French hopefuls Luca Van Assche and Arthur Fils experienced opposite destinies on Monday. The former cleared the hurdle of the first round, the latter lost in three sets.
Caroline Garcia suffered the worst difficulties for her entry on the track. The 29-year-old Lyonnaise fought for more than two and a half hours to overcome the Chinese Xiyu Wang (64th) 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 6-4. Kristina Mladenovic, who fell to 166th in the world and was invited, sank 7-5,6-1 against American qualifier Kayla Day.