Images from Day 2 of the 2025 French Open in Paris on Monday.
Alcaraz eases into 2nd round
Carlos Alcaraz produced his usual mix of poise, pace and power to see off Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 and reach the second round of the French Open on Monday.
The defending champion wasted little time seeing off the world number 310 on the Suzanne Lenglen court at the Roland Garros stadium, setting up a meeting with Hungary's Fabian Marozsan.
"It was really solid, the first round of a Grand Slam is never easy, especially coming here as the defending champion," Alcaraz said to a nearly packed court after his victory.
"I started well and kept a good pace during the match, I tried to be focused on my game, to get a good rhythm. I'm really proud of my start here at Roland Garros."
Alcaraz quickly took the measure of his opponent and broke for 3-1 in the opening set as he dusted every corner of the court, setting the stage for a comfortable eighth straight win at the French Open.
Zeppieri offered more resistance in the second set, but Alcaraz snatched the decisive break in the seventh game and never looked back.
He wrapped it up on his second match point when Zeppieri netted a service return.
Swiatek launches French Open bid with record in sight
Defending champion Iga Swiatek cruised past Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia 6-3, 6-3 and into the second round of the French Open on Monday, launching her quest for a record fourth straight women's title.
The Pole, a four-time champion who is now on a 22-match winning run in Paris having won the last three titles, is looking to become the first female player to win four straight French Open crowns in the professional era since 1968.
She arrived more than 10 days before the tournament to get sufficient training on the clay courts and she said it has so far paid off.
"It was the first time we had this situation (of arriving early)," Swiatek said in a post-match interview. "But I liked it. I knew I am going to have the best courts to practice on."
"It was not an easy match. She played with a lot of freedom. So I knew I need to stay proactive and try to create and use my weapons."
Swiatek, unusually without a title on the tour so far this season, needed some time to find her footing, with the Slovak initially offering greater resistance than in her 6-0 6-2 loss to Swiatek at the Australian Open in January.
Sramkova held serve until Swiatek broke her to go 4-3 up and bag the first set a little later.
The 28-year-old world number 42 broke Swiatek at the start of the second set to open up a 2-0 lead but her opponent quickly reined her in with two breaks of her own, winning six of the next seven games to wrap up her win after an hour and 24 minutes.
She next faces Britain's Emma Raducanu, who battled for more than 2-1/2 hours before securing a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 win over China's Wang Xinyu.
The former US Open champion, who has slipped down to 41st in the world, had to have her blood pressure checked during the first set but came back to win the match, helped also by the Chinese player's staggering 54 unforced errors.
Osaka's French Open woes continue
Former World number one Naomi Osaka cannot seem to catch a break at the French Open after her first-round loss to Paula Badosa on Monday, with the Japanese battling blisters, tears and mercurial form and walking out of the press conference before returning.
Osaka, a four-times Grand Slam champion, who in May won her first title in almost two years following a maternity break, has never gone past the third round at Roland Garros.
In 2021 she stunned the tennis world by withdrawing from the tournament in Paris after deciding to boycott post-match media duties, explaining she had been suffering from depression for almost three years.
Although she pushed 10th seed Badosa to three sets, Osaka also made 54 unforced errors, double the number of her opponent, in her 7-6(1), 1-6 4-6 loss.
"As time goes on, I feel like I should be doing better," Osaka, close to tears, told a press conference. "I hate disappointing people."
The 27-year-old was also suffering from blisters on her fingers throughout the match, calling a medical time-out to have them bandaged.
"Since Rome (earlier in May) I have had blisters on my hands. I think it's from the friction of clay, because I don't have blisters on any other surface," she said.
Osaka, visibly upset, briefly left the room before returning for two final questions.
When asked how the loss would make her stronger, she said: I hope you can tell me that. I think, I'm not sure."
Unseeded Altmaier knocks out Fritz
Unseeded German Daniel Altmaier, who famously stunned Sinner two years ago, created another big upset as he knocked out American fourth seed Taylor Fritz 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Greece's Tsitsipas also earned a straight-sets win over Argentine Tomas Etcheverry to set up a second-round encounter against Italian qualifier Matteo Gigante.
Stan Wawrinka fell 7-6(6), 6-3, 6-2 to Briton Jacob Fearnley but the 2015 champion said it was not the end of the road for him although he is 40 and in the twilight of a stellar career.
French favourite Richard Gasquet extended his farewell event after a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 win over his cramping compatriot Terence Atmane but local hope Caroline Garcia made her final appearance at Roland Garros in a 6-4 6-4 defeat by American Bernarda Pera.
Ninth seed Emma Navarro was shown the door after a 6-0, 6-1 hammering by Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro before 12th seed Elena Rybakina survived a scare against Julia Riera to beat the Argentine qualifier 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
Ruud starts off with easy win
Twice runner-up Casper Ruud started his latest bid to reach another French Open final with a crushing 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory over seasoned Spanish qualifier Albert Ramos Vinolas in the first round on Monday.
Ruud warmed up for Roland Garros by becoming the first Norwegian winner of a Masters 1000 title at this month's Madrid Open before the 26-year-old's momentum ground to a halt after a 6-0, 6-1 hammering by Jannik Sinner in the Rome quarter-finals.
The 2022 and 2023 Paris finalist showed why red clay remains his natural habitat despite that harsh reality check as he eased through the first set on Court Simonne Mathieu with a solitary break in the fourth game.
Ramos Vinolas came into his eighth clash with Ruud eager to avoid a fifth straight defeat and the 37-year-old recovered a loss of serve early in the second set to give himself a fighting chance for a comeback, only to fade away quickly.
A crosscourt backhand winner gave last year's semi-finalist Ruud another break at 3-2 and the seventh seed used the platform to double his lead before comfortably closing out the victory with another solid display in the third set.
Up next for Ruud is Portugal's Nuno Borges.
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