French Open 2017: Milos Raonic and Aljaz Bedene through to French Open second round

Updated 29/05/2017 at 17:47 GMT

Canada's Milos Raonic is into the second round of the 2017 French Open, and Britain's Aljaz Bedene defeated Ryan Harrison.

: Aljaz Bedene of Great Britain plays a shot during his second round match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia in The Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2017 at Foro Italico on May 16, 2017 in Rome, Italy

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Fifth Milos Raonic had an easy start to his tournament when he secured a straight-sets victory over Darcis, making his way into the second round 6-3 6-4 6-2.

Highlights: Raonic blasts past Darcis in straight sets

Roberto Bautistia Agut, seeded 17th, defeated John Millman 2-1, winning 6-2 6-2 0-6 6-1.

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Britain's Aljaz Bedene continued his good run of form with victory over Ryan Harrison in the opening round of the French Open.

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From 3-4 down in the first set, the British number three won nine games in a row and, although he dropped the third, he raced through the fourth to win 6-4 6-0 3-6 6-1.

The British player, who reached the third round here 12 months ago, was coming out on top of the vast majority of long rallies, pulling his opponent all around the court.

His 12th ace on his third match point clinched victory and a second-round date with Czech Jiri Vesely.

Seventh-seeded Marin Cilic defeated Latvian Ernests Gulbis 6-3 6-3 6-3.

Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal both enjoyed relatively straightforward straight-set victoriies, over Marcel Granollers and Benoit Paire respectively.

After being denied a wildcard into his last French Open, Paul-Henri Mathieu pushed his body through three-rounds of qualifying but on Monday he could do no more and bowed out after a 6-2 6-2 6-2 first round loss to David Goffin.

RESULTS IN FULL

Aljaz Bedene (GBR) beat Ryan Harrison (USA.) 6-4 6-0 3-6 6-1
Milos Raonic (CAN) [5] beat Steve Darcis (BEL) 6-3 6-4 6-2
Viktor Troicki (SRB) beat Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) 7-6(4) 6-4 6-0
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) beat Lu Yen-Hsun (TAI) 6-3 6-4 7-6(4)
Jiri Vesely (CZE) beat Jack Sock (USA) [14] 7-5 7-5 6-3
Steve Johnson (USA) [25] beat Yuichi Sugita (JAP) 6-3 6-3 6-7(4) 6-7(3) 6-3
Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) beat Gilles Simon (FRA) [31] 1-6 6-2 6-4 6-1
Roberto Bautista (SPA) [17] beat John Millman (AUS) 6-2 6-2 0-6 6-1
Diego Schwartzman (ARG) beat Andrey Rublev (RUS) 0-6 6-4 6-2 6-7(3) 9-7
Rafa Nadal (SPA) [4] beat Benoit Paire (FRA) 6-1 6-4 6-1
David Goffin (BEL) [10] beat Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 6-2 6-2 6-2
Novak Djokovic (SRB) [2] beat Marcel Granollers (SPA) 6-3 6-4 6-2
Stefano Napolitano (ITA) beat Mischa Zverev (GER) [32] 4-6 7-5 6-2 6-2
Joao Sousa (POR) beat Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2 6-2
Simone Bolelli (ITA) beat Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-4 6-2 6-2
Andreas Seppi (ITA) beat Santiago Giraldo (COL) 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-2
Marin Cilic (CRO) [7] beat Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-3 6-3 6-3
Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) beat Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 4-6 7-6(5) 2-6 7-6(4) 6-2
Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) beat Federico Delbonis (ARG) 6-3 6-4 7-6(6)
Borna Coric (CRO) beat Mathias Bourgue (FRA) 7-6(5) 6-3 6-2
Feliciano Lopez (SPA) beat Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) 6-4 7-6(4) 6-3
Nicolas Kicker (ARG) beat Damir Dzumhur (BOS) 6-3 2-6 6-3 6-4

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