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<\/p>\n 22m ago<\/p>\n Parry shocks Anisimova 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (10-3)!<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 37m ago<\/p>\n Kalinskaya ousts Osorio 6-3, 0-6, 6-2<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Aryna Sabalenka beats Daria Kasatkina 6-0, 7-5<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Anismova wins the second set 6-4 against Parry<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Parry wins the first set 6-3 against Anisimova; Sabalenka leads Kasatkina 6-0<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n Svajda shocks Francisco Cerundolo 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n Osaka beats Jovic 7-6, 6-7, 6-4!<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n Shnaider and Cobolli reach round four<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 4h ago<\/p>\n Jovic takes the second-set tie-break 7-3 against Osaka<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 5h ago<\/p>\n Today’s singles order of play<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 5h ago<\/p>\n Osaka wins the first-set tie-break 7-5 against Jovic<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 7h ago<\/p>\n Preamble<\/p>\n <\/a>Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n Parry has to wait for the noisy crowd to stop singing before she can do her on-court interview. \u201cI\u2019m exhausted but so happy,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was a fantastic atmosphere, you supported me to the end, thank you very much. It wasn\u2019t easy, it was a rollercoaster.\u201d She\u2019s then asked about the potential spanner in the works that is her second-round women\u2019s doubles match. \u201cI really want to watch the Champions League final, it\u2019s something dear to my heart. I might get on for the doubles immediately but I want to watch PSG this evening so we\u2019ll see how it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n You can follow all the Budapest build-up here:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Another set point for Kouame at 5-4 in the first set, at his advantage on serve. It\u2019s set point No 6 to be exact, and this time the 17-year-old gets it done with an inside-out forehand winner! PSG shirts are being waved in the stands. With Parry winning, and Kouame a set to the good, the PSG fans in the crowd will be hoping these things come in threes. As an Arsenal fan, I definitely don\u2019t. COYG.<\/p>\n Vive la France. Photograph: St\u00e9phane Mah\u00e9\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.24 EDT<\/p>\n Parry shocks Anisimova 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (10-3)!<\/p>\n Anisimova, serving at 4-3 down, is well behind the baseline but opts for a crunching winner, which doesn\u2019t come off. 5-3 \u2026 and Anisimova\u2019s ball toss is all awry and she double faults! 6-3. These aren\u2019t match points though \u2013 they\u2019ll play to 10 rather than seven as it\u2019s the final set. But now it\u2019s 7-3, 8-3 and 9-3 and Parry has the luxury of SIX match points \u2026 just as Kouame has a set point against Tabilo. \u201cKOUAME, KOUAME,\u201d chant the Suzanne Lenglen crowd. \u201cPARRY, PARRY,\u201d chant the Philippe Chatrier patrons. It\u2019s hard to know where to look \u2013 this is turning into a Parisian frenzy. And Parry gets the job done when Anisimova\u2019s volley goes long! The sixth seed is out as the 23-year-old Parry secures only the second win of her career against a top-10 player.<\/p>\n Diane Parry celebrates her win. Photograph: St\u00e9phanie Lecocq\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.17 EDT<\/p>\n Gasps as Anisimova double faults to gift Parry a 3-1 lead \u2026 but Anisimova gets the mini-break back with a wonderful drop shot on the run! 3-2 to Parry. Parry decides to get in on the drop shot act, Anisimova gets the ball back but is a sitting target at the net, but Parry inexplicably nets! They change ends at 3-3, and this is very, very edgy and error-strewn \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.00 EDT<\/p>\n Parry nervelessly holds from 30-all, which means this match will be settled by a tie-break, which is exactly what it deserves. Anisimova\u2019s wild forehand is greeted by huge cheers on on the opening point, and she\u2019s equally errant on the third point, as Parry moves to 2-1 on serve \u2026<\/p>\n Amanda Anisimova looks dejected. Photograph: Dan Istitene\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.16 EDT<\/p>\n Kalinskaya ousts Osorio 6-3, 0-6, 6-2<\/p>\n A remarkable turnaround for Kalinskaya. Feeling the heat literally and metaphorically after losing the second set 6-0, she then turned into the coolest woman in the house to complete a three-set victory and reach the fourth round of a major for the first time since Wimbledon 2024. The 22nd seed will face Coco Gauff<\/a> or Anastasia Potapova in the last 16.