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Meanwhile another rising American, Learner Tien, is getting plenty of advice from his coach, the 1989 Roland Garros champion Michael Chang, having been absolutely dominated in the first set against Flavio Cobolli, the Italian 10th seed who has far more experience on clay. Cobolli has charged into a 6-2, 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Jovic absolutely obliterated her fellow American and the former world No 8 Emma Navarro in the previous round, and rediscovers some of that form under extreme pressure here, reeling off seven points on the spin to cancel out Osaka\u2019s early break in the second set. The 18-year-old holds with her first aces of the match and nudges ahead for 6-7, 3-2.<\/p>\n Osaka stretches for a backhand return to Jovic. Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.48 EDT<\/p>\n Today’s singles order of play<\/p>\n A quick rundown of the latest scores and what\u2019s coming up on day seven:<\/p>\n COURT PHILIPPE CHATRIER COURT SUZANNE LENGLEN COURT SIMONNE MATHIEU COURT 14 COURT 7 Share<\/a><\/p>\n Francisco Cerundolo was upstaged in the second round by his younger brother Juan Manuel, who of course took out an ailing Jannik Sinner, and he\u2019s being totally upstaged by the 23-year-old Californian Zachary Svajda today, trailing now by two sets to love, 6-3, 6-4. Svajda\u2019s dad died last autumn and he didn\u2019t pick up a racket for a while after, but he\u2019s found a way to channel his grief this year and, on his French Open<\/a> debut, needs only one more set for a first appearance in the last 16 of a slam.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Osaka wins the first-set tie-break 7-5 against Jovic<\/p>\n \u2026 Jovic surrenders another point on serve to trail by a possibly insurmountable 5-2, which turns into 6-3 \u2013 so another three set points for Osaka, to add to the two she had in the previous game. Jovic saves the first in style, with a stinging serve out wide. The teenager thinks she\u2019s nailed an ace down the T on the second SP, but it\u2019s out. Osaka absolutely jumps on the second serve \u2026 but then thwacks into the net on her next shot. She still has one more SP though \u2026 and drills an inside-in forehand down the line! Osaka secures an absorbing first set and is a set away from what would remarkably be her first appearance in the French Open<\/a> fourth round.<\/p>\n Jovic volleys a return to Osaka who goes on to take the first set. Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.30 EDT<\/p>\n With a flurry of fans fluttering in the stands (the hand-held kind I should stress, not the people), with temperatures already hitting 30C at midday in Paris, Osaka takes the opening point of the breaker. The former world No 1 then grabs the first mini-break for 3-1, and backs it up with the quickest serve of the match for 4-1. They change ends at 4-2 \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n One of the most intriguing questions going into today was how Osaka would deal with the precocious talents of the 18-year-old Jovic, and right now the answer is very well. Osaka brings up her first set point at 6-5 and advantage on Jovic\u2019s serve \u2026 but a rare backhand error follows. A second set point soon arrives \u2026 this time Osaka\u2019s forehand misfires. From there Jovic escapes with a hold. So it\u2019s tie-break time!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Apologies for the sparse updates for the past hour \u2013 I\u2019ve been having technical issues so Niall kindly added a couple of entries while spinning several other plates. So \u2026 what\u2019s the state of play? Jovic is serving to stay in the first set against the Eiffel Tower sorry Osaka, trailing 6-5; Cerundolo is a set down, 6-3, but 3-2 up on serve in the second; and Sakkari is zooming through against Chwalinska, leading 6-1, 2-1.<\/p>\n Maja Chwalinska falls to the floor as she struggles against Maria Sakkari. Photograph: Matthew Stockman\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.37 EDT<\/p>\n Osaka breaks back to level the first set at 4-4, while Sakkari has wrapped up the first set against Chwalinska, winning it 6-1.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, another men\u2019s seed in trouble as Francisco Cerundolo (No 25) trails US player Zachary Svajda by a set. Coming up shortly on Chatrier, it\u2019s 10th seed Flavio Cobolli against Learner Tien.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Iva Jovic v Naomi Osaka<\/a> is under way on Court Suzanne-Lenglen, and it\u2019s the former with an early break, leading 3-2 in the first set. Maria Sakkari has also opened up an early lead; she\u2019s 4-1 up on Poland\u2019s Maja Chwalinska.<\/p>\n Naomi Osaka walks on to court in her Eiffel Tower-inspired warm-up outfit. Photograph: Anadolu\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.59 EDT<\/p>\n Preamble<\/p>\n Bonjour et bienvenue au jour sept de notre couverture de Roland Garros 2026!<\/p>\n After Novak Djokovic\u2019s departure in the match of the tournament against the 19-year-old Brazilian sensation Jo\u00e3o Fonseca last night, opportunity knocks louder than ever before for the remaining men, with a first-time grand slam champion guaranteed next Sunday.<\/p>\n Today the players in the top half of the draw get the chance to underline their credentials, and with a huge Jannik Sinner-sized hole in that section, along with the exits of Ben Shelton, Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Bublik, the highest-ranked man in action is F\u00e9lix Auger-Aliassime, and the fourth seed doesn\u2019t play until tonight.<\/p>\n It means Sinner\u2019s conqueror Juan Manuel Cerundolo gets another day in the sun, as does his brother Francisco, but a bigger buzz surrounds the 17-year-old overnight, hometown hero Moise Kouame, who will have Roland Garros rocking when he takes on Chile\u2019s Alejandro Tabilo. The 10th seed Flavio Cobolli against the rising American Learner Tien could be tasty too, while Frances Tiafoe and the resurgent Matteo Berrettini are also in third-round action.<\/p>\n The leading names today are undoubtedly on the women\u2019s side, which is still stacked with slam champions past and present: Coco Gauff continues her title defence, Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> plays the former semi-finalist Daria Kasatkina, while Naomi Osaka and Madison Keys will be hoping to avoid the same fate as Djokovic when they take on the stupendously talented teens Iva Jovic and Victoria Mboko respectively. Amanda Anisimova plays too.<\/p>\n L\u2019action commence: 11h \u00e0 Paris\/10am BST. Allons-y!<\/p>\n
10-Flavio Cobolli (Italy) v 18-Learner Tien (US) 5-2
Diane Parry (France) v 6-Amanda Anisimova (US)
4-Coco Gauff (US) v 28-Anastasia Potapova (Austria)
4-Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) v 31-Brandon Nakashima (US)<\/p>\n
17-Iva Jovic (US) v 16-Naomi Osaka (Japan) 6-7, 1-1
1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Daria Kasatkina (Australia)
Moise Kouame (France) \u200bv Alejandro Tabilo (Chile)
Jaime Faria (Portugal) v 19-Frances Tiafoe (US)<\/p>\n
Maria Sakkari (Greece) v Maja Chwalinska (Poland) 6-1, 3-6, 0-1
Matteo Berrettini (Italy) v Francisco Comesana (Argentina)
9-Victoria Mboko (Canada) v 19-Madison Keys (US)<\/p>\n
25-Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina) v Zachary Svajda (US) 3-6, 4-6, 1-2
22-Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) v Camila Osorio (Colombia)
Matteo Arnaldi (Italy) v Raphael Collignon (Belgium)<\/p>\n
25-Diana Shnaider (Russia) v Oleksandra Oliynykova (Ukraine) 2-4
Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Argentina) v Martin Landaluce (Spain)<\/p>\n