Day 1 Results

Day 1 of the 2011 French Open was a quiet day. This is the only major tournament that starts on a Sunday, but since they've began starting on the Sunday, they haven't had any marquee names. Thus, the highest seed that played today was number 7, David Ferrer, who won handily. The only major upset of the day was Marin Cilic, the 19 seed, losing. Other than that, there were mostly one-sided matches. One not so one-sided match was Bethanie Mattek-Sands facing Aranxta Parra Santonja. Mattek-Sands, who has been picked by some to go far, lost the first set 6-2 and was pushed to a second set tiebreaker, which she won 7-5. She won the third set and lived to fight another day. Another American woman was successful today, as Varvara Lepchenko upset Flavia Pennetta 6-3 in the third set. This sets up an all-American second round match, which is quite unusual for American women at Roland Garros. Later today, a preview for Day 2 will be up. Day 2 looks to be the real start of the tournament.