John Isner, Steve Johnson are only two American men to advance at French Open

It's been a disappointing French Open thus far for the Americans, save for the results of John Isner and Steve Johnson.

This is annual rite of spring, but it’s been another disappointing French Open thus far for the Americans, particularly the men, who finished the first round 2-9. Only John Isner, who beat Jordan Thompson 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(5), 5-3 on Tuesday, and Stevie Johnson, who defeated Yuichi Sugita in five sets on Monday, advanced to the second round. Jack Sock, the top-ranked Yank, didn't muster a set against Jiri Vesely.

Highlights from an emotional day for 🇺🇸 @SJohnson_89 over 🇯🇵 Yūichi Sugita in Round 1 of 2017 @RolandGarros.
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Donald Young and Frances Tiafoe pushed their higher-ranked foes (Fabio Fognini and David Ferrer, respectively) to five sets but came up short. The USTA deserves credit for heightening the emphasis on clay and importing the French Open clay to the Lake Nona facility. But the results in Paris remain dismal.

Snapshots from Day 3

French Open 2017 Day 3

Nick Kyrgios

On working with Sebastien Grosjean: "I was kind of just looking for the right person to guide me and keep me on track. I feel like my game, I know what to do to win matches. I don't feel like my level is a problem. It's more about being consistent and obviously just finding that motivation every day to stand the grind and give 100%. He's the type of guy that cares about my well-being first rather than just tennis results. He knows I need my space at times and he knows how to deal with me."

Elina Svitolina

Su-Wei Hsieh

Sam Querrey

Stan Wawrinka

"The difference is I got some matches, some win, and then you find your confidence, you start to play better. Yeah, I have been keep working out since all the clay season. I have been practicing well. I'm happy to have won some big matches...Brings special feeling, special memories, winning here two years ago, always gonna be special when I come back here, anyway."

Kei Nishikori

Thanasi Kokkinakis

Johanna Konta

Fernando Verdasco

Alexander Zverev

What do you think made the difference today? "I played absolute shit made the difference. It's quite simple. You sometimes play bad. It's just this is our sport. There is no regrets. I mean, what can you do? In Rome I played fantastic, I won the tournament. Here I played bad, I lost first round. That's the way it goes."

Alexander Zverev

Caroline Garcia

Andy Murray

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

John Isner

Gael Monfils, Dustin Brown