Venus rallies into round two, Errani too

Venus Williams won her opening match at Roland Garros beating 19 years old Paula Ormaechea 4-6,6-1,6-3 to reach the second round. Venus was pushed into a tight three set match by the Argentinian. Sarana Errani was also pushed into a three seter by Australian Casey Dellacqua, but Errani eventually won the encounter 4-6,6-2,6-2

More first round results

Angelique Kerber def. Zhang Shuai 6-3 6-4
María José Martínez Sánchez def. Eva Birnerova 4-6 6-4 8-6
Aleksandra Wozniak def Heidi El Tabakh 7-5 6-2
Mathilde Johansson def. Anastasia Rodionova 5-7 7-6(6) 6-4
Irina Falconi def. Edina Gallovits-Hall 3-6 6-3 6-1