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The first week of the 2025 French Open ends at Roland Garros with the third round of the singles to be wrapped up today.
Jannik Sinner (1) has cruised into the fourth round while Jessica Pegula (3) came from a set down to advance. American Coco Gauff (2) won in straight sets to reach the fourth round while Madison Keys survived in three sets over Sofia Kenin.
British No.1 Jack Draper (5) trounced Joao Fonseca in straight sets to advance to the fourth round. Novak Djokovic (6) takes the court later on.
The final match on Court Philippe-Chatrier today is 24-time slam champion Novak Djokovic taking on Austrian Filip Misolic. Djokovic is trying to advance to the second week at Roland Garros for the 16th consecutive year.
First ball is expected at 2:15 p.m. ET. Stay tuned tennis fans.
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Three-time Grand Slam finalist Ons Jabeur has criticized double standards in the coverage and showcasing of women’s tennis, writing on social media “the women’s game has been writing its own legacy loudly, brilliantly, and for far too long without full recognition.”
In a post on X today, Jabeur wrote: “A lot of amazing athletes have been told the same things over and over. That no one watches. That no one cares. That women’s sport doesn’t ‘move people.’
“Judgment comes quickly often from those who’ve never even watched a full match. One empty stadium is held up as proof. The packed ones? Conveniently ignored.”
A 6-0, 6-0 win for a woman is called “boring. Too easy,” she added. “When a man does it? That’s ‘dominance.’ ‘Strength.’ ‘Unstoppable.’”
Jabeur was eliminated in the French Open first round Tuesday by Magdalena Fręch. She will now focus on the grass-court season and preparing for Wimbledon, where she is a two-time finalist.
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Court Suzanne-Lenglen, the second show court at Roland Garros, is a rocket booster for home (i.e. French) players and a mix between a cauldron and a washing machine for their opponents.
Welcome to the French Open's amphitheatre of heaven and hell.
The Athletic dives deeper, below.
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Welcome to Court Suzanne-Lenglen, the French Open amphitheater of heaven and hell at Roland Garros
There's a lot of American players in the second week of Roland Garros. Five women and three men (eight total) are into the Round of 16 at the French Open for the first time in 40 years, per the USTA.
The last time the Roland Garros fourth round featured eight or more American players was 1985.
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What a gutsy win for Madison Keys. She defeats 2020 Australian Open Sofia Kenin in three sets 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
It wasn't the easiest match for Keys, who struggled with her ground strokes, in particular the backhand on Kenin's second serve. But Keys showed great resilience as she's done throughout this season as a Grand Slam champion. She found the big shots, in particular when saving match points down 4-5 in the third set, where she tossed in an unreturnable first serve or a powerful groundstroke.
For Kenin, she's still searching for her first round of 16 at a Slam since 2021. It was a spirited effort but unfortunately, too inconsistent throughout the match to get the win. Keys led the point total 113 to 93 despite it being a three-set match.
It will be another American that Keys faces in the fourth round. Hailey Baptiste, the 23-year-old from Washington D.C., is into her first second week at a slam. Keys is looking to get to her first quarterfinals at Roland Garros since 2019.
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Right after Madison Keys battled to hold serve, she immediately breaks Sofia Kenin's serve. On double break point, Kenin sent a forehand wide, leading to the Keys break. Kenin is upset, as she had chances to win the match but couldn't convert.
Now it's Keys who will serve for the match up 6-5.
Staring at elimination, Madison Keys escapes to hold serve against Sofia Kenin. She saves three match points en route to the service hold. Whether it was an unreturnable first serve or her blazing groundstrokes, Keys was able to hit clutch shots.
How will Kenin respond? 5-5 final set.
It looked at though Gauff would be coasting after blitzing the first set, but Bouzková came right back into it and at one point, was two points away from levelling the match. The Czech was fired-up and Gauff struggled to contain her at times in the second.
But the No.2's quality shone through in the tie-break. She will face Ekaterina Alexandrova in the last 16.
3-2 up in the tie-break and each of them have been gruelling exchanges from the back of the court.
The two she has conceded were just unforced errors, firing long and dropping a slice into the net.
It wasn't an easy service hold for Sofia Kenin. She let some angst out, tapping her racquet on the clay after Madison Keys got a winner.
But Kenin was eventually able to hold as Keys dumped an unforced error in the net. Kenin leads 5-4 and is one game away from a place in the Roland Garros fourth round.
Incredible effort.
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Gauff holds to love, a whole lot more routine. And off we go to a breaker, based on the quality of the high-pressure moments in this match so far, it looks sure to be a thrilling one.
And most importantly, denies Gauff the opportunity to serve for the match. It's a pretty gruelling one, some lengthy rallies in there, and Bouzková giving absolutely everything to try and take this to a decider.
Gauff now serving to take this to a tie-break.
Sofia Kenin leads 4-3 in the final set after a convincing service hold. That's a big confidence boost for Kenin after giving the break back to Madison Keys.
Even though Keys feels like the more in control player at the moment, Kenin isn't going away. She's battling and mixing up shots, evidenced by that drop shot at 30-0 which forced Keys to go on the run, leading to the point.
A long way to go in this match.
Pretty breathless stuff here. Really tense, Gauff has twice taken advantage but been outlasted by some truly inspired defending by Bouzková. The crowd are loving it, and the Czech now has advantage…
That might be Madison Keys' best return of the match. Down 15-40 and facing second serve, Keys delivers a down the line backhand winner to break Sofia Kenin. Keys' has struggled with her backhand today but there was no doubt that was going to be a winner.
A disappointing service game for Kenin, who committed some loose unforced errors. Back on serve 3-2 in the final set.
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That tends to be how this funny old game works. Gauff holds to love. Of course she does!
An excellent response, again, from Gauff. She's dictating so many of the exchanges at the back of the court, but Bouzková's defence is really good, which is forcing the American into some unforced errors.
It goes to a nervy deuce, Gauff continues to push Bouzková into the corners, and with a mighty forehand down the line, the 21-year-old ensures the sequence of breaks continues.
She has to hold now… something she hasn't done in the last hour or so…
After Madison Keys wins the second set 6-3 to force a third and decider, Sofia Kenin starts off on the right foot. She holds serve and then immediately breaks Madison Keys to go up 2-0 in the final set.
It's clear Kenin is attacking Keys' backhand side, which has let her down today.
