{"id":611450,"date":"2026-05-30T04:08:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/611450\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T04:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:08:18","slug":"french-open-2026-novak-djokovic-beaten-by-joao-fonseca-scores-radio-commentary-text-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/611450\/","title":{"rendered":"French Open 2026: Novak Djokovic beaten by Joao Fonseca – scores, radio commentary & text updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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French OpenCourt Philippe-ChatrierIga Swiatek (Poland) (Seed ranking 3) beat Magda Linette (Poland)Set 1: 6 – 4Set 2: 6 – 4Set 3: no score – no score\"Poland\"\"Poland\"<\/p>\n

Swiatek<\/p>\n

Iga Swiatek<\/p>\n

(3)Seed ranking 3Mirra Andreeva (Russian athlete) (Seed ranking 8) beat Marie Bouzkova (Czech Republic) (Seed ranking 27)Set 1: 6 – 4Set 2: 6 – 2Set 3: no score – no score\"Russian<\/p>\n

Andreeva<\/p>\n

Mirra Andreeva<\/p>\n

(8)Seed ranking 8\"Czech<\/p>\n

Bouzkova<\/p>\n

Marie Bouzkova<\/p>\n

(27)Seed ranking 27Joao Fonseca (Brazil) (Seed ranking 28) beat Novak Djokovic (Serbia) (Seed ranking 3)Set 1: 4 – 6Set 2: 4 – 6Set 3: 6 – 3Set 4: 7 – 5Set 5: 7 – 5\"Brazil\"<\/p>\n

Fonseca<\/p>\n

Joao Fonseca<\/p>\n

(28)Seed ranking 28\"Serbia\"<\/p>\n

Djokovic<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic<\/p>\n

(3)Seed ranking 3Alexander Zverev (Germany) (Seed ranking 2) beat Quentin Halys (France)Set 1: 6 – 4Set 2: 6 – 3Set 3: 5 – 7Set 4: 6 – 2Set 5: no score – no score\"France\"\"Germany\"<\/p>\n

A Zverev<\/p>\n

Alexander Zverev<\/p>\n

(2)Seed ranking 2Court Suzanne-LenglenAndrey Rublev (Russian athlete) (Seed ranking 11) beat Nuno Borges (Portugal)Set 1: 7 – 5Set 2: 7 – 6, tie break 7 – 2Set 3: 7 – 6, tie break 7 – 2Set 4: no score – no scoreSet 5: no score – no score\"Portugal\"\"Russian<\/p>\n

Rublev<\/p>\n

Andrey Rublev<\/p>\n

(11)Seed ranking 11Jil Teichmann (Switzerland) beat Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic) (Seed ranking 10)Set 1: 6 – 1Set 2: 7 – 5Set 3: no score – no score\"Switzerland\"\"Czech<\/p>\n

Muchova<\/p>\n

Karolina Muchova<\/p>\n

(10)Seed ranking 10Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) (Seed ranking 7) beat Tamara Korpatsch (Germany)Set 1: 6 – 2Set 2: 6 – 3Set 3: no score – no score\"Ukraine\"<\/p>\n

Svitolina<\/p>\n

Elina Svitolina<\/p>\n

(7)Seed ranking 7\"Germany\"<\/p>\n

Korpatsch<\/p>\n

Tamara Korpatsch<\/p>\n

Casper Ruud (Norway) (Seed ranking 15) beat Tommy Paul (United States) (Seed ranking 24)Set 1: 4 – 6Set 2: 6 – 7, tie break 4 – 7Set 3: 6 – 4Set 4: 7 – 6, tie break 7 – 4Set 5: 7 – 5\"Norway\"<\/p>\n

Ruud<\/p>\n

Casper Ruud<\/p>\n

(15)Seed ranking 15\"United<\/p>\n

Paul<\/p>\n

Tommy Paul<\/p>\n

(24)Seed ranking 24Court Simonne MathieuMarta Kostyuk (Ukraine) (Seed ranking 15) beat Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland)Set 1: 6 – 4Set 2: 6 – 3Set 3: no score – no score\"Ukraine\"<\/p>\n

