Djokovic, with a little spring in his 38-year-old step after winning the Geneva Open on Saturday, his first title since the Olympics last summer, will begin his latest bid for grand slam No 25 in the third match on Philippe Chatrier. He’s playing at Roland Garros minus Andy Murray, of course, after the pair ended their coaching relationship a couple of weeks ago, and spoke about that yesterday in his pre-tournament press conference.
Andre Agassi and Chrissie Evert are talking on TNT Sports.I could listen to them all day. Agassi is reflecting on when he decided to retire and how Novak Djokovic, whenever the moment comes, must retire on his own terms. He also talks about how strange it was for him to carry on playing when Pete Sampras retired and wonders how Djokovic now, in the absence of Federer, Nadal and Murray, feels being “the last one at the dance”. Evert, meanwhile, says “obsession” must be driving Djokovic to carry on playing because her body “couldn’t even face getting out of bed” by the time she was 31.
Court Philippe Chatrier (12pm start/11am BST)
Varvara Gracheva (France) v 31-Sofia Kenin (US)Olivia Gadecki (Australia) v 2-Coco Gauff (US)Mackenzie McDonald (US) v Novak Djokovic (Serbia)Gael Monfils (France) v Hugo Dellien (Bolivia)
Court Suzanne Lenglen (11am/10am BST)6-Mirra Andreeva (Russia) v Cristina Bucsa (Spain)3-Alexander Zverev (Germany) v Learner Tien (US)Anca Todoni (Romania) v 3-Jessica Pegula (US)Mattia Bellucci (Italy) v 5-Jack Draper (Great Britain)
Court Simonne Mathieu (11am/10am BST)11-Daniil Medvedev (Russia) v Cameron Norrie (Great Britain)25-Magdalena Frech (Poland) v Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)Corentin Moutet (France) v Clement Tabur (France)14-Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic) v Alycia Parks (US)
Bonjour le monde! Et bienvenue au jour trois de notre couverture de Roland Garros 2025!
Despite the first round stretching over three days, there’s still plenty of names beginning their campaigns today. Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev and Coco Gauff? Oui. British trio Jack Draper, Cameron Norrie (v Daniil Medvedev) and Sonay Kartal? Bien sûr. Alex de Minaur, Andrey Rublev, Jessica Pegula, Mirra Andreeva, Ons Jabeur, Victoria Azarenka, Gael Monfils, Grigor Dimitrov and former runners-up Karolina Muchova and Marketa Vondrousova? C’est ça. And the much-talked about Roland Garros debutants Joao Fonseca, Jakub Mensik and Ethan Quinn? On y va!
L’action commence: 11h à Paris/10am BST.