Australian No.2 Alexei Popyrin headlines a bumper Day 2 at Roland Garros 2025, the place 9 Australians will take to the court docket.
Paris, France, 26 Might 2025 | Jackson Mansell
Australian No.2 Alexei Popyrin headlines a bumper Day 2 at Roland Garros 2025, the place 9 Australians will take to the court docket.
Popyrin begins his Roland Garros marketing campaign towards Japanese southpaw Yoshihito Nishioka first up on Courtroom 6.
The 25-year-old enters the claycourt Slam with current quarterfinal appearances in Monte Carlo and Geneva underneath his belt.
Most notably, Popyrin defeated top-20 gamers Ugo Humbert, Frances Tiafoe and Casper Ruud in Monte Carlo final month to achieve his first Masters 1000 quarterfinal since profitable the Montreal crown final August.
“Profitable in Canada left me wanting extra,” he informed AAP. “I’ve been doing this for now happening seven years, and I believe I’ve nonetheless received loads in me, nonetheless received loads to enhance. That’s essentially the most thrilling half.”
Jordan Thompson, Aleksandar Vukic and Chris O’Connell are additionally in motion on Day 2. The trio will face top-40 opponents with Vukic and O’Connell matched towards seeded gamers.
A Rabat semifinal rematch headlines the Australian ladies’s card on Monday as Maya Joint and Ajla Tomljanovic do battle.
Joint, 19, arrives within the French capital because the second highest-ranked teenager on the WTA Tour after profitable the Moroccan crown.
The world No.53 turned Australia’s first ladies’s singles champion on the circuit since Ash Barty received Australian Open 2022.
In different matches on Day 2, Kimberly Birrell faces Romanian Jaqueline Cristian, Daria Kasatkina makes her Grand Slam debut underneath the Australian flag, and Daria Saville competes towards reigning Australian Open champion Madison Keys.
AUSSIES IN ACTION
COMING UP – ROLAND GARROS DAY 2
Males’s singles, first spherical
[25] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) – first match, Courtroom 6 (from 7pm AEST)
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Jiri Lehecka (CZE) – second match, Courtroom 4
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v [24] Karen Khachanov – third match, Courtroom 12
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v [22] Ugo Humbert (FRA) – final match, Courtroom 14
Ladies’s singles, first spherical
Maya Joint (AUS) v Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) – second match, Courtroom 9
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) v Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) – second match, Courtroom 13
[17] Daria Kasatkina (AUS) v Katerina Siniakova (CZE) – third match, Courtroom 6
[Q] Daria Saville (AUS) v [7] Madison Keys (USA) – final match, Courtroom Simonne Mathieu
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