Easy for Nadal and Djokovic\, scare for Serena

RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT SHOWS: PARIS, FRANCE (MAY 27, 2019) (FFT - SEE RESTRICTIONS) RAFAEL NADAL (YELLOW) V YANNICK HANFMANN 1.

NADAL WINS RALLY WITH FOREHAND VOLLEY AT 1-1 IN THE THIRD SET - HE WENT ON TO BREAK SERVE AND LEAD 2-1 2.

NADAL WINS THE MATCH WHEN HANFMANN HITS THE BALL OUT VITALIA DIATCHENKO (WHITE) V SERENA WILLIAMS 3.

SERENA WILLIAMS LETS OUT A LOUD SCREAM AFTER MAKING A POOR SHOT AT THE START OF THE SECOND SET 4.

SERENA WILLIAMS WINS RALLY IN THE THIRD SET WITH PASS DOWN THE LINE 5.

SERENA WILLIAMS WINS THE MATCH WHEN DIATCHENKO HITS INTO THE NET NOVAK DJOKOVIC (ORANGE SHIRT) V HUBERT HURKACZ 6.

DJOKOVIC WINS GREAT RALLY IN THE THIRD POINT OF THE MATCH WITH CROSSCOURT BACKHAND - HE WENT ON TO BREAK SERVE 7.

DJOKOVIC WINS THE MATCH WHEN HURKACZ IS UNABLE TO RETURN SERVE DOMINIC THIEM (BLUE) V TOMMY PAUL 8.

THIEM SERVES AN ACE TO SET UP MATCH POINT 9.

MATCH POINT - THIEM SERVES AND PAUL RETURNS IT OUT OF BOUNDS GIVING THIEM THE SET 6-2 10.

CROWD APPLAUDING 11.

THIEM AND PAUL SHAKING HANDS STORY: The surroundings looked slightly different but Rafael Nadal was his usual brutal self on a revamped Court Philippe Chatrier as he began his quest for a 12th French Open title on Monday (May 27).

The Spaniard blasted past German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann 6-2 6-1 6-3 before Novak Djokovic also kicked off his tournament in style with an easy 6-4 6-2 6-2 win over Pole Hubert Hurkacz.

It was not as straightforward for Serena Williams, however, as the veteran American dropped the first set against Russia's Vitalia Diatchenko before roaring to a 2-6 6-1 6-0 victory.

Djokovic's match against 44th-ranked Hurkacz looked a much tougher proposition as he began his attempt to become the first man in the professional era to hold all four Grand Slam titles for a second time.

He was clinical though and after breaking serve in the opening game he floated through to a second round clash against Swiss Henri Laaksonen.

Dominic Thiem of Austria needed four sets to get past American wild-card entrant Tommy Paul in the first round of the French Open on Monday (May 27).

Thiem ultimately advanced after pounding 11 aces and losing his serve just once.