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Best of social media from French Open day one

ByReuters

Published 28/05/2017 at 18:26 GMT

May 28 (Reuters) - Top tweets from first day's play at the French Open featuring Petra Kvitova, Venus Williams, Kristina Mladenovic and Angelique Kerber:

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"Congratulations to @Venuseswilliams who now makes her 20th appearance at Roland-Garros, more than any other female player! " - @rolandgarros ahead of Venus Williams' first-round match against Wang Qiang of China. The American won 6-4 7-6(3). (http://bit.ly/2ruGstF)
"All set for Roland Garros. Can’t wait to be on the court." - Home-favourite Kristina Mladenovic, who will face American Jennifer Brady in the first round at Paris on Monday. (http://bit.ly/2s3Qu2f)
"Kvitova: 31 winners including 9 (!) aces, winning in 74 minutes. Welcome back, hit-as-hard-as-you-can tennis #RG17." - @NickMcCarvel following Petra Kvitova's first round victory over American Julia Boserup. (http://bit.ly/2s4gtGE)
"With Kerber's exit, only two of the last 21 women's Grand Slam tournament winners remain in #RG17 (Muguruza—2016 FO, Kvitova—2014 W)" - @EdMcGrogan after Angelique Kerber lost 6-2 6-2 to Russia's Ekaterina Makarova. (http://bit.ly/2saExXE)
"Halep becomes No 1 if she wins Roland Garros title. Pliskova becomes No 1 if she wins title OR reaches final and Halep doesn't win title." - @stu_fraser on Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova's chances of topping the rankings after Kerber lost in the first-round. (http://bit.ly/2rae5hI) (Compiled by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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