Cameron Norrie and Sonay Kartal also safely through to second round, joining Emma Raducanu, Katie Boulter and Jacob Fearnley

Novak Djokovic made a clinical start to his latest pursuit of a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title at the French Open on Tuesday, while women's contenders Coco Gauff and Mirra Andreeva successfully got their campaigns under way at a windy Roland Garros.

João Fonseca is making a habit of drawing big crowds at tennis tournaments — and of beating seeded opponents in his Grand Slam debuts.

PARIS — Novak Djokovic experienced the lowest of lows — pulling out of the French Open after tearing the meniscus in his right knee — and the highest of highs — winning a long-sought Olympic gold medal for Serbia — at Roland-Garros last year. This trip to the site went smoothly, once he got going.

Roland-Garros is the last of the major tennis tournaments to trust human line judges over electronic calls, resisting technology in favor of the age-old method of pointing at some marks in the dirt.

American Ben Shelton has reached the third round at the French Open for the second year in a row — and this time didn’t even need to swing his racket.

Prior to top-seeded American Taylor Fritz's stunning loss Monday in the first round of the 2025 French Open, John McEnroe unloaded on the state of tennis at the top of sport, which hasn't seen a Grand Slam champion from the states in more than two decades.