Roland Garros will pay tribute to its greatest champion with a ceremony for the retired Rafael Nadal on Sunday, while Aryna Sabalenka got her French Open campaign up and running with an emphatic victory.

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Aryna Sabalenka is planning to hunt down Rafael Nadal and get his input as she bids to win the French Open for the first time in her career. A 14-time Roland Garros champion, Nadal is due to return to the centre court for a special tribute ceremony on Sunday, months after ending his playing career.

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Aryna Sabalenka is the favourite for this year's French Open and it isn't hard to see why given her start to the event on Sunday afternoon as she barely broke a sweat in a 6-1, 6-0 win over Kamilla Rakhimova.

For Sabalenka to win this year’s French Open she will have to wrestle the title from the four-time champion, Iga Swiatek. Swiatek has won 35 of 37 matches at Roland Garros, including 21 in a row, but she has not won a title since she beat Jasmine Paolini in the French final last year.

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