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cOooh la la,\u201d cries Parry as she\u2019s befuddled by a bad bounce and Anisimova moves 40-15 ahead on serve. Anisimova slices and dices Parry into submission, before unleashing on her favourite side with a backhand bomb, which Parry can\u2019t defuse as she nets. Game Anisimova, 6-5. So Parry once more must hold to remain in this.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.50 EDT<\/p>\n Anisimova holds to 15, her most straightforward hold for quite some time, at the most important time, and it means Parry is serving to stay in the match at 4-5. Parry starts inauspiciously, sliding 15-30 down, but Anisimova lets her off the hook with a wild return. The American is screaming at herself, and then puts her hand to her face after Parry edges 40-30 ahead, and Parry seals the game with an ace. From two points away, Anisimova is now two games away at 5-5. How quickly tennis can change.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.46 EDT<\/p>\n It\u2019s definitely not silent on Suzanne Lenglen, where Kouame broke courtesy of a Tabilo double fault, and has now backed that up for 3-1 in the opening set. And Comesana has claimed the third-set tie-break 7-4, to lead Berrettini by two sets to one.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Parry breaks! Could this be the decisive move? Anisimova\u2019s legs look heavy and she\u2019s puffing for air after a draining duel at 30-40 ends in Parry\u2019s favour. The Frenchwoman leads 4-3, two games from victory. But Anisimova finds a second wind and comes straight back at Parry for 0-30, which turns into 15-40. A ninth ace repels the first BP, and another snarling serve saves the second. Deuce. \u201cI\u2019ve got no idea what\u2019s going to happen, I\u2019m just going to be quiet now,\u201d quips Chrissie Evert on the commentary. And amid the silence, Anisimova accelerates through the next two points to break straight back for 4-4! <\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Kalinskaya has bounced back from her heat break remarkably well to lead Osorio 4-1 in the third set, but there\u2019s nothing between Anisimova and Parry, with the pair locked at 3-3 in their decider. Sinner\u2019s conqueror, Juan Manuel Cerundolo, is into a second-set tie-break against Spain\u2019s Martin Landaluce, having won the first set 6-4, while Matteo Berrettini is into a third-set breaker against Francisco Comesana, after they split the first two sets.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n It was Vallejo, by the way, who came under fire yesterday for saying his match against Kouame shouldn\u2019t have been umpired by a woman, claiming Ana Carvalho didn\u2019t have the \u201ccourage\u201d to handle the partisan crowd.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.24 EDT<\/p>\n Kouame, the world No 318, on his grand slam debut, needed nearly five hours to defeat Paraguay\u2019s Adolfo Vallejo in the second round in his first ever five set match, so he\u2019ll need to get through this encounter significantly quicker if he\u2019s to watch his beloved PSG against Arsenal in just over an hour and a half\u2019s time. Tabilo drowns out the noise to hold to 30 in the opening game.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Anisimova has a sniff on Parry\u2019s serve at 2-1, 15-30 in the deciding set. That swiftly becomes 15-40. But just as last year\u2019s Wimbledon and US Open runner-up looks to have finally found her groove, Parry pings a winner and then an ace on the break points! Nerveless stuff. So it\u2019s deuce. And the Frenchwoman sees out the game from there for 2-2. Cue a huge Parisian roar. And speaking of home hopes \u2026 the 17-year-old Moise Kouame is warming up on Suzanne Lenglen with cheers greeting his every shot, while his opponent, Chile\u2019s Alejandro Tabilo, is being booed every time he hits the ball.<\/p>\n Diane Parry fires a forehand to Amanda Anisimova. Photograph: St\u00e9phanie Lecocq\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.38 EDT<\/p>\n Thanks David! Talking about Kalinskaya struggling in the heat, Osaka has just come into the TNT Sports studio, and reveals she celebrated her hard-earned win over Iva Jovic with a \u201creally long ice bath\u201d. The 2x US Open and 2x Australian Open champion is asked about what has changed for her to reach the last 16 for the first time. \u201cJust trusting myself,\u201d she replies. \u201cObviously I don\u2019t have the best record on clay but I want to continue growing.\u201d She\u2019s then asked about that dress, and says she was nervous before the tournament about whether people would like it. I think if I were wearing that, I\u2019d be more nervous about whether I had the tennis to back it up. She strangely isn\u2019t asked about facing Sabalenka next.