Kostyuk<\/p>\n

Marta Kostyuk<\/p>\n

(15)Seed ranking 15\"Switzerland\"Rafael Jodar (Spain) (Seed ranking 27) beat Alex Michelsen (United States)Set 1: 7 – 6, tie break 7 – 2Set 2: 6 – 7, tie break 5 – 7Set 3: 4 – 6Set 4: 6 – 3Set 5: 6 – 3\"United\"Spain\"<\/p>\n

Jodar<\/p>\n

Rafael Jodar<\/p>\n

(27)Seed ranking 27Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic) (Seed ranking 26) beat Alex de Minaur (Australia) (Seed ranking 8)Set 1: 0 – 6Set 2: 6 – 2Set 3: 6 – 2Set 4: 6 – 3Set 5: no score – no score\"Australia\"<\/p>\n

de Minaur<\/p>\n

Alex de Minaur<\/p>\n

(8)Seed ranking 8\"Czech<\/p>\n

Mensik<\/p>\n

Jakub Mensik<\/p>\n

(26)Seed ranking 26Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) (Seed ranking 11) beat Peyton Stearns (United States)Set 1: 6 – 3Set 2: 6 – 3Set 3: no score – no score\"United\"Switzerland\"<\/p>\n

Bencic<\/p>\n

Belinda Bencic<\/p>\n

(11)Seed ranking 11Court 6Retired: Anhelina Kalinina (Ukraine) and Dayana Yastremska (Ukraine) beat Tatjana Maria (Germany) and Zeynep Sonmez (Turkey)Set 1: 2 – 0Set 2: no score – no scoreSet 3: no score – no score\"Ukraine\"<\/p>\n

Kalinina<\/p>\n

Anhelina Kalinina<\/p>\n

\"Ukraine\"<\/p>\n

Yastremska<\/p>\n

Dayana Yastremska<\/p>\n

\"Germany\"\"Turkey\"Retired:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kalinina (Ukr) and Yastremska (Ukr) beat Maria (Ger) and Sonmez (Tur)<\/p>\n

Anhelina Kalinina (Ukr) and Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) beat Tatjana Maria (Ger) and Zeynep Sonmez (Tur)<\/p>\n

Walkover: Miguel \u00c1ngel Reyes-Varela (Mexico) and Alejandro Tabilo (Chile) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Argentina) and Mariano Navone (Argentina)Set 1: no score – no scoreSet 2: no score – no scoreSet 3: no score – no score\"Argentina\"<\/p>\n

Cerundolo<\/p>\n

Juan Manuel Cerundolo<\/p>\n

\"Argentina\"\"Mexico\"<\/p>\n

Reyes-Varela<\/p>\n

Miguel \u00c1ngel Reyes-Varela<\/p>\n

\"Chile\"Walkover:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reyes-Varela (Mex) and Tabilo (Chi) beat Cerundolo (Arg) and Navone (Arg)<\/p>\n

Miguel \u00c1ngel Reyes-Varela (Mex) and Alejandro Tabilo (Chi) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Arg) and Mariano Navone (Arg)<\/p>\n

Simone Bolelli (Italy) (Seed ranking 5) and Andrea Vavassori (Italy) (Seed ranking 5) beat Yuki Bhambri (India) and Michael Venus (New Zealand)Set 1: 6 – 3Set 2: 6 – 4Set 3: no score – no score\"India\"\"New\"Italy\"<\/p>\n

Bolelli<\/p>\n

Simone Bolelli<\/p>\n

(5)Seed ranking 5\"Italy\"<\/p>\n

Vavassori<\/p>\n

Andrea Vavassori<\/p>\n

(5)Seed ranking 5Court 7Xiyu Wang (China) beat Yulia Starodubtseva (Ukraine)Set 1: 6 – 3Set 2: 7 – 5Set 3: no score – no score\"China\"\"Ukraine\"<\/p>\n

Starodubtseva<\/p>\n

Yulia Starodubtseva<\/p>\n

Hugo Nys (Monaco) (Seed ranking 10) and Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) (Seed ranking 10) beat Ray Ho (Taiwan) and Hendrik Jebens (Germany)Set 1: 6 – 4Set 2: 6 – 3Set 3: no score – no score\"Monaco\"<\/p>\n

