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PHOTO COLLECTION: Vietnam War Anniversary Eve

2025-04-29 23:09 Last Updated At:23:10

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

A young woman wearing a traditional Vietnamese dress poses for a photo during the national celebrations in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A young woman wearing a traditional Vietnamese dress poses for a photo during the national celebrations in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A baby girl sporting a heart with a yellow star takes in the festivities for the national celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnamese War, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A baby girl sporting a heart with a yellow star takes in the festivities for the national celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnamese War, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A vendor selling Colgate toothpaste and other U.S. made sundry items waits for customers at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of national celebration of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A vendor selling Colgate toothpaste and other U.S. made sundry items waits for customers at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of national celebration of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A vendor prepares her shop of various sundry items as a worker carries imported goods into the Cholon market in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of national celebration of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A vendor prepares her shop of various sundry items as a worker carries imported goods into the Cholon market in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of national celebration of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Spice and dried food vendors wait for customers at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of national celebration of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Spice and dried food vendors wait for customers at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of national celebration of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A street vendor grills meat for a Vietnamese Banh Mi sandwich in central Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A street vendor grills meat for a Vietnamese Banh Mi sandwich in central Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A woman hangs her laundry in the morning in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A woman hangs her laundry in the morning in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A shoe vendor sets up shop in the morning at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A shoe vendor sets up shop in the morning at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

People walk past a Gucci shop in central Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

People walk past a Gucci shop in central Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Motorbikes drive along a street under Vietnamese flags in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Motorbikes drive along a street under Vietnamese flags in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Vietnamese women in traditional dress with a motif of a Vietnamese flag walk past Ho Chi Minh City Hall, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Vietnamese women in traditional dress with a motif of a Vietnamese flag walk past Ho Chi Minh City Hall, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A spice vendor waits for customers at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A spice vendor waits for customers at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

High-rise buildings tower over an umbrella-covered market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

High-rise buildings tower over an umbrella-covered market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Finished breakfast bowls of pho, a Vietnamese soup, sit on a ledge in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Finished breakfast bowls of pho, a Vietnamese soup, sit on a ledge in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

High-rise buildings tower over an aging apartment building displaying Vietnamese flags in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

High-rise buildings tower over an aging apartment building displaying Vietnamese flags in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

People take photos with a security officer at the venue for a parade to be held on April 30 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

People take photos with a security officer at the venue for a parade to be held on April 30 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

//A woman wears a conical hat decorated with Vietnamese flags to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

//A woman wears a conical hat decorated with Vietnamese flags to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

People in Vietnam flag T-shirts pose in front of a line of cannons used for the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tueday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

People in Vietnam flag T-shirts pose in front of a line of cannons used for the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tueday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Women in traditional costume "Ao dai" featured Vietnamese flags walk in a park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Women in traditional costume "Ao dai" featured Vietnamese flags walk in a park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

A woman and her grandchild take photos at the venue for a parade to be held on April 30 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

A woman and her grandchild take photos at the venue for a parade to be held on April 30 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

A woman holding Vietnamese flags stands in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

A woman holding Vietnamese flags stands in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

A woman waves a Vietnamese flag in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

A woman waves a Vietnamese flag in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

People wave Vietnamese flags and the flag of the former National Liberation Front (NLF) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

People wave Vietnamese flags and the flag of the former National Liberation Front (NLF) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

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A young woman wearing a traditional Vietnamese dress poses for a photo during the national celebrations in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A young woman wearing a traditional Vietnamese dress poses for a photo during the national celebrations in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A baby girl sporting a heart with a yellow star takes in the festivities for the national celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnamese War, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A baby girl sporting a heart with a yellow star takes in the festivities for the national celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnamese War, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A vendor selling Colgate toothpaste and other U.S. made sundry items waits for customers at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of national celebration of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A vendor selling Colgate toothpaste and other U.S. made sundry items waits for customers at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of national celebration of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A vendor prepares her shop of various sundry items as a worker carries imported goods into the Cholon market in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of national celebration of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A vendor prepares her shop of various sundry items as a worker carries imported goods into the Cholon market in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of national celebration of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Spice and dried food vendors wait for customers at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of national celebration of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Spice and dried food vendors wait for customers at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of national celebration of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A street vendor grills meat for a Vietnamese Banh Mi sandwich in central Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A street vendor grills meat for a Vietnamese Banh Mi sandwich in central Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A woman hangs her laundry in the morning in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A woman hangs her laundry in the morning in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A shoe vendor sets up shop in the morning at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A shoe vendor sets up shop in the morning at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

People walk past a Gucci shop in central Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

People walk past a Gucci shop in central Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Motorbikes drive along a street under Vietnamese flags in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Motorbikes drive along a street under Vietnamese flags in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Vietnamese women in traditional dress with a motif of a Vietnamese flag walk past Ho Chi Minh City Hall, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Vietnamese women in traditional dress with a motif of a Vietnamese flag walk past Ho Chi Minh City Hall, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A spice vendor waits for customers at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A spice vendor waits for customers at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

