Djokovic, who recently won his 100th title at the tour level, has taken his winning record in the first round of Roland Garros to 20-0. Djokovic has never lost a set in the first round of French Open since 2010 and has registered consecutive wins.
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic won the first round of the year’s second Grand Slam French Open in a one-sided fashion and maintained his record of being undefeated in the opening round of this tournament. Sixth seed Novak Djokovic has started a winning campaign on the way to his 25th Grand Slam. Three-time French Open winner Djokovic defeated America’s Mackenzie McDonald 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Djokovic’s undefeated record in the opening round of French Open
Djokovic, who recently won his 100th title at the tour level, has taken his winning record in the first round of Roland Garros to 20-0. Djokovic has never lost a set in the first round of French Open since 2010 and has registered consecutive wins. At the same time, top seed Yannick Sinner of Italy, playing his first Grand Slam after completing the doping ban, made a winning start in the French Open tennis tournament. He defeated Arthur Ridderknech of France 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 in straight sets in the first round. This is his 15th consecutive win in Grand Slams. Sinner has won the last two Grand Slams in the form of US Open and Australian Open.
This is only the second tournament of Sinner after completing a three-month doping ban. Earlier, he played in the Italian Open, where he lost to Carlos Alcaraz. Sinner has won three Grand Slams so far. He reached the semi-finals of French Open last year. He will play against Richard Gasquet of France in the next round. At the same time, defending runner-up and third seed Alexander Zverev of Germany defeated Lerner Tien of America 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. The biggest upset came in the form of 11th seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia. Cameron Norrie of England defeated him 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 1-6, 7-5.
Dimitrov left the match midway
Medvedev of Russia took a 3-1 lead against Norrie, but after that he lost eight consecutive games and lost two sets. He then made a comeback and brought the match to a draw by winning two sets. He also took a 2-1 lead in the fifth set, but Norrie won the match. This is Norrie’s first win over Medvedev. Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov also got eliminated. He had to leave the match against Ethan Quinn of America when he lost the third set 2-6 after winning the first two sets 6-2, 6-3.
Gauff of America defeated Gadecki
In the women’s category, America’s second seed Coco Gauff has also started with a win. She defeated Australia’s Olivia Gadecki 6-2, 6-2. Gauff, who had reached the final of the French Open, did not have a racket in her bag when she came on the court. She had left her racket in the change room. Due to which the match was halted for a while.
Jersey with Rafa’s name sold for 42 thousand
A day after Rafael Nadal was honored at the French Open, dozens of spectators started selling ‘Merci Rafa’ T-shirts distributed at the felicitation ceremony. The price of many of the free T-shirts reached 500 euros (about 42 thousand rupees). The T-shirt had the words ‘Thank You Rafa’ along with the date 25-5-2025 and the words RG 14, representing Nadal’s 14 titles at Roland Garros.