Scheepers advances in Paris

Paris - South African No 1 Chanelle Scheepers reached the second round of the French Open with a victory over Viktoriya Kutuzova of the Ukraine at Roland Garros on Monday.

Scheepers, the only South African woman taking part in the second Grand Slam of the season, defeated Kutuzova 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 in their first-round clash.

Earlier in the day it was revealed that Scheepers, 27, had climbed two places to a career-high 65th in the WTA world rankings.

South African men's No 1 Kevin Naderson, seeded No 32 in the singles draw, is set to face unseeded Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in his first-round match on Tuesday.

Results on Monday at Roland Garros:

Mens Singles

First Round

Viktor Troicki (15), Serbia, def. Julian Reister, Germany, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.
Mikhail Youzhny (12), Russia, def. Go Soeda, Japan, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4.
Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, def. Daniel Brands, Germany, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.
Juan Martin del Potro (25), Argentina, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 6-7 (7), 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.
Thomaz Bellucci (23), Brazil, def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5).
Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, def. Tommy Haas, Germany, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4.
Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Thiemo de Bakker, Netherlands, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3.
Igor Andreev, Russia, def. Florent Serra, France, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3.
Alejandro Falla, Colombia, def. Potito Starace, Italy, 7-6 (2), 6-1, 6-1. ^Women= ^First Round=

Womens Singles

First Round

Chanelle Scheepers, RSA, def. Viktoriya Kutuzova, Ukraine, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Francesca Schiavone (5), Italy, def. Melanie Oudin, United States, 6-2, 6-0.
Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spain, def. Anastasia Pivovarova, Russia, 6-3, 6-0.
Daniela Hantuchova (28), Slovakia, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-3, 6-3.
Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, def. Aravane Rezai, France, 6-3, 6-3.
Edina Gallovits-Hall, Romania, def. Angelique Kerber, Germany, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, def. Nadia Petrova (26), Russia, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4.
Roberta Vinci (30), Italy, def. Alberta Brianti, Italy, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Sara Errani, Italy, def. Christina McHale, United States, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 9-7.
Vesna Dolonts, Russia, def. Anne Keothavong, Britain, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Vera Zvonareva (3), Russia, def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, 6-3, 6-3.
Sania Mirza, India, def. Kristina Barrois, Germany, 6-3, 6-3.
Jill Craybas, United States, def. Eleni Daniilidou, Greece, 6-3, 6-3.
Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, def. Klara Zakopalova (31), Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-1.