Nys<\/p>\n

Hugo Nys<\/p>\n

(10)Seed ranking 10\"France\"<\/p>\n

Roger-Vasselin<\/p>\n

Edouard Roger-Vasselin<\/p>\n

(10)Seed ranking 10\"Taiwan\"\"Germany\"Magda Linette (Poland) and Yulia Starodubtseva (Ukraine) beat Elsa Jacquemot (France) and Sarah Rakotomanga (France)Set 1: 3 – 6Set 2: 6 – 4Set 3: 6 – 3\"Poland\"\"Ukraine\"<\/p>\n

Starodubtseva<\/p>\n

Yulia Starodubtseva<\/p>\n

\"France\"\"France\"<\/p>\n

Rakotomanga<\/p>\n

Sarah Rakotomanga<\/p>\n

Sander Arends (Netherlands) and David Pel (Netherlands) beat Austin Krajicek (United States) (Seed ranking 12) and Nikola Mektic (Croatia) (Seed ranking 12)Set 1: 4 – 6Set 2: 7 – 6, tie break 9 – 7Set 3: 7 – 6, tie break 12 – 10\"Netherlands\"\"Netherlands\"\"United<\/p>\n

Krajicek<\/p>\n

Austin Krajicek<\/p>\n

(12)Seed ranking 12\"Croatia\"<\/p>\n

Mektic<\/p>\n

Nikola Mektic<\/p>\n

(12)Seed ranking 12Court 8Adam Pavlasek (Czech Republic) and Patrik Rikl (Czech Republic) beat Julian Cash (Great Britain) (Seed ranking 3) and Lloyd Glasspool (Great Britain) (Seed ranking 3)Set 1: 6 – 4Set 2: 6 – 4Set 3: no score – no score\"Great<\/p>\n

Cash<\/p>\n

Julian Cash<\/p>\n

(3)Seed ranking 3\"Great<\/p>\n

Glasspool<\/p>\n

Lloyd Glasspool<\/p>\n

(3)Seed ranking 3\"Czech\"CzechGabriela Dabrowski (Canada) (Seed ranking 4) and Luisa Stefani (Brazil) (Seed ranking 4) beat Elena Pridankina (Russian athlete) and Qianhui Tang (China)Set 1: 6 – 3Set 2: 3 – 6Set 3: 6 – 2\"Canada\"<\/p>\n

Dabrowski<\/p>\n

Gabriela Dabrowski<\/p>\n

(4)Seed ranking 4\"Brazil\"<\/p>\n

Stefani<\/p>\n

Luisa Stefani<\/p>\n

(4)Seed ranking 4\"Russian<\/p>\n

Pridankina<\/p>\n

Elena Pridankina<\/p>\n

\"China\"Roman Andres Burruchaga (Argentina) and Thiago Agustin Tirante (Argentina) beat Maximo Gonzalez (Argentina) and Santiago Gonzalez (Mexico)Set 1: 7 – 5Set 2: 3 – 6Set 3: 7 – 6, tie break 12 – 10\"Argentina\"\"Mexico\"<\/p>\n

Gonzalez<\/p>\n

Santiago Gonzalez<\/p>\n

\"Argentina\"<\/p>\n

Burruchaga<\/p>\n

Roman Andres Burruchaga<\/p>\n

\"Argentina\"<\/p>\n

Tirante<\/p>\n

Thiago Agustin Tirante<\/p>\n

Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) and Evan King (United States) beat Vera Zvonareva (Russian athlete) and Albano Olivetti (France)Set 1: 7 – 6, tie break 7 – 4Set 2: 4 – 6Set 3: 10 – 7\"Canada\"<\/p>\n

Dabrowski<\/p>\n

Gabriela Dabrowski<\/p>\n

\"United\"Russian\"France\"Court 9Cristina Bucsa (Spain) (Seed ranking 6) and Nicole Melichar (United States) (Seed ranking 6) beat Oksana Selekhmeteva (Spain) and Anastasia Zakharova (Russian athlete)Set 1: 4 – 6Set 2: 6 – 3Set 3: 6 – 4\"Spain\"<\/p>\n

