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Yannick Sinner (No. 1, Italy), who had been chasing a career Grand Slam, suffered a shock early exit at the French Open (total prize money €61,723,000 — about $66.0 million).
On the 28th (local time) at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, Juan Manuel Cerundolo (No. 56, Argentina) rallied from two sets down to beat Sinner 3–2 (3–6, 2–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–1) in the men’s singles second round.
Sinner entered the tournament on a 30-match winning streak in official competition and was aiming to complete a career Grand Slam by winning each of the four majors at least once. With Carlos Alcaraz (No. 2, Spain) sidelined by a right wrist injury, Sinner had been considered one of the favorites — but now he must push his bid for history to next year.
A top seed had not been ousted before the third round at Roland-Garros since Andre Agassi (USA) in 2000 — a span of 26 years.
After taking the first two sets and raising hopes of a smooth path to the third round, Sinner began feeling dizzy in the third set. He requested a medical timeout but was unable to recover, dropping the final three sets to Cerundolo and bowing out of the tournament.
After the match, Sinner said, “I didn’t feel well on the court. I started to feel dizzy and my strength dropped a lot. Early on my shots were very clean and good, but at some point I felt like I hit a wall. It was hot, but not outrageously so. Today it was simply my problem.”
Cerundolo, who now advances to the third round, will face Martín Landaluce (No. 69, Spain) for a spot in the round of 16.
Seventeen-year-old Moïse Couame (No. 318, France) edged Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (No. 71, Paraguay) 3–2 in the second round, becoming the youngest player to reach the French Open third round since Michael Chang in 1988 (also 17). Couame’s third-round opponent will be Alejandro Tabilo (No. 36, Chile).
In women’s singles, world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) and defending champion Coco Gauff (No. 4, USA) both advanced to the third round.
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