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Karolina Pliskova reached the semi-finals of Roland Garros in 2017| Dates: 22 May-5 June Venue: Roland Garros, Paris |
| Coverage: Live text and radio commentaries of selected matches across BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, the BBC Sport website and app |
Czech eighth seed Karolina Pliskova survived a first-round scare to advance at the French Open.
Pliskova battled from a set and a break down against French wildcard Tessah Andrianjafitrimo, winning 2-6 6-3 6-1.
She is joined in the next round by American Danielle Collins, who recovered from two breaks of serve in the second set to beat Bulgaria's Viktoriya Tomova 6-0 6-4.
Meanwhile, former champion Jelena Ostapenko beat Lucia Bronzetti 6-1 6-4.
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