Diallo, Shapovalov into French Open 2nd round for Canada after straight-set victories

The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 26, 2025 10:45 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Canadians Gabriel Diallo and Denis Shapovalov won their opening men's singles matches successful consecutive sets Monday astatine the French Open.

Montreal's Diallo earned his archetypal vocation main-draw triumph astatine the clay-court Grand Slam with a 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 upset of 18th effect Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina.

Later, the 27th-seeded Shapovalov from Richmond Hill, Ont., downed Spain's Pedro Martinez 6-2, 6-0, 6-3.

Diallo picked up a large interruption to spell up 4-3 successful the 3rd acceptable erstwhile Cerundolo committed an unforced mistake connected crippled point. The Canadian held service the remainder of the mode to decorativeness the triumph successful 2 hours 10 minutes.

Overall, the 23-year-old Diallo broke Cerundolo 4 times connected 11 chances. Cerundolo, meanwhile, converted the lone interruption constituent accidental helium had.

Diallo, who entered the French Open ranked 54th successful the world, volition adjacent look No. 35 Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands.

He went connected to beforehand to the 3rd circular of the 2024 U.S. Open and won his opening lucifer astatine this year's Australian Open.

Shapovalov needed conscionable 99 minutes to implicit a ascendant triumph implicit Martinez that saw him out-ace the Spaniard 8-0 and triumph 8 breaks connected 11 chances.

The 26-year-old Canadian volition adjacent look Austrian qualifier Filip Misolic, who is ranked 153rd.

Shapovalov reached the 3rd circular astatine Roland Garros successful the past 2 tournaments but has ne'er been farther.

Canada's different men's singles introduction — 29th-seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal — faces Italy's Matteo Arnaldi connected Tuesday.

Swiatek, Alcaraz off to beardown commencement successful rubric defences

Iga Swiatek, who has struggled lately, and Carlos Alcaraz, who has not, got disconnected to bully starts successful their French Open rubric defences Monday, signaling straight-set victories to scope the 2nd circular successful Paris.

Swiatek was up archetypal successful Court Philippe-Chatrier and defeated 42nd-ranked Rebecca Sramkova 6-3, 6-3. Swiatek compiled 25 winners and 17 unforced errors successful the one-hour 24-minute contest.

Alcaraz needed lone astir a half-hour much than that for a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 triumph implicit Giulio Zeppieri, an Italian qualifier who is ranked 310th. Alcaraz won each 14 of his work games, redeeming the 3 interruption points helium faced, astatine Court Suzanne-Lenglen.

"It was really, truly solid," Alcaraz said. "Really arrogant astir my start."

Both Swiatek and Alcaraz sat successful the Chatrier stands a time earlier to ticker the farewell tribute to 14-time champion Rafael Nadal, and some progressive players wore the rust-coloured T-shirts that work "Merci Rafa" distributed to spectators. Swiatek has often talked astir her admiration for Nadal; Alcaraz is considered the 22-time Grand Slam champion's heir apparent.

"For sure, determination were tears," said Swiatek, who faces 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu next. "It was astonishing ceremony, and I'm blessed that Roland Garros did this for Rafa. I'm blessed that besides the full tennis satellite had an accidental to benignant of travel unneurotic and conscionable convey him. … He's a GOAT, truthful I'm blessed that I was there."

Alcaraz is seeded No. 2 down Jannik Sinner, who was scheduled to play Monday night, and is coming disconnected a clay-court rubric astatine the Italian Open a small much than a week ago. Alcaraz bushed Sinner successful the last there.

Monday's effect gave Alcaraz 28 wins successful his past 30 matches connected reddish clay, including going 7-for-7 a twelvemonth agone astatine Roland-Garros. One of the losses came against Novak Djokovic successful the gold-medal lucifer astatine past year's Paris Olympics, held astatine the aforesaid tract arsenic the French Open.

Unbeaten streak astatine 22 matches

Swiatek has slipped to No. 5 successful the rankings, her archetypal clip retired of the apical 2 spots successful astir 3 years. She hasn't reached a last astatine immoderate tourney since collecting her 3rd consecutive championship, and 4th successful 5 years. successful Paris successful 2024.

The 23-year-old from Poland extended her French Open unbeaten streak to 22 matches and is trying to go the archetypal pistillate to with 4 trophies successful a enactment astatine the tourney successful the nonrecreational era, which began successful 1968. Monica Seles and Justine Henin besides won 3 consecutive titles astatine Roland-Garros.

What other happened astatine the French Open connected Monday?

• Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka was undone by 54 unforced errors and mislaid successful the French Open's archetypal circular to 10th-seeded Paula Badosa 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-4. Osaka finished with precisely doubly arsenic galore unforced errors arsenic Badosa, whose champion showing astatine a large was a semifinal tally astatine the Australian Open successful January and made the quarterfinals astatine Roland-Garros successful 2021.

• No. 4 Taylor Fritz mislaid 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 to 66th-ranked Daniel Altmaier of Germany. The big-serving Fritz was breached 5 times and saw the extremity of his 15-match Grand Slam winning streak against opponents ranked extracurricular the apical 50.

• Emma Navarro, the ninth-seeded American who reached the U.S. Open semifinals past September, bowed retired rapidly successful Paris, eliminated 6-0, 6-1 successful conscionable 57 minutes by Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain. Bouzas Maneiro's biggest triumph of her vocation besides came successful the archetypal circular astatine a Grand Slam tournament: She bushed reigning champion Marketa Vondrousova successful the archetypal circular of Wimbledon past year.

Who is playing astatine Roland-Garros connected Tuesday?

The Day 3 docket includes past large rubric winners including Djokovic, Coco Gauff, Daniil Medvedev and Sofia Kenin, and runners-up specified arsenic Alexander Zverev and Jessica Pegula.