Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - September 29, 2020 Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova in action during her first round match against Egypt’s Mayar Sherif REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
PARIS (Reuters) - Czech second seed Karolina Pliskova managed to rein in her errors and found a way past battling Egyptian qualifier Mayar Sherif with a 6-7(9) 6-2 6-4 victory in the opening round of the French Open on Tuesday.
Former world number one Pliskova had 27 unforced errors and hit six double faults in the first set under the open roof of Court Philippe Chatrier, struggling to find winners from her power game in slow conditions.
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