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n I\u2019ll now hand you back to Katy Murrells for that Parry-Anisimova decider. It\u2019s 1-1 in the third as I pass the baton.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Out on Court 14 there\u2019s been a dramatic turnaround. Anna Kalinskaya won the first set 6-3 against Camila Osorio but has been bageled in the second. There\u2019s a clear explanation for that 0-6 though. Kalinskaya has called for both the trainer and doctor and currently has an ice pack on her head as she tries to gather herself for the deciding set. It looks like the 22nd seed is really suffering in the hot and muggy conditions.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Aryna Sabalenka beats Daria Kasatkina 6-0, 7-5<\/p>\n The Belarusian top seed finally breaks free from 5-5 in the second to close out the match in one hour and 16 minutes. Plenty of room for improvement there and she knows it. Next up for Sabalenka is four-time Grand Slam-winner Naomi Osaka<\/a> in the fourth round.<\/p>\n Aryna Sabalenka finally gets to smile after a hard fought second set. Photograph: St\u00e9phane Mah\u00e9\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.57 EDT<\/p>\n Anismova wins the second set 6-4 against Parry<\/p>\n This is Anisimova\u2019s first clay tournament of the year and she\u2019s looked rusty, especially in that first set which she lost 6-3. But, despite not eradicating the errors, she\u2019s found more flow in the second and is favourite now to win the decider.<\/p>\n Amanda Anisimova bashes a backhand as she restores parity in her match against Diane Parry. Photograph: St\u00e9phanie Lecocq\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.59 EDT<\/p>\n On Court Simonne-Mathieu, Argentina\u2019s Francisco Comesana levels things up at one set each against Italy\u2019s Matteo Berrettini. He wins the second set 7-5 to restore parity.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> is trying to close out her match with Daria Kasatkina but is getting more and more frustrated. After breezing through the first set 6-0, it\u2019s 5-5 and 30-all in the second with Sabalenka serving.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not been plain sailing for Aryna Sabalenka in the second set against Daria Kasatkina. Photograph: St\u00e9phane Mah\u00e9\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.54 EDT<\/p>\n Parry holds for 4-4. She\u2019s two games away from knocking out the sixth seed. The unforced error count is really starting to rack up on both sides of the net: Anisimova 27-22 Parry. But Anisimova gathers herself in game nine and holds to love to nudge 5-4 ahead. This one really could go either way.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Back on Philippe Chatrier, Asimova breaks for 4-2. A backhand winner to start her own service game is promising but then she\u2019s long with a forehand. That\u2019s her 22nd unforced error according to Tracy Austin in commentary. The mistakes continue giving Parry two break points and she takes the second as Asimova drives into the net. As you were in this set. It\u2019s back on serve with Parry one set up and 3-4 down in the second.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks Katy. Yes, I watched the Cobolli interview. John McEnroe in typically roguish mood, trying to show the Italian how the draw has opened up for him and teasing him that the USA are playing in the World Cup and Italy are not. Cobolli adds that despite the big guns going out he\u2019s \u201cstaying humble\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.30 EDT<\/p>\n Right, I\u2019m off to get some lunch so David Tindall is here to hang with you for a bit \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A victorious Cobolli is in the TNT Sports studio and the Italian is asked about the Champions League final. He reveals he has a soft spot for Arsenal, having played at Roma\u2019s academy alongside Riccardo Calafiori. A man of many talents. You can get all the match build-up, by the way, along with Liverpool\u2019s unexpected move to interrupt the Champions League narrative, here:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.43 EDT<\/p>\n Parry nails a second-serve ace to level up at 1-1 in the second set. The way she\u2019s neutralising Anisimova\u2019s normally destructive power is seriously impressive. And normal service is resumed on Suzanne Lenglen, as Sabalenka breaks back for 2-2. It\u2019s been a curious year for Kasatkina, whose decision in 2025 to switch her allegiance from Russia to Australia was expected to free her up to perhaps reach new levels, but it\u2019s not had that effect and she\u2019s down at 53 in the world, from a career-high ranking of No 8.