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French Open Day 2: Murray, Sharapova, Suarez Navarro advance; Venus, Lopez, Radwanska ousted

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Day 2 is in the books, and here's what you need to know:

Men's Seeds Advancing

No. 3 Andy Murray defeats Facundo Arguello 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 Tomas Berdych defeats Yoshihito Nishioka 6-0, 7-5, 6-3
No. 12 Gilles Simon defeats Lucas Pouille 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
No. 13 Gael Monfils defeats Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-2, 6-7, 6-1, 7-5
No. 17 David Goffin defeats Filip Krajinovic 3-6, 6-2, 7-6, 6-1
No. 18 Tommy Robredo defeats Andrey Golubev 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-3
No. 21 Pablo Cuevas defeats Sam Groth 6-7, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
No. 27 Bernard Tomic defeats Luca Vanni 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 28 Fabio Fognini defeats Tatsuma Ito 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
No. 29 Nick Kyrgios defeats Denis Istomin 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
No. 31 Viktor Troicki defeats Jan-Lennard Struff 6-2, 6-1, 6-7, 6-1
No. 32 Fernando Verdasco defeats Taro Daniel 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

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Notes: Murray's win continues his 11-match winning streak on clay. He is yet to lose on the surface in 2015. ... Berdych needed only 27 minutes to take the first set. He hit 32 winners. ... Francis Tiafoe, the 17-year-old American making his Grand Slam debut as a wild card, was ousted by Martin Klizan in straight sets in an hour and 40 minutes.

Men's Seeds Upset

Teymuraz Gabashvili defeats No. 11 Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 7-6, 6-3
Jurgen Melzer defeats No. 30 Adrian Mannarino 7-6, 6-3, 7-6

Women's Seeds Advancing

No. 2 Maria Sharapova defeats Kaia Kanepi 6-2, 6-4
No. 8 Carla Suarez Navarro defeats Monica Niculescu 6-2, 6-2
No. 11 Angelique Kerber defeats Timea Babos 6-0, 6-1
No. 12 Karolina Pliskova defeats Zhang Shuai 7-6, 6-4
No. 17 Sara Errani defeats Alison Riske 7-6, 2-6, 6-0
No. 19 Elina Svitolina defeats Yanina Wickmayer 6-2, 6-2
No. 20 Sabine Lisicki defeats Monica Puig 6-3, 6-2
No. 26 Samantha Stosur defeats Madison Brengle 6-1, 6-3
No. 27 Victoria Azarenka defeats Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor 6-2, 6-1
No. 29 Alize Cornet defeats Roberta Vinci 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
No. 30 Irina-Camelia Begu defeats Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4, 7-6

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Notes: Sharapova was coughing repeatedly throughout her first-round match and was booed by the fans at Roland Garros for refusing an on-court interview following her win. ... Suarez Navarro said after her match: "I'm much more confident indeed compared to last year. One of the big differences between this year versus last year is mentally. I know what I'm doing." ... Unseeded Denisa Allertova and Johanna Konta made history Monday: Allertova won the first set of their match 7-6 after a 19-17 tiebreak, the longest in French Open history.

Women's Seeds Upset

Annika Beck defeats No. 14 Agnieszka Radwanska 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
Sloane Stephens defeats No. 15 Venus Williams 7-6, 6-1
Tsvetana Pironkova defeats No. 22 Barbora Strycova 7-6, 6-2

Notes: Stephens became only the second American to beat both Venus and Serena Williams at Grand Slam events (Lindsay Davenport was the first to do so). ... Venus chose not to speak to the media after her loss, and faces a fine for skipping the session. She issued a statement, instead, saying she'll turn her focus to the coming grass-court season and Wimbledon. ... Radwanska's three-set loss to Beck was only her third career first-round loss at a major.

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