2025 French Open Day 5: Local veteran Gasquet loses to Sinner for curtain call, Djokovic will play dark horses

The 2025 French Open ended the fifth match day of the main draw, with the men's singles upper half and the women's singles bottom half ending the second round, and the first round of doubles starting simultaneously on that day.

Djokovic

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In Men's Singles, Serbian Novak Djokovic fought back at the end of the match to defeat Mutai in straight sets to advance to the round of 32 and remain unbeaten against homegrown players at the French Open, where he was defeated in the third round against qualifier Misorić, who defeated China's Buyun Chaokert in four sets in the first round and then defeated 27th seed Shapovalov in five sets in the second round to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career.

Sinner

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In the second matchup on the Philippe Chartier Stadium, world No. 1 Sinner defeated local star Gasquet in straight sets 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 to give the latter the "last dance" of his career. Gasquet previously announced that he would officially retire after this French Open, and the former French men's tennis player is one of the most iconic SLR players in men's tennis. After the tournament, the French Open Organizing Committee held a retirement ceremony for the homegrown star to pay tribute to his illustrious career.

Gasquet

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No.9 seed De Minaur was reversed by Bublik from a two-set lead to become the third top-10 seed (Fritz, Ruud) to go out, and this was the second time that Bublik has beaten a top-10 player in a Grand Slam, and his third-round opponent was qualifier Rocha, who came back from two sets down to beat 19th seed Menshik in five sets. It is worth mentioning that this French Open is the 21-year-old Portuguese teenager Rocha's first Grand Slam main draw.

The 18-year-old Brazilian star Fonseca went one step further when he reached the last 32 of a Grand Slam for the first time in a straight set with a straight-set win over wildcard local sensation Herbert, and his third-round opponent will be British No. 1 Draper, who beat homegrown sensation Monfils in four sets. No.3 seed Zverev beat Frenkie de Jong in four sets. Britain's Fearnley received a retirement from homegrown player and 22nd seed Amber as he led 6-3, 4-4.

Pegula

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In Women's Singles, No. 2 seed Gauff, No. 3 seed Pegula, No. 6 seed Andreeva, No. 7 seed Keith and No. 10 seed Badosa all made it through the top 10. Former tournament champion Krejcikova lost to Kudermetova and went out in the second round. Another Czech star who made a comeback, Vondrousova, knocked out 25th seed Fresch in straight sets to advance to the round of 32.

Vondrousova

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The Chinese team won all of the doubles matches on the day, with Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai and Tang Qianhui/Makoto Ninomiya getting off to a good start in the Women's Doubles, while second seeds Zhang Shuai/Arevalo won the mixed doubles in the first round.

Results of the fifth day of the 2025 French Open

2025 French Open singles draw table update