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.19 EDT<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s great to see Naomi playing this well on clay,\u201d emails Christopher Green. \u201cShe really is a joy to watch. If she can get a little more aggressive and accurate then she may go even deeper in the draw. Easy for me to say though, sitting on the sofa.\u201d Agreed \u2013 it\u2019s such a long-awaited breakthrough, reaching the second week of a non-hard court grand slam for the first time. She really stayed locked in today in one of the best matches of the tournament so far, and she\u2019d be a hugely popular champion. The bad news is the shadow of Sabalenka is looming in round four. Sabalenka has, though, charitably allowed Kasatkina to break at the start of the second set, and it\u2019s 6-0, 0-2.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.12 EDT<\/p>\n Parry wins the first set 6-3 against Anisimova; Sabalenka leads Kasatkina 6-0<\/p>\n Mon dieu! Parry, from 3-1 down, has won four games on the spin for 5-3. Anisimova had dropped only four games to get to the third round; the sixth seed has now lost more than that in the past 15 minutes. Parry, with her left thigh heavily strapped, is serving at set point, 40-30, but the Frenchwoman makes a mess of it, being called for a foot fault on her second serve, which also lands well long. Parry gets a second set point, but also blinks, but on the third Anisimova flings her forehand wide! Just as Sabalenka serves up a bagel first set against Kasatkina.<\/p>\n Diane Parry plays a backhand whilst on the way to taking the first set in her match against Amanda Anisimova. Photograph: St\u00e9phanie Lecocq\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.17 EDT<\/p>\n Anisimova has been hauled back from 3-1 to 3-3 against Parry, but Sabalenka is surging through the games against Kasatkina, leading 3-0 and with two break points on the Russian-born Australian\u2019s serve. Sabalenka duly secures the double break and the world No 1, having arrived at Roland Garros under an injury cloud and struggling on clay, is thriving in the Paris sun and on course to win her fifth consecutive set.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The resurgent Matteo Berrettini, who\u2019s playing Roland Garros for the first time in five years after all his injury problems, is a set to the good against Argentina\u2019s Francisco Comesana, taking the opener on a tie-break, seven points to three. He\u2019s serving so well, with the red hot clay making it bounce up so high, and he\u2019s aiming to set up a last-16 match against Juan Manuel Cerundolo (the brother of Francisco and the conqueror of a certain Jannik Sinner) or Spain\u2019s Martin Landaluce, who are going on serve in the first set.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Cobolli\u2019s win means that Amanda Anisimova is under way on Philippe Chatrier against Diane Parry, the French player and PSG fan who wanted an early match so she could watch the Champions League final later. Parry has already conceded a break to trail last year\u2019s Wimbledon and US Open runner-up 3-1, so at this rate she\u2019ll be back in the locker room with hours to spare. Meanwhile France\u2019s overnight star Moise Kouame was also hoping for an early start, and he\u2019s just been seen practising in a PSG shirt, but he\u2019ll won\u2019t be on court until after Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> v Daria Kasatkina, with Sabalenka taking the opening game on serve.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Share<\/a>Svajda shocks Francisco Cerundolo 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3<\/p>\n Francisco Cerundolo, cap backwards, is sauntering around the back of the court like he\u2019s still in the opening set rather than having just saved two match points. A member of the Argentinian\u2019s team left his box earlier in the match, by the way, saying the 25th seed was behaving so badly he couldn\u2019t watch any more. I\u2019m not sure if he came back. But Cerundolo\u2019s attempted comeback from two sets down falls short, as Svajda serves it out from deuce to seal the biggest win of his career! The 23-year-old world No 85 had very little success on clay before this Roland Garros, but now he\u2019s into the last 16 of a slam for the first time, where he\u2019ll face Cobolli.<\/p>\n Zachary Svajda celebrates after his shock win over Francisco Cerundolo. Photograph: Dan Istitene\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.30 EDT<\/p>\n Osaka is asked if it was one of her best ever matches on clay. \u201cProbably,\u201d is her reply. \u201cHonestly today I was a lot calmer than my first few matches. I think in slams the further I get the calmer I am, as it\u2019s such a privilege to be here. I want to thank everyone for watching, I know it\u2019s really hot, so please be careful for your health.