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May 27, 2026 • 10:31 p.m
Zverev easily in round three
Alexander Zverev – Tomas Machac 6:4, 6:2, 6:2
Alexander Zverev reached the third round at the French Open in Paris after a convincing performance. The Hamburg native easily defeated Tomas Machac in three sets 6:4, 6:2 and 6:2 in the night session on Wednesday evening. The next opponent is the Frenchman Quentin Halys.
May 27, 2026 • 8:24 p.m
Lys collapses after a good start
Eva Lys – Sorana Cirstea 3:6, 0:6
It was clear that Eva Lys would be the underdog in her second round game against Sorana Cirstea. It came as a surprise that the match would be so one-sided. The Hamburger actually came in well, quickly led 3-1 and was absolutely on a level playing field. But then nothing worked for the 24-year-old and Lys collapsed completely. The Hamburger then lost a whopping eleven games in a row, and anyone who can count knows that the match was over after these eleven games.
Lys had enormous problems, especially when serving, and she simply made too many slight errors. Cirstea, on the other hand, never let up, controlled the game with formidable baseline shots and ended the ultimately one-sided match after just over an hour. This means that of the German singles players who started in Paris this year, only Tamara Korpatsch is still in the running.
May 27, 2026 • 8:05 p.m
Mensik collapses exhausted after a five-set win
Jakub Mensik – Mariano Navone 6:3, 2:6, 6:4, 1:6, 7:6 (13:11)
After his dramatic entry into the third round of the French Open, Jakub Mensik fell onto his back, completely exhausted – and was no longer able to get up. Plagued by cramps, the Czech tennis player rolled on the red sand after his feat of strength over 4:41 hours in the sweltering Parisian heat. His defeated opponent Mariano Navone ran over and fairly congratulated the 20-year-old lying on the ground.
Jakub Mensik celebrates during his second round match at the French Open
It was only after what felt like an eternity that paramedics with ice packs took care of the exhausted professional. After a few minutes, Mensik, number 27 in the world, dragged himself off the pitch to the applause of the spectators. Mensik was already plagued by cramps in the tense match tiebreak. Nevertheless, he kept his nerve and finally won in front of an ecstatic audience on Court 6 with 6:3, 2:6, 6:4, 1:6, 7:6 (13:11) and moved into the third round in Paris for the first time.
May 27, 2026 • 7:50 p.m
Djokovic defeats local hero and audience
Novak Djokovic – Valentin Royer 6:3, 6:2, 6:7, 6:3
Novak Djokovic has already experienced everything in Paris. In 2005, 21 years ago, the Serb competed at the French Open for the first time and knows all the ups and downs: titles, tears, triumphs. And Djokovic also knows what can be unpleasant in the French capital: playing against a Frenchman. The Serb experienced this very clearly on Wednesday in his second round match against Valentin Royer. Against the Frenchman, who was born in a suburb of Paris, the veteran, who had just turned 39 years old, actually did exactly what one should do in the first and second sets: make things clear.
The stupid thing from the Serb’s point of view: from the third set onwards it became tighter and therefore tricky for Djokovic, who promptly got into a fight with the Paris audience. Royer became stronger, the favorite himself fell more and more into cover – and then actually lost the tiebreak. The game was now balanced, the Frenchman – supported by the frenetic audience – fought with everything he had. Djokovic then proved his class in the fourth set and blew really hard after the match point. At the same time, it was his 14th consecutive victory against a Frenchman at the French Open. The Serb just knows how to deal with the local heroes in Paris.
May 27, 2026 • 6:59 p.m
Rybakina is eliminated Error Festival out of
Elena Rybakina – Yuliia Starodubtseva 6:3, 1:6, 6:7 (4:10)
She is number two in the world, the current Australian Open winner – and is already out in Paris: Elena Rybakina was sensationally eliminated in the second round on Wednesday. Despite winning the first set, the Kazakh lost on Court Suzanne Lenglen against Yuliia Starodubtseva, the world number 55, after three sets in the match tiebreak. After the first sentence, nothing suggested such drama and sensation. Rybakina won the round confidently – and then collapsed completely.
