The much-anticipated 2025 French Open kicked off today. All of the top players in men's tennis will take part in this clay feast at the Roland-Garros Tennis Park in Paris, France, to determine the final destination of this year's Musketeers Cup. In the 2025 French Open, who can win the championship depends on the conjecture of bean fans.
The first favourites to win the 2025 French Open are Spanish all-round fighter Alcaraz and Italian newcomer Wang Sinner.
Defending champion Alcaraz, who has returned to second place in the world rankings, was the best performer in the clay season before the French Open.
Previously, the only time he participated in the Monte Carlo Masters in 2022, Alcaraz struggled to win. Alcaraz, who made a low-key appearance at the Monte Carlo Masters this year, won five consecutive matches to win the title, making a good start to this year's clay season. In the ATP 500 Barcelona station in back-to-back matches, Alcaraz won four consecutive matches to reach the final, but unfortunately in the end, the right thigh adductor muscle was torn and he was relegated to second place.
After a break of almost three weeks, Alcaraz returned from injury at the Rome Masters for the final warm-up for the 2025 French Open. Alcaraz recovered well from his injury, and his competitive form gradually improved, and he reached the final with a strong opponent, and played well in the final summit matchup, defeating the world No. 1 Wang Sinner, who had just returned from a three-month ban and was still in hot form, in two sets, not only won the first Rome Masters title and the seventh Masters title of his career, but also ended Sinner's 26-game winning streak across the season.
With his excellent performance in the 2025 clay season to win the Masters in Monte Carlo and Rome, Alcaraz has become the fourth player in the history of men's tennis to win all major clay tournaments (French Open, Monte Carlo, Madrid, and Rome Masters) along with the previous giants such as Brazilian bearded Kurten, Spanish god of war Nadal, and Serbian champion Djokovic. Alcaraz, who is fit, hot and confident, has won the unanimous approval of fans, media and bookmakers as the biggest favourite to win the 2025 French Open.
World No. 1 Sinner, who has returned to competition in Italy after a three-month ban has expired, is still in hot form and has shown strong competitiveness at the Rome Masters. In the 1/8 finals, he defeated the Argentine number one and clay master Fernando Cerundolo, who had defeated him twice, in the 1/4 finals, he crushed the Norwegian Light Ruud, who had just won the first Masters championship in his career at the Madrid Masters, in the second set of the semifinals, he gave away the egg again 6:0 and finally defeated the American soldier Paul. At that time, the world No. 1 Sinner, who had won 26 consecutive victories across the season, was terrifying and shocking.
Although he lost two sets to his lifelong rival Alcaraz in the final of the Rome Masters, Sinner led 6-5 in the 12th game of the first set, won two break points and set points in Alcaraz's unbreakable service game, and finally lost in the tiebreak, showing how close the battle is and how fierce the competition is!
The second favourites to win the 2025 French Open are Italian SLR genius Musetti and Serbian star Novak Djokovic.
Musetti had an excellent clay season this year, reaching the semi-finals of all three Masters in Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome, becoming the only player to do so this year, and breaking into the top 10 for the first time in the world rankings, reaching a career-high eighth place.
Musetti is not only in good form, but also has changed his emotional management and slightly fragile will to fight in the past, and has repeatedly won and defeated strong opponents, such as the reigning champion of the Monte Carlo Masters, Greek pirate Tsitsipas and Australian hare De Minard. What is even more commendable is that in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters, Musetti, who won the first set, suddenly suffered a right thigh injury in the second set, which was unsustainable, but Musetti insisted on finishing the match despite the coach's advice to withdraw from the match. This is not only a sign of respect for the audience, but also a full manifestation of Musetti's tenacity today.
Serbian football king Djokovic, martyr in his twilight years, full of strength! Although Monte Carlo and Madrid Masters were knocked out by lower-ranked players in two consecutive rounds, Djokovic continued to compete at this week's ATP 250 in Geneva for the final warm-up for the 2025 French Open.
Sure enough, Djokovic's competitive form improved, and he finally won his first victory on clay this year, and then defeated the Italian post-00 player Arnaldi, who had just eliminated him in the second round of the Madrid Masters, in two sets in the quarterfinals, to achieve sweet revenge. In the semi-finals the night before yesterday, Djokovic defeated British left-handed veteran Norrie in three sets to usher in the final showdown with 2021 Miami Masters champion and Polish big bird Hurkacz last night.
In the final that ended in the early hours of this morning, Djokovic fought for more than three hours, and after losing 5:7 in the first set, he won two tie-breaks in a row and defeated Hurkacz. Djokovic added to his stellar title with his eighth consecutive win over Hurkacz in his eighth career meeting with Hurkacz, winning his 100th career title. Djokovic, who has recovered his competitive form and has an unrivaled championship temperament, is definitely the favorite to win the 2025 French Open, even if he is 38 years old and has slipped to sixth in the world rankings.
If you have to list the third favorite to win the 2025 French Open, it is the four of them: two-time French Open runner-up (2022, 2023), this year's Madrid Masters champion, world seventh, Norway's light Ruud; Zverev, the runner-up of last year's French Open, the champion of this year's ATP 500 Munich station, the world No. 3, and the German tank; This year's Indian Wells Masters champion, Madrid Masters runner-up, world fifth, British handsome Draper; 2022 Paris Masters champion, this year's ATP 500 Barcelona champion, world No. 10, Denmark's light Rune.
(Source: Tennis Home Author: Colorful Bean Powder)