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2025 Roland Garros

French Open Tennis: No. 2 Gauff Wins First Roland Garros Title in Topsy-Turvy Contest Versus No. 1 Sabalenka

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PARIS, FRANCE – JUNE 07: Coco Gauff of United States lifts the Suzanne Lenglen Cup after defeating Aryna Sabalenka in ther final of the Women’s singles on day fourteen of The French Open at Roland Garros on June 07, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

(June 7, 2025) In a topsy-turvy final, No. 2 Coco Gauff won the French Open for the first time by rallying to beat No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday in Paris. The two-hour and 38-minute match win gives Gauff a second major title, adding to her 2023 U.S. Open title where she also beat Sabalenka in three sets.

She’s the first American woman to win at RG since 2015 (Serena Williams). Gauff at 21 is the youngest American woman to win the Roland Garros title since Serena Williams in 2002.

Gauff lost the 2022 Roland Garros final to Iga Swiatek.

The match had so many back-and-forth swings like a pendulum. In the first set Sabalenka took a 4-1, 40-0 lead, only to see Gauff rally to get to 4-4. Sabalenka broke serve, to serve for the set at 5-4, but Gauff saved two set points to break for 5-5. Sabalenka broke back to came back to serve for the set again but failed to hold. Gauff took a 3-0 lead in the tiebreaker, but Sabalenka came back to win it 7-6 (7-5).

In the second set, Gauff gained momentum by going up two service breaks, claiming the set 6-2.

Gauff jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the deciding set but Sabalenka came back to level the set at 3-3. Gauff broke back, and held on to win the match 6-4 in the decider.

This was the first time since 2013 that the top two seeds met in the final.

After the match during the trophy ceremony, Gauff thanked the crowd for supporting her.

“The crowd really helped me today, you guys were cheering for me so hard and I don’t know what I did to deserve so much love from the French crowd,” she said. “But I appreciate you, guys.”

Sabalenka was very emotional during her runner-up speech. She praised Gauff but apologized to her team for her poor play.

“This will hurt so much. Coco, congrats, in the tough conditions you were a better player than me,” she said. “Well done, great two weeks, and congrats on the second Grand Slam, it’s well deserved.”

More to follow….

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French Open: Defending Champ Alcaraz Wins, No. 4 Fritz Upset in First Round

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PARIS, FRANCE – MAY 26: Carlos Alcaraz of Spain celebrates his victory against Giulio Zeppieri of Italy in the first round of the singles competition on Court Suzanne-Lenglen during the 2025 French Open Tennis Tournament at Roland Garros on May 26th, 2025, in Paris, France. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Getty Images)

(May 26, 2025) Defending champion and No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz used his all-court game to dismiss Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri 6-3 6-4 6-2 and reach the second round of the French Open on Monday.

The win sets up a second-round meeting with Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan.

“It was really solid, the first round of a Grand Slam is never easy, especially coming here as the defending champion,” Alcaraz said in his on-court interview.

The Spaniard has now won 16 of his 17 tour-level matches on clay this year.

“It was really, really solid,” said Alcaraz. “The first round of the tournament is never easy, coming here as the defending champion could be even tougher. But I just started pretty well, and kept my good pace during the whole match. I tried to be focused on my game, to get a good rhythm.

“I’m just really proud of my start here at Roland Garros, where I was really excited to play my first match this year.”

American Taylor Fritz ecame the highest seed to be ousted at the French open on Monday.

The world No.4 and US Open finalist dropped 12 out of the last 16 games played during his 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, loss to No. 47 Daniel Altmaier of Germany.

“It’s really strange. I feel like since between Rome, Geneva and here (Paris), my movement on court is really bad,” Fritz said.

“I don’t know what’s going on. A lot of times when I’m sliding, I’m off balance, I’m not timing it correctly. I’m getting wrong-footed a lot, and slipping a lot.”

“Physically, I don’t feel that bad. I misjudged earlier in the week the level my ankle was at. Rolled it in Geneva but it’s definitely not the reason why I lost.”

