29 May, 2017
"I won for the second time, if I can say", she told reporters after the match.
"I think I played well after six months off".
The youngest male player in Paris this year is 18-year-old Alex De Minaur.
Normal service appeared to have been resumed, however, when the seven-time grand slam victor broke quickly back and went on to win the first set.
"I wanted to come back not just to play, but of course I still do have my goals", said Kvitova. "And he's not a player you want in the first round", said Tomic.
The point of the day at the French Open came from Dominic Thiem, one of the brightest talents in the game. So, yeah, few tears for after the match point.
Eighth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova completed a 7-5, 6-4 victory over American Christina McHale.
"I'm really happy for her and I'm glad to see all of the players giving her a warm welcome back because she deserves it and she's such a great champion and a truly unbelievable person off the court that she deserves that and more", said Rio Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig.
Nara needed three sets to overcome 15-year-old Amanda Anisimova, who was bidding to become the youngest victor of a main-draw match at Roland Garros since Alize Cornet in 2005. So umpire got me really happy. I know in the last years I had up-and downs and right now I'm in actually the down feeling. "I knew what to expect, I just had to fight".
"I'm still enjoying to playing tennis and trying to learn from this moment".
The 31-year-old Russian will face either Camila Giorgi or Oceane Dodin in the second round.
However, world number one Kerber was desperately disappointing in a 6-2 6-2 loss to Ekaterina Makarova, which leaves the German's position at the top of the rankings increasingly vulnerable. The 10th seed fell a break behind in the second set but regained her composure to force a tiebreak, which she won easily.
One of the hot topics at Roland Garros this year has been the return of Andre Agassi.
"You can tell by her results in the past that she's a fighter and things like that won't knock her down". Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic's coach Jiri Vanek, second left, other staff members support Kvitova as she plays Julia Boserup, of the U.S, during their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Rol. Mattek-Sands looks for her first third round appearance in a grand slam since the 2015 US Open.
Next up for Williams is a meeting with Kurumi Nara, but she could have been facing a player more than 20 years her junior.
Kuznetsova, the 2009 French Open victor, will face the victor of the first-round match between Italy's Camila Giorgi and home favourite Oceane Dodin.
The two-time Wimbledon champion swept aside American Julia Boserup 6-3 6-2 in her first match since suffering career-threatening injuries to her left playing hand when she tackled an intruder at her home in the eastern Czech town of Prostejov.
Grigor Dimitrov has won his first match in four years at Roland Garros to reach the second round of the clay-court major.
The 27-year-old Kvitova, who is seeded 15th, hit nine aces and broke her opponent's serve three times.
