Young Austrian hope Dominic Thiem came through a testing workout against Simone Bolelli at Roland Garros yesterday dropping the first three games before overcoming the Italian qualifier 7-5 6-1 6-3. Facing a player competing in his first tour-level event since undergoing knee surgery last June and languishing at 470 in the rankings, the sixth seed…

Germany’s Angelique Kerber became the first women’s top seed to lose in the opening round of the French Open. Kerber went down to Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 6-2, 6-2 in one hour and 22 minutes. Both Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova have the chance to take top spot for the first time with good runs in…

World number one Andy Murray will play Russia’s Andrey Kuznetsov in the French Open first round, while fellow Briton Johanna Konta faces Hsieh Su-wei. Murray is in the same half of the draw as 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka, who he beat in last year’s semi-finals. Second seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic is in the…