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Some top seeded players including two-time finalist Casper Ruud, fourth seed Elena Rybakina won their respective matches to advance to the second round of the French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament amid several matches getting cancelled due to rain. 25-year-old Norwegian Ruud defeated Brazilian qualifier Filipe Alves 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in a match that lasted two hours. Fifth seed Daniil Medvedev defeated Germany's Cooper 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 while Fabio Fognini defeated Van der Zandschulp 6-1, 6-1, 7-5. Gael Monfils, Dusan Lajovic, Denis Shapalov also advanced. In the women's singles, second seed Aryna Sabalenko defeated Andreeva 6-1, 6-2, Bernarda Pera defeated Japan's Hibino 6-2, 6-0 and Iliana Svitolina defeated Karolina Pliskova 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 to reach the final. Second round.