
Yester French Open winner Simona Halep overcame fortunate failure Nastasja Schunk in a hard-fought three-set win within the first round at Roland-Garros.
Going through an arrangement of first-round casualties, counting 6th seed Ons Jabeur and defending winner Barbora Krejcikova, Halep was out to dodge an early disturbed of her claim in her first Grand Slam with an all new coach Patrick Mouratoglou.
The Romanian was cautiously tested by Schunk, the 18-year-old German who was making her Grand Slam debut, but the 2018 champ ultimately came through 6-4 1-6 6-1.