\u201d The on-court interviewer Fabrice Santoro then asks tennis\u2019s biggest fashion icon if she can help him to look younger, but Osaka isn\u2019t too obliging. She\u2019s got a potential fourth-round encounter with Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> to think about.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.29 EDT<\/p>\n Osaka beats Jovic 7-6, 6-7, 6-4!<\/p>\n There\u2019s some scoreboard pressure on Jovic, as she serves to stay in the match at 5-4. A slice of net cord luck for Osaka and it\u2019s 30-all. Will it become match point or game point? Jovic pins Osaka deep to the left corner and then attempts to pull the trigger by going to Osaka\u2019s right \u2026 but Jovic misfires! It was the right tactic, she just couldn\u2019t quite execute it. Match point. And an absorbing match ends when Jovic disappointingly prods long. Osaka is through to the French Open<\/a> fourth round for the first time, but she was made to work so hard for it by an opponent who we will no doubt see much, much more from in the future.<\/p>\n Naomi Osaka celebrates after beating Iva Jovic. Photograph: Clive Brunskill\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.20 EDT<\/p>\n Shnaider and Cobolli reach round four<\/p>\n There\u2019s unsurprisingly no handshake on Court 7, where the Ukrainian Oleksandra Oliynykova will be rueing a missed set point in the first set after losing 7-5, 6-1 to Russia\u2019s Diana Shnaider. There\u2019s a warmer exchange on Philippe Chatrier, where Cobolli\u2019s clay-court craft was just too much for Tien, with the highest-ranked Italian left in the draw sealing a classy 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 victory. The 10th seed will play the winner of Francisco Cerundolo v Svajda, with Cerundolo, having worked so hard to come back from two sets to love down, serving to stay in the match at 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 2-5.<\/p>\n Flavio Cobolli returns during his win over Learner Tien. Photograph: Daniel Kopatsch\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.19 EDT<\/p>\n After the tightest of first and second sets, the decider between Osaka and Jovic is no different, with Osaka serving at 3-3, 30-all. This is high-quality stuff, with neither player deserving to lose and both players reaching for their own personal history: for all of Osaka\u2019s career achievements, victory would put the 28-year-old in the French Open<\/a> fourth round for the first time, and the 18-year-old Jovic is attempting to break new ground by reaching the last 16 too. Osaka holds from egalite.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Tomorrow\u2019s order of play is out, and it\u2019s no surprise to see Joao Fonseca and Casper Ruud will duke it out under the lights in the night match on Philippe Chatrier:<\/p>\n COURT PHILIPPE CHATRIER 11am (10am BST) COURT SUZANNE LENGLEN 11am (10am BST) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Allow content provided by a third party?<\/p>\n This article includes content hosted on platform.x.com. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as the provider may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click ‘Allow and continue’.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A quick whizz around the grounds: Cobolli has ripped through another set to lead Tien 6-2, 6-2. The Polish qualifier Chwalinska is on her knees and now the tears are flowing after completing her comeback victory, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, against the former world No 3 Sakkari. Francisco Cerundolo has reduced his arrears to 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 4-3 with the break against Svajda, while the Russian 25th seed Diana Shnaider has claimed the first set 7-5 against Ukraine\u2019s Oleksandra Oliynykova. It\u2019s a match inevitably marked by the war between their two countries, and Oliynykova has previously been very vocal in criticising Shnaider\u2019s alleged support for Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n Maja Chwalinska celebrates after beating Maria Sakkari. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.34 EDT<\/p>\n Jovic takes the second-set tie-break 7-3 against Osaka<\/p>\n Jovic represents the US but has a Croatian mother and Serbian father, and has already received advice from the most famous Serb of all, with Djokovic tipping the 18-year-old as a future grand slam champion and world No 1. Jovic shows maturity and composure beyond her years to advance to 5-1 in the tie-break, make that 6-2 and four set points! Jovic nets on the first. But Osaka hoiks into the tramlines on the second! This is her first third round appearance at French Open<\/a> (and only her second visit to Roland Garros), and she\u2019s taken the four-time grand slam champion to a decider.