Athletistic/Tennis. The first Russian tennis player to lose in the main draw at the 2023 Roland Garros tournament was Veronika Kudermetova, ranked 11th in the world rankings.
In the first round of the tournament, Kudermetova (11) was beaten by Anna Shmidlova, the representative of Slovakia, who is in 100th place in the world rankings, with the score 3:6, 1:6. The duration of the match was 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Previously, the following Russian tennis players have reached the second round of the French Open: Karen Khachanov, Aslan Karatsev, Andrey Rublev, Alexander Shevchenko, Elina Avanesyan, Lyudmila Samsonova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Anastasia Potapova, Anna Blinkova , Daria Kasatkina , Varvara Gracheva, Ekaterina Aleksandrova and Kamilla Rakhimova.
- Alexandrova reached the second round of Roland Garros
Source: Sport
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