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Paris, France (SportsNetwork.com) - Serena Williams highlighted Sundays winners in the first round of the French Open. The world No. 1 Williams began her title defense at Roland Garros with a 6-2, 6-1 win over French wild card Alize Lim on Court Chatrier. Williams was erratic at times, piling up 36 unforced errors, but the 17-time Grand Slam singles champion saved all seven break points she faced and fired 37 winners to just seven for Lim, who was making her debut in the main draw of a major. "I was a little nervous, as I always am in my first rounds. Its kind of always hard for me to shake those nerves," Williams said. The American beat Maria Sharapova last year to capture her second career French Open crown. She also won this clay-court tournament in 2002, beating older sister Venus in the final. Another former champion, Italian Francesca Schiavone, was ousted on Day 1, losing 6-3, 6-3 to Croatias Ajla Tomljanovic. Schiavone won the French Open title in 2010 and was the runner-up to Li Na the next year. Third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland advanced, defeating Chinas Shuai Zhang 6-3, 6-0 on the red clay at Stade Roland Garros. Radwanskas best result at the French Open was a spot in the quarterfinals last year. Venus, an owner of seven Grand Slam singles titles, moved into the second round after posting a 6-4, 6-1 win over 17-year-old Swiss Belinda Bencic. The 29th-seeded Venus played her 58th career match at Roland Garros, the most among active players. Other seeded winners included No. 8 Angelique Kerber of Germany, No. 14 Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain and No. 31 Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia. Romanian Monica Niculescu rallied to beat 25th-seeded Estonian Kaia Kanepi 5-7, 6-3, 6-1. American Varvara Lepchenko, Austrian Yvonne Meusburger, French wild card Claire Feuerstein, Slovakian Anna Schmiedlova, Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, Swede Johanna Larsson and Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova also moved into the second round. Milan Lucic Jersey . - The Jacksonville Jaguars are leaning more toward playing injured quarterback Blake Bortles against Tennessee on Thursday night. Carl Soderberg Jersey . “Im not sure well get Melky Cabrera at all,” said Gibbons. The 29-year-old left fielder struggled all season with knee and hamstring problems. Cabrera was first on the disabled list from June 27-July 20 with tendinitis in his left knee. http://www.thebostonbruinshockey.com/johnny-bucyk-hockey-jersey/. -- Two nights after losing to the Eastern Conferences worst team, the Phoenix Coyotes handled the best. Tuukka Rask Jersey . The Canadian Luge Association officially named seven athletes to the 2014 Olympic team Tuesday. Edney, will lead teenagers John Fennell and Mitchel Malyk into their first Games in mens singles. Tristan Walker and Justin Snith will represent Canada in doubles, while Gough, will be joined by Kimberley McRae in womens singles. Austin Czarnik Jersey . According to MMAFighting.com, MacDonald needs an x-ray on his right ankle and doctors clearance to fight or he will be subject to a mandatory medical suspension that will end on August 22, 2014.Injured Luke Shaw and Chris Smalling trained alone again on Tuesday but it is all part of standard Manchester United procedure. National newspaper reports claimed Shaw and Smalling could face similar fates to Bastian Schweinsteiger in being frozen out of the first team by Jose Mourinho after they pulled out of the weekends win at Swansea.Mourinho publicly questioned certain players desire to play through pain following the 3-1 victory, and his apparent criticism of two popular players is understood not to have gone down well within the club. Andy Walker and Ray Wilkins discuss Shaw and Smalling’s future at United But injured players are required to report for training even on scheduled days off and there is nothing untoward about Shaw and Smalling training alone at Carrington on Monday and Tuesday.Shaw and Smalling conducted solo work as they continue their rehabilitation and, if passed fiit, they will join the rest of the squad not featuring in international fixtures when they return on Wednesday.dddddddddddd Highlights of Uniteds 3-1 win away at Swansea on Sunday Left-back Shaw, 21, returned in the summer from a horrific double leg break that kept him out for almost a year and England interim boss Gareth Southgate says he is still feeling issues with the limb.As his side prepare to face Scotland on Friday, Southgate said: After an injury as severe as that we have to handle that with care.There is a medical issue. 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