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n There\u2019s absolutely nothing to separate Osaka and Jovic in this absorbing second set, which appears to be heading for another tie-break, with Osaka serving at 5-6, 40-0. It looks as if Jovic thinks Osaka\u2019s backhand is going wide, but it doesn\u2019t, and the teenager is rooted to the clay as the ball drops in. So we\u2019ve got ourselves another breaker!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Iga Swiatek was quite vocal yesterday about player safety after her third-round win, with several players having collided with hoardings and rain covers at the back of courts this week, and the organisers have listened and made changes today. Not that it\u2019s helped Maria Sakkari, who has just slipped and done the splits, which just about sums up her current luck, having let a commanding lead slip to fall 6-1, 3-6, 1-4 down against Swiatek\u2019s fellow Pole Maja Chwalinska.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Meanwhile if you\u2019re still digesting Novak Djokovic\u2019s defeat last night at the hands of the 19-year-old with the nuclear forehand, Joao Fonseca, here\u2019s Tumaini\u2019s take on the match:<\/p>\n double quotation markAs Novak Djokovic<\/a> limped back to his chair four hours into a tennis match that had descended into hell, the 24-times grand slam winner did not have much more to give. A two-set lead had unravelled and his 39-year-old body had hit a wall against a shining opponent 20 years his junior. Having reached the umpire\u2019s chair, Djokovic vomited into the red dirt.<\/p>\n Still, nobody has mastered the art of finding victory from a miserable position quite like Djokovic, so everybody inside Court Philippe-Chatrier knew he could always conjure a path through.<\/p>\n It took the most courageous, headstrong performance from Jo\u00e3o Fonseca to refuse his legendary opponent a way back. The 19-year-old Brazilian held on for a career-defining victory, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5, after 4hr 53min.<\/p>\n While Fonseca is still a teenager this victory was a long time coming considering his talent and the attention that has been on him. Fonseca was asked about the self-belief that underscored the victory during his on-court interview. \u201cI just played,\u201d he said. \u201cI just enjoyed being on court. What a pleasure it was.\u201d<\/p>\n The plaudits were led by his opponent: \u201cI think he, without a doubt, was the better player in important moments in those crucial fourth and fifth,\u201d Djokovic said.<\/p>\n \u201cSome amazing exchanges and points. Yeah, he just found incredible shots, lines. It was just amazing from his side. Obviously not great for me to be facing a player playing in such level, but yeah, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve done too much wrong with my game. It\u2019s just that he was better.\u201d<\/p>\n This is just the second time Djokovic has lost from two sets up, the other occasion coming in a 2010 French Open<\/a> quarter-final against J\u00fcrgen Melzer. One day earlier, Jannik Sinner\u2019s astounding defeat by Juan Manuel Cer\u00fandolo had transformed the tournament. All eyes turned to Djokovic, who had been waiting for this moment: a grand slam event without Sinner or Carlos Alcaraz.<\/p>\n But Djokovic was simply not in good enough shape to take advantage. He has been injured for much of this year since his epic run to the Australian Open final and although his level here was high for nearly five hours, it was not enough: \u201cConsidering I was injured for three months and trying to come back and then, going pretty much straight into a grand slam on this surface that is very demanding and, for me, takes more time to get used to, to find my groove,\u201d he said. \u201cTaking everything in consideration and all the circumstances, I think the level was really good.\u201d<\/p>\n You can read the rest of Tumaini\u2019s report here:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 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 The referee speaks to Russia\u2019s Diana Shnaider and Oleksandra Oliynykova of Ukraine before their third round match. Photograph: Thibault Camus\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.55 EDT<\/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 approaching 30C in Paris on the final day of the heatwave, 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 Updated at\u00a007.49 EDT<\/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
Marta KOSTYUK (UKR) [15] v Iga SWIATEK (POL) [3]
Elina SVITOLINA (UKR) [7] v Belinda BENCIC (SUI) [11]
Jesper DE JONG (NED) v Alexander ZVEREV (GER) [2]
Not before 8.15pm (7.15pm BST)
Casper RUUD (NOR) [15] v Joao FONSECA (BRA) [28]<\/p>\n
Sorana CIRSTEA (ROU) [18] v Xiyu WANG (CHN)
Rafael JODAR (ESP) [27] v Pablo CARRENO BUSTA (ESP)
Mirra ANDREEVA (RUS) [8] v Jil TEICHMANN (SUI)
Jakub MENSIK (CZE) [26] v Andrey RUBLEV (RUS) [11]<\/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