2025 French Open Day 3: Djokov gets off to a good start, Medvedev makes a round trip

28/05/2025 10:58:00 PANDATV

The 2025 French Open ended the third match day of the main draw, and the first round of the men's and women's singles matches were all over. Djokovic and Gauff, who made their debuts at the Philippe Chartier Stadium, defeated their respective opponents to start the French Open.

Djokovic

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Djokovic, who won his 100th career ATP Tour title in Geneva last week, travelled to Paris to join Federer and Murray at the French Open tribute to Nadal. On match day, Djokovic kicked off his campaign at the Philippe Chartier Stadium, where he won the men's singles gold medal last year. Although the two players had never played each other before, Djokovic controlled the tempo of the match throughout the match and won in straight sets 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.

Djokovic's second-round opponent will be homegrown Mutai, who knocked out compatriot Tabil 6-3, 7-6(6), 6-3 in the opening round. No. 11 seed Medvedev lost to Norrie in five sets and suffered a first-round out, becoming the most seeded player to go out of the men's singles tournament that day. Dimitrov, the 16th seed, retired injured while leading 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, and his opponent Quinn was lucky to advance.

In addition, No. 3 seed Zverev, No. 5 seed Draper, No. 9 seed De Minaur, No. 17 seed Rublev, No. 19 seed Mensik and homegrown veteran Monfils all advanced to the next round.

Gauff

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In Women's Singles, the top 10 seeds were stable. Former tournament runner-up and No.2 seed Gauff swept past Gaedki 6-2, 6-2 to kick off this year's French Open with a big win. Third seed Pegula eliminated Todoni 6-2, 6-4 and sixth seed Andreeva beat Buksha 6-4, 6-3 to make the cut.

Two-time Grand Slam champion Azarenka was in great form, sending away a "double egg" in just 48 minutes, sweeping Wickmayer 6-0/6-0 to advance easily; 31st seed Kenin defeated Grachova 6-3, 6-1 and Vondrousova beat Sherekhmeteva 6-4, 6-4 to make it through to the second round.

Former tournament runner-up and 14th seed Mukhova became the most seeded player to exit the Women's Singles on the day with a 3-6, 6-2, 1-6 defeat to Parkes, while 23rd seed Maya, 24th seed Mertens and 30th seed Karinskaya also missed out on the next round.

The doubles event kicked off on the same day, with China's Yuan Yue partnering New Zealand's Chinese Sun Lulu to defeat Blinkova/Sheriff 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in the first round to help the Chinese team win the double.

Results of the third day of the 2025 French Open