The first day of the 2025 French Open is now in the books. In the men's draw, the top three Americans to play—Tommy Paul, Taylor Fritz, and Ben Shelton—advanced, while No. 8 seed Lorenzo Musetti defeated Yannick Hanfmann in straight sets behind a dominant serving display.

The French Open runs until 8 June with rivals Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner hoping to meet in a grand slam final for the first time and renew hostilities.

Highlights of the fifth day at the French Open on Thursday (times GMT): 1219 QUALIFIER ROCHA SHOCKS 19TH SEED MENSIK Portuguese qualifier Henrique Rocha, ranked 200th in the world, staged a memorable comeback to beat 19th seed Jakob Mensik 2-6 1-6 6-4 6-3 6-3.

Day four of the 2025 French Open is here world as Holge Rune is in action against the USA's Emilio Nava on Court Philippe-Chatrier. Defending champions Iga Świątek (5) and Carlos Alcaraz (2) have progressed to the third round, while injury-hampered Casper Ruud (7) and Stefanos Tsitsipas were both dumped out of the tournament today.

French Open Day 5 prediction 2: Jannik Sinner to win, under 26.5 games - 1/1 Bet365 British hopeful Cameron Norrie comes into the second round as favourite hoping to equal his best performance at Roland Garros, with a win taking him into round three for just the fourth time.

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Last time Ben Shelton and Lorenzo Sonego played each other, the match went to four sets. Shelton took their quarterfinal at the Australian Open in a tiebreak, but the match ebbed and flowed throughout, a contest of two attack-first players forced to be a little more attritional than normal.