The tournament held in Paris, the capital of France, continued with the second day matches.
World number 5 Spanish Nadal, who is the most successful tennis player in the history of the tournament with 13 championships in men’s singles, beat 82 seeded Australian Jordan Thompson 3-0 with 6-2 sets and reached the second round.
World number 1 Serbian Djokovic, on the other hand, beat 94 seeded Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka 3-0 with 6-3, 6-1 and 6-0 sets.
The 10th seeded Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie beat France’s Manuel Guinard 3-0 (7-5, 6-2, 6-0), while France’s Corentin Moutet beat 2015 French Open champion Swiss Stan Wawrinka 3-1 (2-6). , 6-3, 7-6, 6-3).
17th seeded USA’s Reilly Opelka also said goodbye to the tournament by losing 3-0 to Serbian Filip Krajinovic.
ANETT KONTAVEIT ELIMINATED
In women’s singles, 42-seeded Australian Ajla Tomljanovic made a surprise appearance by defeating world number 5 Estonian Anett Kontaveit 2-0 with 7-6 and 7-5 sets, after a fight that lasted for 1 hour and 52 minutes.
2021 US Open champion, 12th seeded Great Britain Emma Raducanu, despite struggling against world 184 Czech Linda Noskova, won 2-1 with 6-7, 7-5 and 6-1 sets to reach the second round.
Participating as a neutral athlete, 15th seeded Belarusian Victoria Azarenka beat Romanian Ana Bogdan; World number 17 German Angelique Kerber continued the tournament by defeating 89 seeded Polish Magdalena Frech 2-1.