RG Live: Tuesday May 26

Sinner leads 6-1, 6-3

Top seed Jannik Sinner wraps up another quick set on Chatrier and he's moving smoothly towards a second round meeting with Argentina's Juan Manuel Cerundolo.

Felix Auger-Alissime is once again playing from a set down against Daniel Altmaier, but the No.4 seed is a break up in the fourth as he hopes for a late night on Lenglen.

Aussie Kim Birrell is battling against No.5 seed Jess Pegula. She took the second 6-3 as they head into a final set on Simonne-Mathieu.

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First set Sinner

Jannik Sinner is in a hurry on a warm evening inside Chatrier as he flies through the opening set against world No.171 Clement Tabur 6-1 in exactly 30 minutes. He's a couple of sets away from a 30th successive victory.

Over on Lenglen No.4 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime took the second set against Daniel Altmaier, but the German is a break up in the third.

And on Simonne-Mathieu No.5 seed Jessica Pegula has had to wait a long time to get her first round match under way against Aussie Kim Birrell. The American is ahead 6-1, 2-1.

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Second-round sizzlers 🌭

The first round served up all sorts of mega matches, thrillers and comebacks at Roland-Garros 2026.

There is so much happening across the grounds, you’d be forgiven for missing a headline or two.

➡️ Alex Sharp has identified 10 tantalising second-round clashes you won’t want to miss…

Upset alert: FAA down a set

Men's fourth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime has a battle on his hands on Lenglen where he's lost the first set 6-4 to German clay-court lover Daniel Altmaier.

No.9 seed Alexander Bublik - who reached the quarterfinals last year - falls at the first as another German, 36-year-old Jan Lennard Struff, gets him in four sets on Court 14 for a top-10 win.

There have been mixed fortunes for the French in the last hour or so as 2025 semifinalist Lois Boisson went out in the first round, while Diane Parry beat Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina 6-4 in the third set after losing the opener 6-0 on Chatrier.

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Sinner coming up, Felix on court

Jannik Sinner is one of the last in both draws to get his Roland-Garros campaign under way - he plays French wildcard Clement Tabur at 20.15 local - and you can enjoy our Head to Head edit below before they step on court in just over an hour.

Meanwhile, fourth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime is just starting against Germany's Daniel Altmaier on Lenglen in the evening sun.

No.9 seed Alexander Bublik is in trouble on Court 14, down two sets to one against Jan Lennard Struff. Denis Shapovalov trails Portuguese qualifier Jaime Faria by two sets on Court 6.

You may remember Faria was very close to losing in the first round of qualifying when his opponent Grigor Dimitrov twice served for victory in the second and third sets before Faria edged a deciding tiebreak.

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Sinner show incoming

Talking of Jannik Sinner, the world No.1 has arrived ahead of his 20.15 night match against French wildcard Clement Tabur.

Alex Blockx withdraws

Walton's frequent flyer miles

RG's Chris Oddo sat in Adam Walton's press conference after his five-set win over Daniil Medvedev earlier today. One of the most surprising elements of his Roland-Garros build-up has been the number of miles he's flown in the hunt for valuable points and a top 100 ranking.

Based in the US, writes Chris, he started his clay season on the red clay of Houston, before jumping on a flight to South Korea for a hard-court Challenger. Next, he flew to Madrid for the clay Masters 1000 event, where he won a round. He then flew back to China for a two more hard-court Challenger tournaments, before jetting back just in time for Roland-Garros. 

➡️ Walton stuns Medvedev in five

Coco and Naomi win

Women's defending champion Coco Gauff gets past a tricky opening match against friend Taylor Townsend 6-4, 6-0 on Chatrier. She's through to play Egyptian qualifier Mayar Sherif.

Fellow Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka - the Japanese star has won four majors - is also moving on after a difficult second set against Germany's Laura Siegemund. The 16th seed wins 6-3, 7-6(3) on Lenglen.

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Pegula prepping

The mercury is touching 33c at just gone 4.30pm so time for an ice cream for the Blog HQ workers. While meandering back from the RG epicerie, we spot No.5 seed Jess Pegula grooving her serve in the heat in front of a handful of fans on Court 5. The American is preparing to face Aussie Kim Birrell in the fourth match on Simonne-Mathieu today.

