Given a wildcard into the clay court grand slam, Aiava couldn’t handle hard-hitting Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, going down 7-5 6-1 and conceded she lost her way after going down an early break. “It’s a different kind of game type that I have to get more experience with. She’s obviously a big hitter. It just wasn’t as consistent as I liked it to be,” the 25-year-old said. “I need to get better with controlling my emotions when things look like or feel like they’re getting too far away from me. “Especially going down a break and automatically thinking I’ve lost … It’s kind of a natural response that I have all the time. It’s something that I really do need to work on.” Schoolkate went down to the more experienced Marton Fucsovics in a battle which lasted more than two hours and gave the West Australian some confidence with hopes of getting back next year. “I think it was a great experience, great learning to see the level these guys (achieve). Why they’ve been at that ranking and are such calibre of players for so long,” he said after the 6-4 6-2 6-2 loss. “There’s a lot I can improve on and I’m happy to do that work and improve and hopefully be back next year and do better again.” Hijikata was the only Australian to win a set, taking the first in just 18 minutes against American Reilly Opelka. But then the big-serving of Opelka became a factor, sending down 22 aces as he took control to run out a 1-6 6-3 7-5 7-6(3) winner. “I played a bit of a loose game, then I felt like from there he started really picking it up and in third and fourth [sets], I felt like he served exceptionally,” Hijikata said. “I didn’t really get a look. He played some really good shots. There were one or two chances where I had to capitalise, but I didn’t. He came up with some pretty good stuff when he needed to, especially in the fourth set.” “This is the longest I’ve spent on clay in a long, long time. I did feel like I was figuring it out, which maybe makes this (loss) a little bit more frustrating, “I am starting to figure it out. I feel like next year I can come here and feel like I can get some good results. I do think it’s a surface I can play on. I think a lot of part of my game now, I’ve realised can match up well … I’m confident moving forward.” Another eight Australians, including Alexei Popyrin and Maya Joint will be in action on day two. RESULTS – Roland Garros Day 1 Men’s singles, first round Reilly Opelka d Rinky Hijikata 1-6 6-3 7-5 7-6(3) Marton Fucsovics d [WC] Tristan Schoolkate 6-4 6-2 6-2 Women’s singles first round Dayana Yastremska d [WC] Destanee Aiava 7-5 6-1 COMING UP – Roland Garros Day 2 Men’s singles, first round [25] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) First match, Court 6 Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Jiri Lehecka (CZE) Second match, Court 4 Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v [24] Karen Khachanov Third match, Court 12 Chris O’Connell (AUS) v [22] Ugo Humbert (FRA) Last match, Court 14 Women’s singles, first round [Q] Daria Saville v [7] Madison Keys Last match, Simonne-Matthieu Court [17] Daria Kasatkina (AUS) v Katerina Siniakova (CZE) Third match, Court 6 Maya Joint (AUS) v Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) Second match, Court 9 Kimberly Birrell (AUS) v Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) Second match, Court 13