"I'm really happy to be back at Chatrier," he told a smattering of the 1,000 fans permitted daily at Roland Garros. He smacked 32 winners to just 20 unforced errors to down Gerasimov, one of 31 men entered into his first French Open main draw. It's a different Roland Garros this year and the weather conditions are very challenging, but we are here to try our best," added Nadal, who faces Mackenzie McDonald in round two. Williams is chasing an elusive 24th Grand Slam title to draw level with Margaret Court's all-time haul, but clay is her least successful surface. The match, held over from Sunday, fell 28 minutes short of Roland Garros' record marathon tie between Fabrice Santoro and Arnaud Clement in 2004.

Source: Standard Digital September 28, 2020 23:15 UTC