French Open: Jannik Sinner drops just 3 games to extend Grand Slam unbeaten run to 17 matches

Howard Fendrich · The Associated Press

· Posted: May 31, 2025 1:20 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

When Jannik Sinner's hostile successful the French Open's 3rd circular yet won a azygous crippled Saturday, the Court Suzanne-Lenglen assemblage responded with a lasting ovation. Sinner was simply excessively bully connected this day, extending his Grand Slam winning streak to 17 matches and looking precise overmuch similar the No. 1-ranked man.

Sinner dominated Jiri Lehecka 6-0, 6-1, 6-2 successful conscionable 1 hour, 34 minutes, the quickest men's lucifer astatine Roland-Garros this twelvemonth and, measured by games lost, the astir lopsided triumph astatine a large tourney of Sinner's career.

"We effort to improve," Sinner said. "Today, I don't deliberation determination are galore things I tin improve."

Can accidental that again.

Check retired immoderate of the numbers: Sinner delivered 31 winners and made lone 9 unforced errors. He accumulated 18 interruption points, converting seven, and faced conscionable one, which helium saved.

The archetypal 11 games went Sinner's way. When Sinner missed a instrumentality wide, making the people 6-0, 5-1 aft 55 minutes of action, Lehecka raised his limb and pumped his fist successful a spot of sarcastic celebration. The fans went wild, rising retired of their seats and clapping and shouting, eliciting a grin from Lehecka.

Make nary mistake, though. Lehecka is nary also-ran. The 23-year-old from the Czech Republic is ranked 34th and has been a Grand Slam quarterfinalist.

But helium was wholly overmatched by Sinner, who has won the past 2 large championships — astatine the U.S. Open successful September and the Australian Open successful January — and is present the proprietor of an unbeaten tally astatine the sport's astir important tournaments that's been surpassed this period lone by a trio of guys by the names of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

Sinner's bid for a archetypal French Open title, and 4th Slam trophy overall, volition proceed Monday, erstwhile he'll look No. 17 Andrey Rublev for a quarterfinal berth. Rublev precocious erstwhile his opponent, No. 14 Arthur Fils, withdrew from the tourney due to the fact that a accent fracture successful his little back.

Gauff defeats Bouzkova

Coco Gauff got disconnected to a terrific commencement successful the French Open's 3rd circular Saturday, taking 12 of the archetypal 15 points for a 3-0 pb aft conscionable 10 minutes. The remainder of the opening acceptable went smoothly, too.

Things got overmuch tougher from there, and the 2023 U.S. Open champion was simply 2 points from dropping the 2nd set, earlier getting backmost successful the close absorption and defeating Marie Bouzkova 6-1, 7-6 (3) to scope Week 2 astatine Roland-Garros for the 5th consecutive year.

Gauff, a 21-year-old from Florida, was the runner-up successful Paris successful 2022 and is seeded No. 2 astatine the clay-court Grand Slam tourney this year.

Next up for her volition beryllium a matchup connected Monday against No. 20 Ekaterina Alexandrova, with the victor moving into the quarterfinals.

Djokovic wins easily 

Novak Djokovic reached the 4th circular of the French Open for the 16th consecutive twelvemonth with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 triumph implicit qualifier Filip Misolic connected Saturday nighttime successful a lucifer marked by sound from Paris Saint-Germain fans cheering for goals arsenic they watched the Champions League last connected their phones.

Djokovic volition effort to scope the quarterfinals by beating Cam Norrie connected Monday. Djokovic is 5-0 against Norrie, including a triumph astatine the Geneva Open the week earlier the French Open en way to the Serb's 100th vocation trophy.

Other results

Jessica Pegula, the No. 3-seeded American who was the runner-up astatine the U.S. Open, came backmost to destruct 2019 French Open finalist and 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 and scope the 4th round. Another American, 70th-ranked Hailey Baptiste, made it into Week 2 astatine a large for the archetypal clip by beating Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 7-6 (4), 6-1 and volition play Madison Keys oregon Sofia Kenin next. No. 6 Mirra Andreeva, an 18-year-old Russian who reached the semifinals a twelvemonth ago, precocious to a fourth-round showdown against No. 17 Daria Kasatkina. American qualifier Ethan Quinn, the 2023 NCAA champion for the University of Georgia, played his 2nd consecutive five-setter and was beaten by Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands 4-6, 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-4. Griekspoor came into the time 0-4 successful third-round matches astatine majors. Griekspoor adjacent meets 2024 runner-up Alexander Zverev, portion No. 5 Jack Draper takes connected Alexander Bublik. Draper defeated 18-year-old Brazilian Joao Fonseca 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.

Coming Up astatine Roland-Garros connected Sunday

No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka and the 2 defending champions, Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz, are each scheduled to look successful the 4th circular Sunday. There are 3 American men successful Week 2 successful Paris for the archetypal clip since 1995, and each are successful action: No. 12 Tommy Paul, No. 13 Ben Shelton and No. 15 Frances Tiafoe. Shelton faces Alcaraz, Paul goes up against No. 25 Alexei Popyrin and Tiafoe meets Daniel Altmaier.