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Day 4 schedule

On Wednesday we move into the second round of the men's and women's singles. The Day 4 schedule was released earlier this afternoon.

Iga Świątek and Czech Sara Bejlek will open Chatrier at 12 noon, with Elina Svitolina and Novak Djokovic also on the main court during the day session. Alexander Zverev takes on Tomas Machac in the night match at 8.15pm.

Alex De Minaur, Elena Rybakina, Jasmine Paolini and Casper Ruud are the seeds lined up for Court Suzanne-Lenglen.

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Scores on the doors

It's about time we swept around the RG courts. Defending champion Coco Gauff is now on court with doubles world No.2 Taylor Townsend and Coco isn't having everything her own way in the heat. TT got an early break but the world No.4 hit back to lead 4-3 on serve.

On Lenglen Naomi Osaka is up a set on Laura Siegemund and Egyptian qualifier Mayar Sherif leads by a set against Hungary's Dalma Galfi.

On Court 9, young Spaniard Martin Landaluce is looking for his first win at a major and he's ahead two sets to one against Bolivia's Juan Carlos Prado Angelo.

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Osaka enters in style 

No stranger to creating fashion talking points, Naomi Osaka has once again taken to the court in a head-turning outfit, striding onto Lenglen in a full-length black two-piece, before revealing a gold sequinned tennis dress.

She faces German world No.47 Laura Siegemund for a place in the second round.

Good day for the Greeks

Former finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas is into the second round after his opponent on Chatrier, Alexandre Muller, retired after three games of the second set with a right calf injury when he was trailing 6-2, 3-0. Stef will play Griekspoor or Arnaldi in round two.

And former semifinalist Maria Sakkari had a big win over Czech 12th seed Linda Noskova 7-5, 7-6(3) on Court 6. She plays American qualifier Claire Liu in the next round. Liu dropped just six games in three qualifying matches during Opening Week.

Earlier 17th seed Iva Jovic clamied the battle of the youngsters on Court 14 when she took out Alex Eala in straights 6-4, 6-2.

Walton stuns Medvedev 💥

After three hours and 22 minutes – and an extraordinary see-sawing scoreline – Australian wildcard Adam Walton has beaten Daniil Medvedev 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4, sending the No.6 seed out in the first round for the second year running.

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Kouame comes of age

Sabalenka through on Chatrier

Top seed and world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka extended her streak of Grand Slam first round wins that goes back to Melbourne 2020 with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro on the main show court. The RG 2025 runner-up will be back on Thursday to face either French youngster Elsa Jacquemot or qualifier Linda Fruhvirtova.

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Coco in RG magazine

Talking of Coco, before she arrives on court this afternoon, you can read about the two-time major winner from an exclusive interview with the Roland-Garros Magazine where she chats about Paris, her 2025 victory, and her interests outside tennis.

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Coco preparing for TT

If you head right to the end of the Roland-Garrros site (beyond Court 14 and towards the top of the cheese wedge-shaped bit of RG) you can find Coco Gauff warming up with a left-handed local hitting partner on practice Court 16 ahead of her match with another leftie Taylor Townsend. Coco, who beat Aryna Sabalenka in last year's final, is third up on Chatrier today. As I walk back to Blog HQ there's a big crowd settling around the sunken Court 14 ahead of an all-French affair between last year's Shanghai Masters champ Valentin Vacherot who's up against young qualifier Thomas Faurel. Water fountains and mist sprayers are in high demand again today with temperatures at 30c in the early afternoon.

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USA women progress, Vekic and Tabilo also through

Eighteen-year-old No.17 seed Iva Jovic, who made such a mark in Australia with her run to the quarterfinal of the AO this year, is through to the second round in Paris with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Alexandra Eala.

Her compatriot Emma Navarro, who reached the fourth round here last year defeated Indonesia's Janice Tjen to book her place in the second round and now faces... Iva Jovic.

Over on Court 6, Donna Vekic, competing in her 14th Roland-Garros is through with a win over French wildcard Alice Tubello.

Chile's Alejandro Tabilo relinquished just eight games in his victory over Kamil Majchrzak, and progresses to the second round for a second straight year.

