Tennis-Tsitsipas eases into French Open second round

Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - May 27, 2024 Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates after winning his first round match against Hungary's Marton Fucsovics REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

PARIS (Reuters) - Former runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas kicked off his French Open campaign with a no-nonsense 7-6 (9-7) 6-4 6-1 victory over Hungarian journeyman Marton Fucsovics on Monday.

The ninth-seeded Greek, who won the Monte Carlos Masters this year, showed his range of qualities on clay to set up a second-round meeting with German Daniel Altmaier.