 down in the second-set tiebreaker to win seven straight points and force a third set.
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Serena Williams and Oracene Price: Proudly urging on Venus, but it wasn't enough.
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Feliciano Lopez: As light faded, Lopez's match against fellow Spaniard Marcel Granollers was suspended as the two were about to head into a decisive fifth set.
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Venus Williams
