The season’s second grand slam occasion — the French Open — is right here, with 128 gamers in every of the lads’s and ladies’s singles attracts seeking to raise the title at Roland Garros. This is all the things you must know.
In the present day’s schedule
Males’s singles bracket | Girls’s singles bracket
Chosen matches on Thursday, from 10am BST.
MEN’S
Alexander Zverev (3) vs. Jesper De JongJannik Sinner (1) vs. Richard GasquetCameron Norrie vs. Federico Agustin GomezCorentin Moutet vs. Novak Djokovic (6)Jacob Fearnley vs. Ugo Humbert (22)Gael Monfils vs. Jack Draper (5)
WOMEN’S
Mirra Andreeva (6) vs. Ashlyn KruegerMarie Bouzkova vs. Sonay KartalAnn Li vs. Jessica Pegula (3)Tereza Valentova vs. Coco Gauff (2)Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Paula Badosa (10)Madison Keys (7) vs. Katie BoulterDaria Kasatkina (17) vs. Leolia JeanjeanVictoria Azarenka vs. Sofia Kenin (31)
Key particulars and tips on how to watch
Dates: Could 25 to June 8
Venue: Roland Garros, Paris
Find out how to watch: The French Open shall be broadcast dwell on TNT Sports activities and discovery+ within the UK. You too can comply with dwell updates on ESPN.
The British hopes
British tennis shall be extra hopeful than traditional getting into this yr’s French Open, with stars Jack Draper, Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter all having fun with some success on clay this season.
Draper reached the ultimate of the Madrid Open earlier than dropping to Norway’s Casper Ruud in three units. He then made it to the Italian Open quarterfinals in Rome, solely to be stopped by eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz.
CompetitionScheduleWinnersAustralian OpenJan. 6 – Jan. 27Sinner, KeysFrench OpenMay 25 – June 8WimbledonJune 22 – July 14US OpenAug. 17 – Sep. 8
The 23-year-old had did not make it previous the primary spherical in “The Metropolis of Mild” after dropping his opening matches prior to now two years. Nevertheless, he beat Italy’s Mattia Bellucci for his maiden success on Tuesday.
Within the girls’s draw, Raducanu appeared to have put apart her aversions to clay and managed to earn some success — the spotlight of which got here on the Italian Open the place she gained three matches in a row on the floor for the primary time in her profession earlier than she was stopped in her tracks in Rome by American Coco Gauff.
Raducanu suffered an harm scare simply 4 days earlier than the French Open in a three-set defeat to Danielle Collins in Strasbourg, however battled by means of to the second spherical at Roland Garros by way of a gutsy win over Xinyu Wang. However Raducanu was no match for world No. 5 Iga Swiatek within the second spherical the place she was crushed in straight units.
Elsewhere, Katie Boulter managed only one win between Madrid and Rome — towards world No. 64 Katerina Siniakova. Nevertheless, she entered the lower-ranked WTA 125k Paris occasion final week and emerged because the champion, elevating hopes that she has lastly tuned her sport for the floor.
Different British gamers within the singles attracts this week embody Jacob Fearnley and Sonay Kartal. Jodie Burrage misplaced to Danielle Collins within the first spherical.
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British gamers’ outcomes and subsequent match
MEN’S SINGLES
Jack Draper
First spherical — beat Mattia Bellucci 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2Second spherical — vs. Gael Monfils (Thursday)
Jacob Fearnley
First spherical — beat Stan Wawrinka 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-2Second spherical — vs. Ugo Humbert (Thursday)
Cameron Norrie
First spherical — beat Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 1-6, 7-5Second spherical — vs. Federico Agustin Gomez (Thursday)
WOMEN’S SINGLES
Katie Boulter
First spherical — beat Carole Monnet 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-1Second spherical — vs.Madison Keys (Thursday)
Emma Raducanu
First spherical — beat Xinyu Wang 7-5, 4-6, 6-3Second spherical — defeated by Iga Swiatek 6-1, 6-2
Sonay Kartal
First spherical — beat Erika Andreeva 6-0, 6-2Second spherical — vs Marie Bouzkova (Thursday)
Jodie Burrage
First spherical — defeated by Danielle Collins 7-6 (1), 6-4
Who’re the favourites?
For the lads’s draw, it’s laborious to look previous Italian Open finalists Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz because the clear favourites for the title. It was Alcaraz who took the title in Rome, profitable the ultimate in two units. He’s additionally the reigning champion at Roland Garros.
Do not look previous Sinner, although. Rome marked the world No. 1’s return to tennis after a three-month ban over two constructive doping assessments in March 2024.
Within the girls’s draw, the bracket is a bit more open.
Iga Swiatek is in search of her fourth straight title at Roland Garros and her fifth prior to now six years. Nevertheless, she has been a stage beneath her imperious finest in current weeks, notably struggling a shock third-round Italian Open defeat to American Danielle Collins.
The contenders to unseat Switaek are quite a few. There’s American Coco Gauff, who reached the ultimate in each Madrid and Rome in current weeks, though she misplaced every time to Aryna Sabalenka and Jasmine Paolini, respectively. All three shall be eyeing up the title.
There may be additionally 18-year-old Mirra Andreeva, who made the semifinals final yr however is embarking on a breakout season that has already seen her win two WTA 1000 occasions this season.
Prize cash
Prize cash for the lads’s and ladies’s singles champions is equal on the French Open, with every on account of take residence £2.1 million out of a mixed £47m pot.
The runners-up will earn simply over £1m, whereas prizes lower for every spherical thereafter.
Winner: £2,166,912Runner-up: £1,083,456Semifinal: £586,341Quarterfinal: £373,898Round 4: £225,189Round 3: £142,761Round 2: £99,423Round 1: £66,282
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