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French Open day one

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PARIS, May 24 : Highlights of the first day at the French Open on Sunday (times GMT):

0909 PLAY UNDER WAY

Play began under sunny skies with the temperature at Roland Garros hovering around 28 degrees Celsius and public weather service Meteo France forecasting a high of 34 degrees later in the day.

Former Olympic champion Belinda Bencic, seeded 11th, will take on Austrian qualifier Sinja Kraus in the first match on Court Philippe Chatrier.

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