She lost the second set in a hurry, was quickly behind in the third set, but was then at least able to save herself in the match tiebreak. But that’s exactly where her downfall came from what she’d been asking for the whole game: so many, incredibly easy mistakes. The world number two produced a total of 70 unforced errors, three in a row in the match tiebreak. No wonder that the game ended with a simple mistake by Rybakina. For Starodubtseva, however, it was the biggest victory of her career to date.
May 27, 2026 • 5:19 p.m
Swiatek stumbles but doesn’t fall
Iga Swiatek – Sara Bejlek 6:2, 6:3
There are results in tennis that seem clear and obvious at first glance, and perhaps they are, but then they say more than the bare numbers. Just like on Wednesday in Iga Swiatek’s second round match. The four-time French Open winner had to play against Sára Bejlek from the Czech Republic and won the game 6:2 and 6:3. Sounds clear and smooth? But it wasn’t.
Because Swiatek showed anything but a good performance. The Pole seemed to have problems with the external conditions in the great heat in Paris – especially in the second set. She missed numerous balls, some of them clearly. The good thing for the tournament co-favorite: Her opponent couldn’t take advantage of it that day. So Swiatek stumbled – but didn’t fall. In the third round, however, a more concentrated performance is needed, as there is a duel with compatriot Magda Linette, who knocked Seidel conqueror Jelena Ostapenko out of the tournament.
May 27, 2026 • 2:02 p.m
Tamara Korpatsch surprises against Xinyu Wang
Tamara Korpatsch – Xinyu Wang 6:2, 2:6, 6:3
Tamara Korpatsch celebrated her greatest success on the Grand Slam stage. The 31-year-old surprised with a win against China’s Wang Xinyu, number 34 in the world rankings. Now she is in the third round of one of the four major tournaments for the first time.
Many close decisions in the first set went in Korpatsch’s favor, which increasingly annoyed her opponent.
With the score at 5:2 for Korpatsch, 95th in the world rankings, Wang then lost her nerve and checked a shot on the Germans’ half of the game – which is not allowed and promptly earned her a warning. After the match there was no handshake between both players.
May 27, 2026 • 10:52 am
This is how it continues today
At the beginning of the fourth day, Tamara Korpatsch meets the favorite Chinese Xinyu Wang. Towards the evening things get exciting for Eva Lys, she meets the Romanian Sorana Cirstea. In the night session, Alexander Zverev faces the Czech Tomas Machac. The most important games at a glance:
May 27, 2026 • 10:45 am
French Open: Some favorites failed
They have now spent three days in the sweltering heat of Paris. 256 players in the first round of the French Open, and 128 of them can now go home or to the nearest Challenger tournament. These included the Germans Maria, Seidel, Siegemund, Hanfmann and Altmaier.
Altmaier in particular deserved the second round, what an outstanding game from him! Zverev, Struff, Lys and Korpatsch are now holding the German flag high. But favorites have also fallen by the wayside: of the 32 seeded players, seven of the women’s and eight of the men’s teams have already been eliminated. Here is an overview of the results of the 1st round:
May 27, 2026 • 10:42 am
Siegemund Osaka’s outfit is “relatively sausage”, but angry about it referees
Laura Siegemund reacted to Naomi Osaka’s fashion appearance at the French Open with blatant criticism. She didn’t really care about her opponent’s extravagant outfit, but what she saw as the unequal treatment really bothered the German tennis player.
“In every tournament you pay attention to the last second until you unpack your bottle. And then she can still change for a minute and a half, so I have a problem with that,” said Siegemund after her first round exit.
Once again, “bigger names would be treated differently than if I took so long or had an outfit like that on and needed another break here and another break there. Then the referee would declare a time violation (delay of game, editor’s note). He doesn’t say anything about it,” said Siegemund after the 3:6, 6:7 (3:7) defeat.
