Djokovic wins easily, Medvedev is shockingly eliminated in round 1 of Roland Garros

Roland Garros 2025 (French Open) witnessed many surprises right in the first round.

Djokovic easily won the opening match of Roland Garros 2025 - Photo: AFP

Novak Djokovic had a convincing start on his journey to conquer his 25th Grand Slam title at Roland Garros 2025.

The Serbian No. 6 seed had no difficulty defeating Mackenzie McDonald (USA, world No. 98) with a score of 3-0 (6-3, 6-3, 6-3).

This is an important victory to help Djokovic regain confidence after a rough start to the clay season. However, he just won his 100th ATP title in Geneva a few days ago.

The 38-year-old said the windy and rainy conditions made things a little difficult at first. But he was pleased with his performance and felt better than he had in the past few weeks. Djokovic's next opponent will be home player Corentin Moutet (ranked 73).

In contrast to Djokovic, former US Open champion Daniil Medvedev suffered a bitter defeat in the first round. The Russian player, despite having reached the Grand Slam finals 5 times, continued to show his bad luck in Paris when he lost to Cameron Norrie (England) after 5 dramatic sets with a score of 2-3 (5-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 5-7).

Daniil Medvedev suffered a painful defeat in the first round of Roland Garros 2025 - Photo: AFP

In other notable men's singles matches, third seed Alexander Zverev (Germany) also advanced after defeating Learner Tien (USA). Players such as Jack Draper (England), Alex de Minaur (Australia) and Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic) all enjoyed victories.

In the women's singles, No. 2 seed Coco Gauff (USA) showed her strength when she easily defeated Olivia Gadecki (Australia) with a score of 2-0 (6-2, 6-2). Although admitting that the windy weather affected her, the 2023 US Open champion still had a good match to advance to the next round.

Third seed Jessica Pegula (USA) also had an easy 6-2, 6-4 victory over Anca Todoni (Romania). Former world number 1 Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) destroyed Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium) with an absolute score of 6-0, 6-0.

The big surprise in the women's category was when seed Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) was eliminated by Magdalena Frech (Poland).

THANH DINH

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