The first racket of Ukraine Angelina Kalinina could not overcome the starting circle of Roland Garros-2023, but another famous Ukrainian tennis player Lesya Tsurenko successfully made it to the next stage. In the first round of the main draw, Kalinina (No. 26 WTA) unexpectedly lost to Diane Parry (No. 79 WTA) from France, who was given a wild card by the organizers. The match lasted one hour and 23 minutes and ended with the defeat of the 26-year-old native of Nova Kakhovka with a score of 2:6, 3:6. In turn, Tsurenko (No. 66 WTA) in the first round match sensationally defeated the 13th racket of the world and the winner of Roland Garros-2021, Czech Barbora Kreychikova. The opponents spent one hour and 29 minutes on the court. As a result, Tsurenko won the meeting in two sets - 6:2, 6:4. Another Ukrainian tennis player Kateryna Beindl (No. 83 WTA) covered her racket in the first round of the French Major, losing to Olga Danilovich (No. 105 WTA) from Serbia - 3:6, 2:6. Earlier it was reported that Marta Kostyuk and Dayana Yastremskaya were eliminated in the first round of the French Open..

And the main star of Ukrainian tennis, Elina Svitolina, defeated the Italian Martina Trevisan in the opening round.. Thus, two of the six representatives of Ukraine entered the second round of Roland Garros-2023. For reaching the third round of the Grand Slam tournament, Svitolina will compete with Australian Storm Sanders (No. 204 WTA), and Tsurenko will meet with the winner of the match between Chinese Lin Zhu (No. 40 WTA) and American Lauren Davis (No. 52 WTA).