Lulu Sun loses in first round at French Open
- Dave Worsley
- May 26
- 2 min read
Updated: May 26

Lulu Sun has been beaten in the first round of singles at the French Open by rising Canadian star Victoria Mboko.
Sun lost 6-1 7-6(4) on Sunday (Monday NZ Time) at Roland Garros in a match that lasted just over an hour and a half to the 18-year-old qualifier, who has made an impact on the ITF Tour.
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The New Zealand No 1 had a break point in the opening game, but went a bit too long with a backhand slice on it and she was broken herself in the following game.
It did take Sun a while to settle into the match and it wasn’t until the sixth game that she was able to get on the scoreboard. By then Mboko was already well on her way towards taking the opening set.
Sun got a confidence boosting hold in the opening game of the second set as light rain started to fall.
The sixth game of the set, which Mboko served, took almost 14 minutes to play, but Sun couldn’t convert any of the four break points she had in it and the Canadian eventually managed to get the hold.
The set ended up going to a tiebreak and the first minibreak came when Sun put a backhand into the net at 2-2. It turned out to be the only one of the tiebreak, with Mboko securing the victory on her first match point.
The men’s and women’s doubles have. Michael Venus and Nikola Mektic as the seventh seeds and will play against Gregorie Jacq from France and Australia’s Romios in the opening round.
Erin Routliffe and former singles No 1 Victoria Azarenka are up against the all-Italian team of Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini, who are the second seeds.
Regular partner Gaby Dabrowski had to withdraw from the tournament with a rib injury.
Sun has also entered the women’s doubles. She has partnered up with Yuan Yue from China and in the first round are up against Russia’s Anna Blinkova and Mayar Sherif from Egypt.