 Fritz hit 41 unforced errors and won only 25 out of 52 points behind his second serve. It is the first time he has lost his opening match at a major tournament since the 2022 US Open when he was shocked by Brandon Holt. 

“I’m not converting big points, not playing big points well, the only way to get rid of that is to have a match or a couple of matches where that just doesn’t happen and I perform well on some of those points.”

“Overall I don’t think I’m playing bad 90% of the match by any means. I think for 90% of the match I’m playing normally. It’s the 10% which ultimately decides the tennis match, the really big points where it matters.” He added.

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French Open: No. 9 Emma Navarro Falls in First Round

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PARIS, FRANCE – MAY 26: Emma Navarro of the United States reacts against Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain prior to the Women’s Singles First Round match on Day Two of the 2025 French Open at Roland Garros on May 26, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Daniel Kopatsch/Getty Images)

(May 26, 2025) No. 9 seed Emma Navarro of the United States lost her first round match at the French Open when she was dominated by world No. 68 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain 6-0, 6-1in 57 minutes on Court Phillipe Chatrier on Monday.

The Spaniard came within two points of a double bagel, a 6-0, 6-0 win.

Navarro reached the fourth round in Paris last year.

“I didn’t expect the result but I always try to play my best, and I think everything is possible,” Bouzas Maneiro said. “I feel good playing on clay, and winning here at Roland Garros is so special to me.”

She will next face American Robin Montgomery in the second round.

“Right now, I feel really happy with how I played today, with how I handled the pressure,” Bouzas Maneiro said in her on-court interview. “I wanted to do my best, and I think I did it.”

“It’s funny because my team just told me, ‘Is it possible to win a match in two sets?’ because my last matches were all three sets … and I was like, ‘I’ll try,'” she said.

“So this one is for you guys, one hour!” 

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French Open: Top Seed Sabalenka Cruises into Second Round, Paolini Survives

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PARIS, FRANCE – MAY 25: Aryna Sabalenka celebrates her victory against Kamilla Rakhimova in the first round of the singles competition on Court Philippe-Chatrier during the 2025 French Open Tennis Tournament at Roland Garros on May 25th, 2025, in Paris, France. (Photo by Tim Clayton via Getty Images)

(May 25, 2025) Top seed Aryna Sabalenka began her quest for a first Roland Garros title with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Kamilla Rakhimova to begin Sunday’s play on Court Philippe-Chatrier in Paris.

Sabalenka has a tour-leading three titles this year, including her third Madrid trophy last month, and her overall record is now 35-6. She will next face Jil Teichmann.

Sabalenka hit 30 winners, including five aces, with only 17 unforced errors.

Last year’s finalist, No. 4 seed Jasmine Paolini, recovered from a break down in the third set to Yuan Yue 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.

“It was tough,” Paolini said. “I won quite easy the first set but then she started to play better. A bit of emotions came out.”

“I was then 3-2 down with a break but I did it. Hopefully I will play better then next round. We will see,” said the Italian.

Zheng Qinwen, the Olympic gold medalist in Paris last year, made a return to Court Philippe-Chatrier at Roland Garros by defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. The No. 8 seed avenged a previous loss to Pavlyuchenkova and extended her perfect first-round record at the French Open to 4-0.

Canadian teen Victoria Mboko made her major tournament debut with a 6-1, 7-6 (4) win over 2024 Wimbledon quarterfinalist Lulu Sun. Coming into the tournament as a qualifier, this is the 18-year-old’s first year on the pro tour.

“This does, obviously, feel really quick for me. Although it feels quick, I feel like I’m also adapting very quickly. I want to be in this level,” said Mboko to media.  “To adapt really fast is really important to me. The more I feel like I make it seem normal to me, the more normal it’s going to be in these tournaments.”

Germany’s Eva Lys was a 6-0, 6-3 upset winner over No. 28 seed Peyton Stearns. She’ll fave Mboko next.

A pair of seeds lost on Sunday – No. 26 Marta Kostyuk and No. 28 Peyton Stearns.

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