Sabalenka in control

No.1 seed Aryna Sabalenka has taken the first set against Jessica Bouzas Maneiro on Chatrier, the 2025 runner-up coming out with the big shots when it counted.

High octane stuff on Lenglen 🔥

Having lost the first set 6-2 to Australian wildcard Adam Walton, No.6 seed Daniil Medvedev cranked up the heat on his return of serves to wrestle the second set back 6-1.

But Walton is now 4-0 up in the third ... it's exhausting stuff.

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Hunter/McNally get doubles campaign off the mark

The first result of the day comes from the women's doubles pairing of No.12 seeds Australian Storm Hunter and the USA's Caty McNally, who defeated the all-French duo of Clara Burel and Chloé Pacquet over on Court 10.

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Moise making waves

Over on Court Simonne-Mathieu, Moise Kouame, the 17-year-old French wildcard coached by Richard Gasquet, has taken the first set off former world No.3 and two-time Roland-Garros quarterfinalist Marin Cilic, who is contesting his 18th campaign here in Paris.

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Wildcard Walton off to a speedy start

Australian wildcard world No.97 Adam Walton has taken the first set 6-2 against No.6 seed Daniil Medvedev on Court Suzanne-Lenglen.

Walton made the second round here last year, while Medvedev went out in the first round in a five-set thriller against Cameron Norrie.

We'll keep you posted...

Quick Monday recap…

Day 2 was full of action, and fortunately for you our tireless reporters braved the heat to bring you some of the stories of the day.

Here’s a summary of the action:

Dan Imhoff first headed out on to Chatrier to see Iga Swiatek make short work of 17-year-old Emerson Jones. He then hopped over to Lenglen to watch Elina Svitolina as she engineered a gritty escape against Hungary’s Anna Bondar. 

Alex Sharp was on Court 12 to watch exciting teenage prospect Rafael Jodar as he defeated Aleksandar Kovacevic. He then kicked Dan out of his seat on Lenglen so he could watch Amanda Anisimova’s victory over French wildcard Sarah Rakotomanga. 

Chris Oddo chatted about wrestling - and tennis - with Czech world No.12 Linda Noskova. He then had the privilege of watching Swiss fan-favourite Stan Wawrinka play his last match at Roland-Garros - there’s a lot of love for Stan the Man out there. Chris ended his day in the Lenglen hotseat watching American No.5 seed Ben Shelton take a straight sets victory over Spain’s Daniel Merida. 

➡️ As always, Lee Goodall summed up the day 

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Ready for the off...

No.1 seed Aryna Sabalenka is all set to get things started on Chatrier - 35 minutes to go... ⏰

Oh, what a night 🎉

Monday’s night session on Chatrier was an emotional five-set affair - a fitting occasion for 39-year-old fan-favourite Gael Monfils to say goodbye to the Parisian courts he has made his home. 

The Frenchman so nearly extended his stay for another round, sparking to life at two sets down against compatriot Hugo Gaston, taking eight straight games to claim the third and fourth sets. But it was not to be although that didn’t dampen the spirits of the packed crowd who had come to celebrate Monfils’ impressive record here in Paris. 

➡️ Victoria Chiesa stayed up to watch the whole thing 

Welcome to Day 3

We’re well into the action now and first-round matches are scheduled to conclude today. There are still a few big names yet to start their campaign, including women’s No.1 seed Aryna Sabalenka, who gets things started on Chatrier from 12:00 against Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, and then men’s No.1 seed Jannik Sinner, who headlines the night session against French wildcard Clement Tabur. 

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Elsewhere, play starts at 11:00 with No.6 seed Daniil Medvedev kicking things off on Suzanne-Lenglen, and exciting French teenager Moise Kouame taking on the experienced former world No.3 Marin Cilic over on Court Simonne-Matthieu. 

Court 14 hosts two of our top picks of the day: men's No.9 seed Alexander Bublik against German big-hitter Jan-Lennard Struff, followed by Canada's fast-rising Victoria Mboko, who takes on Czech Nikola Bartunkova.

➡️  Here are today's top picks from RG writer Alix Ramsay

There's a lot going on - keep checking back for updates.

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