Elena Rybakina Vs Veronika Erjavec Highlights, French Open: World No. 2 Eases To Second Round At Roland Garros

Good evening, tennis fans! This is the start of our live blog covering the French Open first-round match between Rybakina and Erjavec. Stay tuned for pre-match updates as they are released.

• Fixture: Elena Rybakina vs Veronika Erjavec

• Series: French Open 2026

• Venue: Court Philippe-Chatrier

• Date: Monday, May 25, 2026

• Time: 5:00 PM IST (tentative)

After the pre-match formalities and the warm-up, Erjavec takes the serve to get the match underway against the second seed Rybakina. Early point for the Czech challenger.

Despite Rybakina holding a slender lead, it has been a fairly even contest so far, with Erjavec holding her own against the Kazakh star. She cuts down Rybakina’s lead with a strong fifth game comeback.

After a tight first half, Rybakina finds her rhythm and absolutely steamrolls her way into clinching the first set. Touch luck for Erjavec, who began well but sort of fizzled out, and she will need to find her form again to keep the contest alive.

Rybakina has continued where she left off in the first set, going into a 3-0 lead, The games have been actually tight, with Erjavec trying her best, but the Kazakh star has been on top.

Erjavec valiantly staves off a match point for Rybakina to hold serve in the second set, which stands at 2-5. The second seed is now serving for the match, however.

Rybakina is just too good for the world number 85 in the end. She holds serve with ease to win the match 6-2, 6-2 in an hour and 16 minutes. The Kazakhistani player enters the Roland Garros second round, where she will face Ukraine's Yuliia Starodubtseva.