World No . 1 Victoria Azarenka faces huge scare in French Open first round . Azarenka goes a set and 4 - 0 down before fighting back to beat Alberta Brianti . Defending champion Sabine Lisicki , the No . 12 seed from Germany , slumped to a surprise 6-4 6-3 defeat to America 's Bethanie Mattek-Sands . Li Na enjoys smooth passage through to round two . Vera Zvonareva , the number one seed , pulls out of tournament through injury .
World No . 1 Victoria Azarenka faces huge scare in French Open first round . Azarenka goes a set and 4 - 0 down before fighting back to beat Alberta Brianti . Defending champion Li Na enjoys smooth passage through to round two . Vera Zvonareva , the number one seed , pulls out of tournament through injury .