Key events
Meanwhile on TNT Sports, Chrissie Evert, Tim Henman, Laura Robson and Anne Keothavong have some important business to discuss: Nike’s 2025 French Open rugby vibe vs Adidas’s neon highlighter tops. Doesn’t sound as if they’re massively impressed with either tbh.
Play didn’t finish until past midnight as Gael Monfils treated his home crowd to a comeback from two sets to love down, with the 38-year-old eventually seeing off Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4), 6-1 – despite crashing into the advertising boards during the first set and needing a medical timeout for treatment to his hand, knee and back. The 2008 semi-finalist will face Jack Draper next. Ever the showman, there were so many highlights last night, but here’s one of them:
Before we get going, here’s what happened yesterday:
Today’s order of play on the main courts
Court Philippe Chatrier (12pm start/11am BST)
4-Jasmine Paolini (Italy) v Ajla Tomljanovic (Australia)
Fabian Marozsan (Hungary) v 2-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
Emma Raducanu (Britain) v 5-Iga Swiatek (Poland)
Emilio Nava (US) v 10-Holger Rune (Denmark)
Court Suzanne Lenglen (11am/10am BST)
Emiliana Arango (Colombia) v 8-Zheng Qinwen
7-Casper Ruud (Norway) v Nuno Borges (Portugal)
31-Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (France) v Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Jil Teichmann (Switzerland)
Court Simonne Mathieu (11am/10am BST)
8-Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) v Daniel Elahi Galan (Colombia)
Anna Bondar (Hungary) v 13-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)
Matteo Gigante (Italy) v 20-Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
12-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) v Iva Jovic (US)
Preamble
Bonjour mesdames et messieurs! Pour votre plaisir aujourd’hui: defending champions Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek, who faces Emma Raducanu in the second round; the title favourite Aryna Sabalenka; former runners-up Jasmine Paolini, Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas; the in-form Lorenzo Musetti and Zheng Qinwen, who both deserve at least a mention in the title conversation; 2017 champ Jelena Ostapenko; honorary Frenchwoman Elina Svitolina; plus Elena Rybakina, Holger Rune and Daniel Altmaier, who took out Taylor Fritz in the first round, but there are still plenty of Americans in Paris today, including Tommy Paul, Frances Tiafoe, Amanda Anisimova and Danielle Collins.
D’accord? Tres bien! L’action commence: 11h à Paris/10am BST.
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