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The French Open continues today, as the third round of the singles championships gets underway at Roland Garros.
After the shock exit of top men’s seed Jannik Sinner yesterday, Novak Djokovic (3) has his sights set on a clearer path to Grand Slam title number 25 — he has just started against João Fonseca on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
Four-time Roland Garros champion Iga Świątek (3) and Mirra Andreeva (8) are both through to the fourth round, but Karolina Muchová (10) was dumped out by Jil Teichmann 6-1, 7-5.
Casper Ruud (15) takes on Tommy Paul later in the day, ahead of top remaining seed Alexander Zverev (2) facing home favorite, Quentin Halys.
Michelsen 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 6-4, 3-6, 0-1* Jodar
Let’s step away from Court Philippe-Chatrier to check in with Court Simonne-Mathieu.
That is where U.S. youngster Alex Michelsen is taking on 27th seed, Rafael Jodar.
And after 3 hours 40 minutes, it’s just about to start a fifth set — that’s after Jodar grabbed the only break of the fourth set to win it 6-3.
It’s been a titanic struggle so far. Let’s see what these two have left in the tank.
It starts with a break for Jodar too. Ominous signs for the American, especially after having some medical treatment to his back in the latter stages of this match.
Novak Djokovic had three set points to take the opener 6-1, but ended up not taking them and then being broken himself the next game.
Djokovic in charge — and it was a beautiful drop shot to close the set — but João Fonseca has at least been able to gain a foothold in that extra 10 minutes or so.
Fonseca 4-6, *0-0 Djokovic
Fonseca holds to 15 and looks pumped — but breaking Djokovic a second time proves a bridge too far, and the Serbian holds to love to take the first set in 46 minutes.
Fonseca *3-5 Djokovic
Woah! Djokovic goes for a mid-air backhand and gets it wrong, drilling into the net on the stretch.
It hands Fonseca his first break point of the match — and he takes it after a 12-shot rally driven by the Brazilian’s heavy forehand and ended by Djokovic’s backhand drifting long.
Game on here in the first set? Maybe.
Fonseca 2-5* Djokovic
Fair play to João Fonseca there. Facing three set points, the Brazilian found the resolve to claw his way back, get through a trio of deuces and serve out his hold.
He’s making Novak Djokovic serve for this first set himself — and he will do that now.
Novak Djokovic is such a beautiful clay-court player, overlooked for so much of his career because he shared the stage for most of it with Rafael Nadal.
But with Nadal gone, and Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz out of the way, he has a huge opportunity to win a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title here.
He’s teaching the 19-year-old João Fonseca a lesson at the moment.
Novak Djokovic is pulling João Fonseca’s weaknesses apart already, exploiting his lateral and north-south movement at every opportunity.
Right then, let’s take you to Court Philippe-Chatrier where all of a sudden, it feels like Novak Djokovic has been inflated into men’s singles favoritism again.
That’s what a men’s draw without Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will do for us all.
The 39-year-old No. 3 seed and 24-time Grand Slam champion is taking on Brazilian superstar in the making, 19-year-old João Fonseca.
And Djokovic is already a double break up in the opening set, leading 4-1 and serving next. Rapid.
Just 56 minutes — that is all it took for 18th seed Sorana Cirstea to beat Argentina’s Solana Sierra on Court 14, 6-0, 6-0.
Sierra won 25 points and hit 30 unforced errors, winning just 43 percent of points on her first serve.
For Romanian Cirstea, it is China’s Wang Xiyu that awaits in the fourth round.
Teichmann 6-1, 7-5 Muchová
What a disappointing outcome for Karolína Muchová.
Not long ago, she led the second set against Jil Teichmann 5-2 but the Swiss national rattled off five straight games to advance to the fourth round.
The last point was quite the battle too but Muchová ultimately slapped a backhand wide as Teichmann fell to her knees out of joy.
USA’s Alex Michelsen has completely turned around his match with rising star, Rafael Jodar.
The 21-year-old Californian got back level by taking the second set — the first two were both won by tiebreak — and now Michelsen has sealed the third set 6-4 to get on top of the Spanish 27th seed.
Michelsen now one set away from the fourth round, emulating his previous Grand Slam best at the Australian Open in 2025.
Yes, this match on Court Suzanne-Lenglen is fascinating right now.
Karolina Muchová was smashed 6-1 in the opening set by Jil Teichmann but the 10th seed rallied at the start of the second set, getting a double break up and leading 5-1.
But serving for the second set, Muchová was broken for third time in the match — and Teichmann went on to hold.
So it’s 5-3 with Muchová trying to serve out for a deciding set. But it feels like the Czech star is up against it again, while Teichmann is thoroughly enjoying herself.
Well, I tried to big up Marie Bouzková but Mirra Andreeva breezed past her in the end — just sealing her 6-4, 6-2 win on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
The No. 8 seed had her moments of losing her cool, as tends to come with the territory. But Andreeva was powerful, strong and clinical here.
If she can keep it together — and it is something she is trying to work on — then she should be a serious contender here. As Andreeva just said on court:
💬 “I was very happy I was able to play aggressive throughout the whole match.”
Next for Andreeva is the winner on Suzanne-Lenglen. Speaking of which …
Sorana Cirstea is not planning to hang around on Court 14 it seems. The 18th seed took just 25 minutes to rattle off a bagel in the first set, taking it 6-0 against Solana Sierra.
The winner of this one will face Wang Xiyu in the fourth round.
Alex Michelsen is making his mark on 27th seed, Rafael Jodar. The American has leveled the match on Court Simonne-Mathieu by taking the second set on a tiebreak 7-5 — just as Jodar did the first, 7-2.
And even better, Michelsen has broken the Spaniard in the opening game of the third set.
All to play for here, with Pablo Carreño Busta awaiting the winner in the fourth round.
Mirra Andreeva has upped her levels on Court Philippe-Chatrier — and she is overpowering her Czech opponent across the net.
The No. 8 seed is on a run of four consecutive games, including two breaks, that closed out the first set 6-4 against Maria Bouzková and has helped her take the initiative in the second.
Actually, make that five successive games as Andreeva survives a second break point faced in the match, and holds.
Andreeva leads 6-4, 2-0.
A 6-1 first-set win for Jil Teichmann over Karolina Muchová was far from expected on Court Suzanne-Lenglen.
Now we’ll see if the No. 10 seed can reset in the second set and get her third-round challenge back on track.
Holding her serve more than once would be a start.
Pablo Carreño Busta books his ticket into the fourth round on Court 14, taking the fourth set with its solitary break in the seventh game and beating Thiago Agustin Tirante 7-6(0), 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 — in an extremely pleasing 3 hours 33 minutes.
The 34-year-old Spaniard has been to the quarterfinals here twice, but they were 2017 and 2020.
Maybe this rapidly opening men’s draw is making him dream of what he can achieve in Paris this year.
Next on Court 14, Argentina’s Solana Sierra faces the 18th seed, Romania’s Sorana Cirstea.
It is still early, but things are not going well on Court Suzanne-Lenglen for the No. 10 seed, Karolina Muchová.
Just 19 minutes into their third-round match and Muchová is yet to hit a winner and yet to win a game, down 4-0 to Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann who already has the cushion of a double break.
Muchová all at sea so far, with Teichmann in a hurry.
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