French Open 2016 Results: Winners, Scores, Stats from Tuesday’s Singles Bracket

Novak Djokovic progressed to Round 2 of the 2016 French Open after a straight-sets win in the first round at Roland Garros. The world No. 1 will be joined by Andy Murray, who came back from two sets down to eventually see off 37-year-old Radek Stepanek.

Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych were among the other big names who made it through in the men’s bracket.

Meanwhile, Serena Williams was ominously impressive, beginning her title defence with a straight-sets win over Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova, losing just two games during the match.

But the big news came when fifth seed Victoria Azarenka retired with a knee injury, per the WTA. Ben Rothenberg of the New York Times relayed her statement about the injury:

Victoria Azarenka didn’t come to press after her injury retirement today, but did provide a statement: #RG16 pic.twitter.com/rU4nrwrf5k

— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) May 24, 2016

For the full results from all of Tuesday’s matches, visit the official site here.

Recap

To say it took Murray a long time to see off Stepanek would be an understatement. In fact, the Scot needed a whopping three hours, 41 minutes to beat an opponent ranked outside the top 100, according to BBC Sport’s Russell Fuller.

Murray expressed his relief after dropping the first two sets and being taken to a second day’s play by Stepanek:

Andy Murray has just spoken of his “stressful” 2 day match with Stepanek, but says it could turn out to be one of his biggest ever wins

— Russell Fuller (@russellcfuller) May 24, 2016

But this may be only the start of difficulties at this tournament for Murray. Fuller also noted how the Italian Open winner has …

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