Selekhmeteva<\/p>\n

Oksana Selekhmeteva<\/p>\n

\"Russian<\/p>\n

Zakharova<\/p>\n

Anastasia Zakharova<\/p>\n

\"Spain\"<\/p>\n

Bucsa<\/p>\n

Cristina Bucsa<\/p>\n

(6)Seed ranking 6\"United<\/p>\n

Melichar<\/p>\n

Nicole Melichar<\/p>\n

(6)Seed ranking 6Harri Helioevaara (Finland) (Seed ranking 2) and Henry Patten (Great Britain) (Seed ranking 2) beat Mattia Bellucci (Italy) and Fabian Marozsan (Hungary)Set 1: 6 – 1Set 2: 6 – 4Set 3: no score – no score\"Italy\"\"Hungary\"\"Finland\"<\/p>\n

Helioevaara<\/p>\n

Harri Helioevaara<\/p>\n

(2)Seed ranking 2\"Great<\/p>\n

Patten<\/p>\n

Henry Patten<\/p>\n

(2)Seed ranking 2Cristina Bucsa (Spain) and Rafael Matos (Brazil) beat Tereza Mihalikova (Slovakia) (Seed ranking 8) and Kevin Krawietz (Germany) (Seed ranking 8)Set 1: 6 – 3Set 2: 6 – 3Set 3: no score – no score\"Slovakia\"<\/p>\n

Mihalikova<\/p>\n

Tereza Mihalikova<\/p>\n

(8)Seed ranking 8\"Germany\"<\/p>\n

Krawietz<\/p>\n

Kevin Krawietz<\/p>\n

(8)Seed ranking 8\"Spain\"\"Brazil\"Olivia Nicholls (Great Britain) (Seed ranking 6) and Henry Patten (Great Britain) (Seed ranking 6) beat Nicole Melichar (United States) and Theo Arribage (France)Set 1: 6 – 7, tie break 4 – 7Set 2: 7 – 6, tie break 7 – 3Set 3: 10 – 6\"Great<\/p>\n

Nicholls<\/p>\n

Olivia Nicholls<\/p>\n

(6)Seed ranking 6\"Great<\/p>\n

Patten<\/p>\n

Henry Patten<\/p>\n

(6)Seed ranking 6\"United\"France\"Court 12Hanyu Guo (China) (Seed ranking 13) and Kristina Mladenovic (France) (Seed ranking 13) beat Su-Wei Hsieh (Taiwan) and Xinyu Wang (China)Set 1: 6 – 1Set 2: 6 – 4Set 3: no score – no score\"China\"<\/p>\n

Guo<\/p>\n

Hanyu Guo<\/p>\n

(13)Seed ranking 13\"France\"<\/p>\n

Mladenovic<\/p>\n

Kristina Mladenovic<\/p>\n

(13)Seed ranking 13\"Taiwan\"\"China\"Titouan Droguet (France) and Hugo Gaston (France) beat Robert Cash (United States) (Seed ranking 15) and James Tracy (United States) (Seed ranking 15)Set 1: 7 – 6, tie break 7 – 4Set 2: 4 – 6Set 3: 6 – 4\"United<\/p>\n

Cash<\/p>\n

Robert Cash<\/p>\n

(15)Seed ranking 15\"United<\/p>\n

Tracy<\/p>\n

James Tracy<\/p>\n

(15)Seed ranking 15\"France\"\"France\"Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) (Seed ranking 1) and Taylor Townsend (United States) (Seed ranking 1) beat Emiliana Arango (Colombia) and Iva Jovic (United States)Set 1: 6 – 2Set 2: 3 – 6Set 3: 6 – 2\"Czech<\/p>\n

Siniakova<\/p>\n

Katerina Siniakova<\/p>\n

(1)Seed ranking 1\"United<\/p>\n

Townsend<\/p>\n

Taylor Townsend<\/p>\n

(1)Seed ranking 1\"Colombia\"\"UnitedSriram Balaji (India) and Marcelo Demoliner (Brazil) beat Jakob Schnaitter (Germany) and Mark Wallner (Germany)Set 1: 7 – 5Set 2: 6 – 2Set 3: no score – no score\"India\"\"Brazil\"<\/p>\n

Demoliner<\/p>\n

Marcelo Demoliner<\/p>\n

\"Germany\"<\/p>\n

Schnaitter<\/p>\n

Jakob Schnaitter<\/p>\n

\"Germany\"Court 13Marcel Granollers (Spain) (Seed ranking 1) and Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) (Seed ranking 1) beat Vasil Kirkov (United States) and Bart Stevens (Netherlands)Set 1: 6 – 3Set 2: 6 – 4Set 3: no score – no score\"Spain\"<\/p>\n

