Rafael Nadal, the 13-time champion at Roland Garros beat Jordan Thompson 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 within the first spherical on Courtroom Philippe Chatrier.
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— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) Might 23, 2022
Nadal gained his males’s-record twenty first Grand Slam identify on the Australian Open however he has best lately returned from a rib damage that has stricken him since March.
He has additionally been coping with continual ache in his left foot. That saved him out of Wimbledon and the U.S. Open closing yr, and stricken him once more throughout a loss on clay in Rome this month.
Nadal will subsequent face Corentin Moutet, a French wild-card access who beat 2015 French Open champion Stan Wawrinka 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3.
Stan Wawrinka crashes out
3-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka misplaced within the first spherical of the French Open to native wild-card access Corentin Moutet.
Moutet beat the 2015 French Open champion 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3 on Courtroom Suzanne Lenglen.
Wawrinka had performed best 4 tour-level fits this season sooner than the French Open, profitable two and dropping two. He overlooked maximum of closing season after having surgical treatment on his left foot.
The 37-year-old Swiss participant additionally gained the Australian Open in 2014 and the U.S. Open in 2016.