Novak Djokovic on the Suzanne-Lenglen, Carlos Alcaraz on the Simonne-Mathieu and Rafael Nadal at night on the Philippe-Chatrier: the favorites are playing their second round of Roland-Garros on Wednesday May 25.
Five French will try to reach the third round, including Corentin Moutet, who will have to achieve a feat against Nadal. Elsa Jacquemot opened the debates on the Philippe-Chatrier against Angelique Kerber, Grégoire Barrère challenged John Isner on the Simonne-Mathieu, while Richard Gasquet faces Sebastian Korda on the Suzanne-Lenglen, where Diane Parry will face Camila Osorio at the end of the program.
Follow the main developments of the day live.
11:16 p.m .: Corentin Moutet powerless against Nadal
Corentin Moutet, 139th in the world and guest, dreamed of facing Rafael Nadal: Wednesday in the second round of Roland-Garros on the Central, the Frenchman was powerless against his idol who inflicted a 6-3, 6-1, 6 -4 in 2:09.
At 23, Corentin Moutet participated in his fifth Major on clay, without ever having exceeded the 3rd round reached in 2019. That year, Juan Ignacio Londero had deprived him of a match against Nadal in the 8th.
In a one-sided match, Corentin Moutet will be able to be satisfied with having succeeded, in the third set, in taking Nadal’s face-off twice on his favorite court where he lifted the Mousquetaires Cup thirteen times.
9:17 p.m.: Diane Parry qualified for the 3rd round
The French Diane Parry continues her momentum: the 97th player in the world who had achieved the feat of eliminating the defending champion in the first round qualified on Wednesday for the third by dismissing without trembling the Colombian Camila Osorio (66th) 6- 3, 6-3. “I don’t intend to stop there!”, Launched the 19-year-old player after the meeting. “It’s pure happiness and I will give my best to go as far as possible,” she added.
We will have to start by dismissing in the next round the American Sloane Stephens (64th), finalist at Roland-Garros in 2018 and winner of the US Open 2017. “Like today, I will have to be aggressive and super solid”, Parry said.
She reached the 3rd round of a Major for the first time, after having already reached the 2nd in Paris in 2019 when she was still a junior.
9:26 p.m .: Richard Gasquet too short against Sebastian Korda
Richard Gasquet, 70th in the world, did not come across a great Sebastian Korda (30th), but he nevertheless came up against the American obstacle without finding a solution and lost (7-6 (7/ 5), 6-3, 6-3) in the second round of Roland-Garros.
The Frenchman, semi-finalist in Geneva just before Roland-Garros, has not passed the 2nd round of the Parisian Major since 2018, when he was beaten by Rafael Nadal in the 3rd round. The same Nadal who had beaten him sharply last year in the second round.
6:35 p.m .: Novak Djokovic in the 3rd round without problems
Novak Djokovic, defending champion at Roland-Garros, passes without incident to 3e round. The world number 1 disposed in three sets of the Slovak Alex Molcan, new colt of his former trainer Marian Vajda. If the Serb made more mistakes than usual, he did not tremble either (6-2, 6-3, 7-6).
6:13 p.m.: Stunning Alexander Zverev
The world No. 3 and semi-finalist last year, Alexandre Zverev has managed to turn the tide. After being led and dominated for two sets by the young Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the German managed to find the resources to get back in the game. He picked up two sets everywhere, before winning the decisive set, even saving a match point from his opponent.
17 h 22 : Alexander Zverev s’offre un 5e set
The German is on the rise. Led two sets to zero at the start of the game, he has just equalized against the young Argentinian Sebastian Baez, who gives him a good fight.
4:08 p.m .: Maria Sakkari, from semi-finalist to eliminated in the 2nd round
The career at Roland-Garros of the world n°3 Maria Sakkari, semi-finalist last year, ended prematurely in the 2nd round against the 81st world Czech Karolina Muchova (7-6 (7/5), 7 -6 (7/4)).
The Greek is the fifth member of the women’s top 10 not to see the third round in the Parisian Grand Slam, after the eliminations of Barbora Krejcikova (n°2 and defending champion), Anett Kontaveit (n°5), Ons Jabeur ( #6) and Garbine Muguruza (#10).
Among the men, seeded No. 13, the American Taylor Fritz also fell in the second round against the Spaniard Bernabe Zapata, from the qualifications, in four sets (3-6, 2-6, 2- 6, 3-6). The 24-year-old Californian, winner in March of Indian Wells against Rafael Nadal in the final, multiplied the unforced errors (43) against the 131st player in the world.
3:33 p.m .: “Coco” Gauff holds his rank
Big favorite in her second round, the American Cori Gauff methodically eliminated Alison Van Uytvanck in two sets (6-1, 7-6 [4]).
Her compatriot Amanda Anisimova imitated her with her quiet victory against Donna Vekic in just 1h17 of play (6-4, 6-1).
2:13 p.m .: Elsa Jacquemot cracks in the decisive game
The French fought a good fight on the Philippe-Chatrier court against the German Angélique Kerber. After conceding the first set a little too easily, the two women fought a warrior battle throughout the second set. Unfortunately for the Habs, they didn’t win the tiebreak.
1:48 p.m .: “FAA” first qualified man, Grégoire Barrère eliminated
The Canadian Félix Auger-Alissime easily won his match against Ugo Carabelli (6-0, 6-3, 6-4). Forget the difficulty of his entry into the running, he will be well in the third round.
On the other hand, there was no recovery for Grégoire Barrère. The Frenchman, after snatching the third set from John Isner, lost in the fourth after a decisive game: 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6[5].
1:23 p.m .: Raducanu to the hatch
First surprise of the day, British prodigy Emma Raducanu, seeded number 12, lost in three sets against Sasnovich (6-3, 1-6, 1-6). She was eliminated in the second round of the competition.
12:50 p.m .: the French in bad shape
On the Central, Elsa Jacquemot conceded the first set despite a good resistance (6-1). On the Simonne-Mathieu, Grégoire Barrère, cornered by John Isner in the first two sets (6-4, 6-4), had to tear himself away to win the third set (3-6).
12:38 p.m .: Teichmann, first qualified for the third round
Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann made no detours to beat Olga Danilovic in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1. She will therefore see the third round.
11 a.m.: the matches of the day begin
After his complicated first round, Félix Auger-Aliassime faces Argentinian Ugo Carabelli. On the women’s side, British prodigy Emma Raducanu takes on Aliaksandra Sasnovich.