Roland-Garros: Sinner advances to second round, will play Gasquet next

Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, beat Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 to move into the second round of Roland-Garros on Monday evening, during the night session.

The Italian stretched his Grand Slam winning streak to 15 matches after his wins at the 2024 US Open and the 2025 Australian Open.

“I can be very proud about winning this first match, it’s never easy against a Frenchman here.”

Sinner was close to perfect over the initial two sets. His level dipped a bit in the third, with nine unforced errors off his racket contributing to deficits of 4-0, ball of 5-0 for the Frenchman and 5-2.

“He raised his level, he served very very well, I made a couple of mistakes, which can happen”, Sinner said to the reporters. “Losing a set can go very very fast. It can also change very quickly, which I showed today.

Sinner, ranked No 1, will play wildcard Richard Gasquet next. “I know you will support him,” Sinner told the fans on court with a smile, “but that’s OK.” This match might be the last of Richard Gasquet’s career.

Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56.352.000, most recent results first):

• Gael Monfils vs. Hugo Dellien

• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Jack Draper
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Joao Fonseca
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Novak Djokovic
• Corentin Moutet vs. Clement Tabur
• Marin Cilic vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Benjamin Bonzi
• Maximilian Marterer vs. Adam Walton
• Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Henrique Rocha
• Andrey Rublev vs. Lloyd Harris
• Alexandre Muller vs. Jakub Mensik
• Ethan Quinn vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Jesper De Jong vs. Francesco Passaro
• Alexander Zverev vs. Learner Tien
• Alexander Bublik vs. James Duckworth
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Federico Agustin Gomez
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Cameron Norrie
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Alex De Minaur vs. Laslo Djere
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Marcos Giron: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
• Jaume Munar beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 6-4, 6-1, 7-5
• Ugo Humbert (22) beat Christopher O’Connell: 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Filip Misolic (Q) beat Yunchaokete Bu: 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Arthur Fils (14) beat Nicolas Jarry: 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3
• Denis Shapovalov (27) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-2, 6-0, 6-3
• Richard Gasquet beat Terence Atmane (WC): 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Sebastian Ofner beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2
• Gabriel Diallo beat Francisco Cerundolo (18): 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
• Jiri Lehecka beat Jordan Thompson: 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
• Karen Khachanov (24) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Jacob Fearnley beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-2
• Holger Rune (10) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (20) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
• Daniel Altmaier beat Taylor Fritz (4): 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (26) beat Pablo Llamas Ruiz (Q): 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Giulio Zeppieri (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Hugo Gaston beat Ugo Blanchet (Q): 2-6, 6-0, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Alexei Popyrin (25) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-5, 6-4, 1-2 ret.
• Alejandro Tabilo beat Arthur Cazaux (WC): 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
• Casper Ruud (7) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Sebastian Korda (23) beat Luciano Darderi: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Sebastian Baez: 6-7 (3), 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
• Nuno Borges beat Kyrian Jacquet (Q): 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
• Quentin Halys beat Tomas Machac (21): 7-6 (4), 4-1 ret.
• Ben Shelton (13) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Jenson Brooksby beat Jaime Faria: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Emilio Nava (WC) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-2, 7-5, 7-5
• Matteo Gigante (Q) beat Benjamin Hassan (Q): 6-4, 6-2, 6-0
• Fabian Marozsan beat Luca Nardi: 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Frances Tiafoe (15) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q) beat Alex Michelsen (32): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
• Daniel Elahi Galan (LL) beat Valentin Royer (WC): 7-6 (6), 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 7-5
• Lorenzo Musetti (8) beat Yannick Hanfmann (Q): 7-5, 6-2, 6-0
• Vit Kopriva beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (6), 6-1
• Damir Dzumhur beat Thiago Agustin Tirante (LL): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
• Pablo Carreno Busta beat Francisco Comesana: 6-2, 7-6 (3), 7-5
• Reilly Opelka beat Rinky Hijikata: 1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (31) beat Zizou Bergs: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Tommy Paul (12) beat Elmer Moller (LL): 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
• Hamad Medjedovic beat Kamil Majchrzak: 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Marton Fucsovics beat Tristan Schoolkate (WC): 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
• Mariano Navone beat Brandon Nakashima (28): 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2