“Svitolina, who took a maternity break in 2022, has had to work her way back from a ranking that year of No. 236.”

“She leads a group of seven Ukrainians in the top 100 of the women’s rankings.”

“world No.15 Marta Kostyuk... her breakthrough win at the Madrid Open earlier this year.”

“Kostyuk... enjoyed plenty of support during her first-round match on Sunday, a straight-sets win over Oksana Selekhmeteva, who was born in Russia but obtained Spanish nationality four days ago.”

“Stan Wawrinka is also safely through to the second round on his 21st appearance here – but without even playing. The 2015 champion, whose first-round opponent Arthur Fils has pulled out injured, is making his last appearance at the French Open, aged 41.”

“Wawrinka’s stunning 2015 run, when he defeated Djokovic in the final after downing Roger Federer in the quarterfinals”

“Rafael Jodar, has rocketed this year from 165th in the world to 29th on the back of a string of good performances on clay, including winning his first tour-level title in Marrakesh in March.”

“The 19-year-old [Jodar] has gone on to make last-eight runs at both the Madrid and Italian Opens, as well as reaching the semi-finals in Barcelona”

“Rafael Nadal [is a] 14-time French Open winner”

“players slogged it out in temperatures hitting 31 degrees Celsius.”

“Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia-Herzegovina battled for over four hours... with the Spaniard prevailing in five sets.”