British success at Roland Garros can be as rare as the steaks in some of the nearby restaurants but les rosbifs were celebrating three fine victories at the French Open here on Monday night. If Andy Murray’s 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 dismissal of Argentina’s Facundo Arguello was no less than would have been expected of the world No 3, Kyle Edmund and Heather Watson both came through potentially tricky challenges in fine style. Edmund, aged 20, won his first match at a Grand Slam tournament when he beat France’s Stéphane Robert 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 in a late-night marathon, while Watson beat Mathilde Johansson, who also represents France 6-4, 7-5. Even the two Britons who lost put up a decent fight,...
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