French Open Results
By Associated Press
May 23, 2010 2:44 PM CDT

Results Sunday from the French Open, a clay-court Grand Slam event at the Stade Roland Garros (seedings in parentheses):

Men

First Round

Marin Cilic (10), Croatia, def. Ricardo Mello, Brazil, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Thiemo de Bakker, Netherlands, def. Olivier Patience, France, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3.

Fabio Fognini, Italy, def. Nicolas Massu, Chile, 6-1, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Robin Soderling (5), Sweden, def. Laurent Recouderc, France, 6-0, 6-2, 6-3.

Mikhail Youzhny (11), Russia, def. Michal Przysiezny, Poland, 6-1, 6-0, 6-4.

Alejandro Falla, Colombia, def. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3.

Albert Montanes (29), Spain, def. Stefano Galvani, Italy, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (32), Spain, def. Rainer Schuettler, Germany, 7-5, 6-4, 6-2.

Julien Benneteau, France, def. Ernests Gulbis (23), Latvia, 6-4, 6-2, 1-0, retired.

Tobias Kamke, Germany, def. Stephane Robert, France, 6-0, 6-4, 6-3.

Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, def. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-1.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (8), France, def. Daniel Brands, Germany, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 7-5.

Josselin Ouanna, France, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4.

Marco Chiudinelli, Switzerland, def. Somdev Devvarman, India, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentina, def. Ryan Sweeting, United States, 6-0, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Michael Yani, United States, vs. Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 8-8, suspended, darkness.

Women

First Round

Dominika Cibulkova (26), Slovakia, def. Ekaterina Ivanova, Russia, 6-2, 6-0.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (6), Russia, def. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, 6-3, 6-1.

Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, def. Mathilde Johansson, France, 6-2, 6-4.

Andrea Petkovic, Germany, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Christina McHale, United States, 7-5, 6-3.

Gisela Dulko, Argentina, def. Victoria Azarenka (10), Belarus, 6-1, 6-2.

Aravane Rezai (15), France, def. Heidi El Tabakh, Canada, 6-1, 6-1.

Flavia Pennetta (14), Italy, def. Anne Keothavong, Britain, 6-2, 6-2.

Akgul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan, def. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (20), Spain, 6-2, 6-4.

Maria Kirilenko (30), Russia, def. Karolina Sprem, Croatia, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Yvonne Meusburger, Austria, def. Claire Feuerstein, France, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Anastasija Sevastova, Latvia, 6-2, 6-2.

Angelique Kerber, Germany, def. Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-4.

Venus Williams (2), United States, def. Patty Schnyder, Switzerland, 6-3, 6-3.

Agnes Szavay, Hungary, def. Stephanie Foretz, France, 6-2, 6-2.

Nadia Petrova (19), Russia, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-0, 6-3.