High-rise buildings tower over an umbrella-covered market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

High-rise buildings tower over an umbrella-covered market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Finished breakfast bowls of pho, a Vietnamese soup, sit on a ledge in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Finished breakfast bowls of pho, a Vietnamese soup, sit on a ledge in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

High-rise buildings tower over an aging apartment building displaying Vietnamese flags in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

High-rise buildings tower over an aging apartment building displaying Vietnamese flags in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

People take photos with a security officer at the venue for a parade to be held on April 30 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

People take photos with a security officer at the venue for a parade to be held on April 30 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

//A woman wears a conical hat decorated with Vietnamese flags to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

//A woman wears a conical hat decorated with Vietnamese flags to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

People in Vietnam flag T-shirts pose in front of a line of cannons used for the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tueday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

People in Vietnam flag T-shirts pose in front of a line of cannons used for the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tueday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Women in traditional costume "Ao dai" featured Vietnamese flags walk in a park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Women in traditional costume "Ao dai" featured Vietnamese flags walk in a park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

A woman and her grandchild take photos at the venue for a parade to be held on April 30 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

A woman and her grandchild take photos at the venue for a parade to be held on April 30 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

A woman holding Vietnamese flags stands in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

A woman holding Vietnamese flags stands in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

A woman waves a Vietnamese flag in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

A woman waves a Vietnamese flag in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

People wave Vietnamese flags and the flag of the former National Liberation Front (NLF) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

People wave Vietnamese flags and the flag of the former National Liberation Front (NLF) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

PARIS (AP) — Marta Kostyuk’s first-round win at the French Open became one of her toughest matches after she found out beforehand that a missile almost hit her parents' home in Ukraine.

Kostyuk fought back tears after beating Oksana Selekhmeteva 6-2, 6-3 on Court Simonne-Mathieu on the opening day of the clay-court Grand Slam at Roland Garros in western Paris.

“I think it was one of the most difficult matches of my career," the 15th-seeded Kostyuk said. “This morning, 100 meters away from my parents’ house, the missile destroyed the building and it was a very difficult morning for me ... I didn’t know how I would handle it, I’ve been crying part of the morning.”

She received a message at 8 a.m. and could not stop thinking what could have happened.

“I felt sick,” she said. “If it was 100 meters closer, I probably wouldn’t have a mom and a sister today.”

Her whole family was in the house, she said, 17 people in total, so her relief was enormous that no one was injured.

“I don’t want to think what I would do if something worse happened, but I knew that this is the day to go out and play,” she said. “It didn’t cross my mind today that I shouldn’t go out, because, you know, at the end of the day, everyone is alive.”

After the match, she thanked fans and received an ovation. Then she explained how she found the emotional and mental resources to play.

“I think it’s important to keep going. My biggest example is Ukrainian people, I woke up in the morning today and,” the 23-year-old Kostyuk said, becoming tearful before repeating and finishing the sentence.

“I looked at all these people who woke up and kept living their life, kept helping people who are in need,” she said. "I knew a lot of Ukrainian flags would be here today and a lot of Ukrainian people would come out, support. My friends from Ukraine came as well.”

When Kostyuk first served for the match at 5-1 she got broken. But she served it out on her next opportunity and waved to fans in the upper deck holding up a Ukraine flag.

She next plays unseeded American Katie Volynets and Kostyuk's countrywoman Elina Svitolina — a recent winner at the Italian Open in Rome — faces Anna Bondar on Monday.

Sunday's opening day saw players coping with high temperatures of 33 degrees Celsius (91 Fahrenheit) — with the intense heat contributing to Frenchman Arthur Gea taking an emergency bathroom break early into his first-round loss to No. 13 Karen Khachanov on Court Suzanne-Lenglen.

Spectators folded newspapers in half and fanned themselves to keep cool as players on court attempted to stay hydrated.

The opening match on Court Philippe-Chatrier saw No. 11 Belinda Bencic beating Sinja Kraus 6-2, 6-3.

The night match on Chatrier features three-time champion Novak Djokovic against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.

Two days after his 39th birthday, Djokovic will play a men’s record 82nd Grand Slam tournament — one more than Roger Federer and Feliciano Lopez.

AP Sports Writer Andrew Dampf in Paris contributed to this report.

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Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine signs autographs after winning against Oksana Selekhmeteva of Spain during their first round women's singles tennis match at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine signs autographs after winning against Oksana Selekhmeteva of Spain during their first round women's singles tennis match at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine celebrates as she won against Oksana Selekhmeteva of Spain during their first round women's singles tennis match at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine celebrates as she won against Oksana Selekhmeteva of Spain during their first round women's singles tennis match at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine celebrates as she won against Oksana Selekhmeteva of Spain during their first round women's singles tennis match at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine celebrates as she won against Oksana Selekhmeteva of Spain during their first round women's singles tennis match at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Arthur Gea of France warms up before the first round men's singles tennis match against Karen Khachanov of Russia at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Arthur Gea of France warms up before the first round men's singles tennis match against Karen Khachanov of Russia at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

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