French Open: Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev advance, 9th seed Alex de Minaur shocked
Jannik Sinner produced a stunning performance to blank Richard Gasquet to progress to the third round of the French Open on Thursday, May 29. Alexander Zverev recovered from an early wobble to overcome Jasper de Jong with a scoreline of 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3. Earlier on in the day, the 9th seed Alex De Minaur was knocked out of the competition by a charged-up Alexander Bublik, who overcame a 2-0 deficit to beat the Australian 2-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. advertisementSinner continued his fine form and left Gasquet without a response to his onslaught as the Frenchman's career came to an end. The Italian's heavy-ball striking and pinpoint accuracy was enough as he won the match with a scoreline of 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 in one hour and 58 minutes. With the win, Sinner extended his winning streak in Grand Slams to 16 matches, making him the first man born in 1990 or later to do so. French Open 2025, Day 5 Updates
There were moments of brilliance from Gasquet during the contest as he got three break points in the first set, with Sinner trying to serve it out. However, the Italian was able to save all three and take the first set and took the second one with relative ease. advertisementSinner will face Jiri Lehcka in the third round at the Roland Garros. Zverev overcomes De Jong testZverev was tested massively by De Jong as the Dutch player made the third seed chase a dozen of drop shots during the contest. Zverev, who is chasing his first grand slam title, was broken early by De Jong, who took a 3-0 lead in the first set. The German regained his composure in the second set to break De Jong twice and make it 1-1. De Jong increased his drop shots in the third set but Zverev was able to adapt his game and earned a break point at 2-2. From that point, Zverev didn't look bad and progressed to the third round. De Minaur stunned by BublikThe Australian was in control of the contest early on and played some aggressive tennis to look set for an early win. But the Kazak player turned the heat on the Australian and secured the third set 6-4 to remain in the contest. Bublik then continued the form as his service game got better and cut down his previous errors. The fourth set saw Bublik break De Minaur and take a 3-1 lead. While the Aussie tried his best to come back, the Kazak star was composed enough to seal the set and push the game into the decider. In the final set, Bublik broke De Minaur twice and finished the set 6-2 to secure the biggest win of his career so far.
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