French Open Day Two

French Open Day Two

The Straits Times - Sports·2025-05-26 21:01

French Open Day Two

UPDATED May 26, 2025, 08:53 PM

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PARIS - Highlights of the second day at the French Open on Monday (times GMT):

1232 ALCARAZ CRUSHES ZEPPIERI

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz made a perfect start to his title defence by beating Italian Giulio Zeppieri 6-3 6-4 6-2.

1158 RADUCANU BEATS WANG TO SET UP SWIATEK CLASH

Briton Emma Raducanu dug deep to beat China's Wang Xinyu 7-5 4-6 6-3.

The 2021 U.S. Open champion will face defending champion Iga Swiatek in the second round.

1136 SWIATEK CRUISES PAST SRAMKOVA

Four-times champion Swiatek overwhelmed Slovak Rebecca Sramkova 6-3 6-3.

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1118 RUUD EASES PAST VINOLAS

Twice French Open runner-up Casper Ruud beat Spanish qualifier Albert Ramos Vinolas 6-3 6-4 6-2 in a little over two hours to advance to the second round.

1059 RYBAKINA SURVIVES RIERA SCARE

Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina overcame a second-set slip to defeat Argentine qualifier Julia Riera 6-1 4-6 6-4. The Kazakh 12th seed will next face American Iva Jovic.

1010 MANEIRO STUNS NAVARRO IN STRAIGHT SETS

World number 68 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat American ninth seed Emma Navarro 6-0 6-1 in 57 minutes to advance to the second-round.

The Spaniard was on the verge of a double bagel but failed to serve out for a 6-0 6-0 win, hitting two double faults.

0910 PLAY UNDERWAY

Play began under cloudy skies with the temperature at Roland Garros hovering around 16 degrees Celsius. Light showers are forecast late in the day.

Defending champions Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek will begin their title defences, while world number one Jannik Sinner opens his quest for a fourth Grand Slam crown.

FRENCH OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON MONDAY (prefix number denotes seeding)

COURT PHILIPPE-CHATRIER (play begins at 1000 GMT)

Rebecca Sramkova (Slovakia) v 5-Iga Swiatek (Poland)

Naomi Osaka (Japan) v 10-Paula Badosa (Spain)

Terence Atmane (France) v Richard Gasquet (France)

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1-Jannik Sinner (Italy) v Arthur Rinderknech (France)

COURT SUZANNE-LENGLEN (play begins at 0900 GMT)

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Spain) v 9-Emma Navarro (U.S.)

Giulio Zeppieri (Italy) v 2-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)

Caroline Garcia (France) v Bernarda Pera (U.S.)

Nicolas Jarry (Chile) v 14-Arthur Fils (France)

COURT SIMONNE-MATHIEU (play begins at 0900 GMT)

7-Casper Ruud (Norway) v Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spain)

Daniel Altmaier (Germany) v 4-Taylor Fritz (U.S.)

Carole Monnet (France) v Katie Boulter (Britain)

7-Madison Keys (U.S.) v Daria Saville (Australia) REUTERS

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