M Granollers<\/p>\n

Marcel Granollers<\/p>\n

(1)Seed ranking 1\"Argentina\"<\/p>\n

Zeballos<\/p>\n

Horacio Zeballos<\/p>\n

(1)Seed ranking 1\"United\"Netherlands\"Shuko Aoyama (Japan) and En-Shuo Liang (Taiwan) beat Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) (Seed ranking 5) and Erin Routliffe (New Zealand) (Seed ranking 5)Set 1: 7 – 5Set 2: 6 – 4Set 3: no score – no score\"Latvia\"<\/p>\n

Ostapenko<\/p>\n

Jelena Ostapenko<\/p>\n

(5)Seed ranking 5\"New<\/p>\n

Routliffe<\/p>\n

Erin Routliffe<\/p>\n

(5)Seed ranking 5\"Japan\"\"Taiwan\"Walkover: Petr Nouza (Czech Republic) and Neil Oberleitner (Austria) beat Zizou Bergs (Belgium) and Raphael Collignon (Belgium)Set 1: no score – no scoreSet 2: no score – no scoreSet 3: no score – no score\"Belgium\"\"Belgium\"<\/p>\n

Collignon<\/p>\n

Raphael Collignon<\/p>\n

\"Czech\"Austria\"<\/p>\n

Oberleitner<\/p>\n

Neil Oberleitner<\/p>\n

Walkover:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nouza (Cze) and Oberleitner (Aut) beat Bergs (Bel) and Collignon (Bel)<\/p>\n

Petr Nouza (Cze) and Neil Oberleitner (Aut) beat Zizou Bergs (Bel) and Raphael Collignon (Bel)<\/p>\n

Ellen Perez (Australia) (Seed ranking 7) and Demi Schuurs (Netherlands) (Seed ranking 7) beat Sara Errani (Italy) and Lilli Tagger (Austria)Set 1: 7 – 6, tie break 7 – 5Set 2: 7 – 6, tie break 10 – 8Set 3: no score – no score\"Australia\"<\/p>\n

Perez<\/p>\n

Ellen Perez<\/p>\n

(7)Seed ranking 7\"Netherlands\"<\/p>\n

Schuurs<\/p>\n

Demi Schuurs<\/p>\n

(7)Seed ranking 7\"Italy\"\"Austria\"Court 14Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain) beat Thiago Agustin Tirante (Argentina)Set 1: 7 – 6, tie break 7 – 0Set 2: 7 – 5Set 3: 3 – 6Set 4: 6 – 4Set 5: no score – no score\"Argentina\"<\/p>\n

Tirante<\/p>\n

Thiago Agustin Tirante<\/p>\n

\"Spain\"<\/p>\n

Carreno Busta<\/p>\n

Pablo Carreno Busta<\/p>\n

Sorana Cirstea (Romania) (Seed ranking 18) beat Solana Sierra (Argentina)Set 1: 6 – 0Set 2: 6 – 0Set 3: no score – no score\"Argentina\"\"Romania\"<\/p>\n

Cirstea<\/p>\n

Sorana Cirstea<\/p>\n

(18)Seed ranking 18Jesper de Jong (Netherlands) beat Karen Khachanov (Russian athlete) (Seed ranking 13)Set 1: 7 – 5Set 2: 5 – 7Set 3: 6 – 2Set 4: 6 – 7, tie break 2 – 7Set 5: 6 – 2\"Russian<\/p>\n

Khachanov<\/p>\n

Karen Khachanov<\/p>\n

(13)Seed ranking 13\"Netherlands\"Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan) (Seed ranking 2) and Aleksandra Krunic (Serbia) (Seed ranking 2) beat Maya Joint (Australia) and Hanne Vandewinkel (Belgium)Set 1: 6 – 2Set 2: 6 – 3Set 3: no score – no score\"Australia\"\"Belgium\"<\/p>\n

Vandewinkel<\/p>\n

Hanne Vandewinkel<\/p>\n

\"Kazakhstan\"<\/p>\n

Danilina<\/p>\n

Anna Danilina<\/p>\n

(2)Seed ranking 2\"Serbia\"<\/p>\n

Krunic<\/p>\n

Aleksandra Krunic<\/p>\n

(2)Seed ranking 2<\/p>\n

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