3 Things to Know: May 25

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On Tuesday, fifth-seeded Victoria Azarenka retired with a knee injury while trailing 6-3, 6-7 (6), 4-0 against Karin Knapp. No. 1 seed Serena Williams, however, had little trouble dispatching Magdalena Rybarikova, 6-2, 6-0. Americans Venus Williams, Madison Keys, Louisa Chirico and Irina Falconi all advanced to Round 2. Eugenie Bouchard topped Laura Siegmund, and had some choice words to say afterward about her struggles with food and her disinterest in playing on Court 16.

A slew of French Open contenders advanced safely on Wednesday including Petra Kvitova (def. Hsieh Su-Wei, 6-4, 6-1), Svetlana Kuznetsova (def. Heather Watson, 6-1, 6-3) and Simona Halep (def. Zarina Diyas, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

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On Day 3, Rafael Nadal dismantled Sam Groth, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1, while Novak Djokovic had similarly little trouble with Yen-Hsun Lu, winning 6-4, 6-1, 6-1. Tomas Berdych, fresh from a double bagel loss to David Goffin in Rome, righted the ship to top Vasek Pospisil, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.

Early on Wednesday, fifth-seeded Kei Nishikori swept past Andrey Kuznetsov, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 and teenager Alexander Zverev won his first-ever main draw French Open match by beating Pierre-Hugues Herbert, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (6), 7-5.

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The team NCAA Championships took place this week in Tusla, Okla. with Stanford beating Oklahoma State in the women’s draw for its 18th NCAA women’s title. On the men’s side, Virginia took out Oklahoma for its third title in the past four years.