French Open Day 3 Highlights: Djokovic Wins; Big Stars All Through To Round 2

Bonjour and good afternoon to all tuning in for our live coverage of the third day of French Open 2025. The action begins at 2:30 PM IST.

To find out when and where to watch the matches live, read here.

Below is the list of matches that begin at 2:30 PM IST, kicking of the third day of French Open 2025 action.

French Open ATP:

• Alex de Minaur (Australia) vs Laslo Djere (Serbia)

• Aleksandar Kovecevic (USA) vs Federico Agustin Gomez (Argentina)

• Daniil Medvedev (World) vs Cameron Norrie (Great Britain)

• Alexander Shevchenko (Kazakhstan) vs Dusan Lajovic (Serbia)

French Open WTA:

• Mirra Andreeva (World) vs Cristina Bucsa (Spain)

• Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil) vs Hailey Baptiste (USA)

• Nao Hibino (Japan) vs Moyuka Uchijima (Japan)

• Oksana Selekhmeteva (World) vs Marketa Vondousova (Czech Republic)

• Yaina Wickmayer (Belgium) vs Victoria Azarenka (World)

The two headline events among our first round of matches are Daniil Medvedev facing Cameron Norrie, and Mirra Andreeva facing Cristina Bucsa.

Find out where to watch the ATP match here, and the WTA match here.

The opening matches have been delayed by ten minutes, with the new starting time 2:40 PM IST.

Medvedev hasn't gotten to the best of starts on clay, as Norrie's accurate serves are stretching the Russian player. The American currently has an early 2-1 lead in the first set.

Meanwhile, de Minaur has a leading start against Djere.

In a big shock, Bucsa is leading 3-0 in the opening set against Andreeva. This is not the start the World No. 6 would have wanted.

Both Medvedev and Andreeva have made stunning comebacks after trailing early. Medvedev is leading 4-3 against Norrie in the first set, while Andreeva's match against Bucsa is tied at 4-4.

Meanwhile, world No. 61 Uchijima lost the first set against world No. 196 Hibino. An upset on the cards?

Huge update from Roland-Garros that Daniil Medvedev, no 11 seed, is down in the first set. The Russian lost 5-7 to Cameron Norrie in the first set.

In the first big result today, Mirra Andreeva came back from trailing 4-0 in the first set to decimate Cristina Bucsa, ultimately winning 6-4, 6-3.

Daniil Medvedev, currently leading 2-1 in the third set after losing the opening two sets to Norrie, took a medical timeout after huting the index finger. After some patching up, he is good to go.

Daniil Medvedev has fought back from a precarious situation, winning the third set 6-4 after a slow start and a medical timeout in betwee. It's game on!

Meanwhile, de Minaur has gone to tiebreak in the third set against Djere.

Firstly, Alex de Minaur has won his opening match against Laslo Djere comfortable in straight sets by 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(8-6).

Meanwhile, Medvedev has successfully tied the match, winnig the fourth set to tie it 2-2 in the match. Wonderful battle going on.

In the women's event, former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka made a perfect start to her campaign, winning against Yanina Wickayer by 6-0, 6-0.

Coco Gauff has started well, winning the first set 6-2, and is leading 2:0 in the second set as well.

Alexander Zverev is through to the second round without breaking much sweat. He shows the exit door to American Learner Tien in the very first round with a straight-set victory. Zverev earns a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 victory to march into the second round of French Open 2025.

Meanwhile, Grigor Dimitrov had to retire out of his clash against qualifier Ethan Quinn who will now luckily feature in the second round. Dimitrov had won the first two sets but an injury in the leg forced him to withdraw. It is the fourth consecutive Grand Slam that Dimitrov has had to retire injured highlighting his fitness issues which have stretched for some time now.

Well, Novak Djokovic is on the court all set to begin his French Open 2025 journey. Up against the legend is rookie Mackenzie McDonald from the United States. Let us see how good Djokovic looks in this clash. Here we go!

Jessica Pegula has clinched the first set against AA Todoni. An easy beginning for Pegula who has won the first set 6-3. Let us see how quickly she can get done with this first round clash.

A good start for Novak Djokovic at the Roland Garros. He clinches the first 6-3 with relative ease over Mackenzie McDonald who will have a tough time containing the Serb in this match now.

Jessica Pegula has made light work of Anca Todoni in the opening round and she is through to the second round of the French Open 2025 women's singles competition. Pegula earned an easy 6-2, 6-4 victory to advance.

Novak Djokovic is in the second round now with a victory over Mackinzie McDonald of the United States of America. The match went in favour of Djokovic with the scoreline of 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.

Jake Draper is currently in action against Mattia Belucci of Italy and the game is currently poised at 1-1 after the first two sets. Bellucci won the first set 6-3 but then the fifth seeded Draper bounced back brilliantly by winning the second set 6-1.

Coco Gauff and Mirra Andreeva both claimed straight-sets wins over their first-round opponents at Roland-Garros.

Read full report here

Novak Djokovic's quest to win a record-breaking 25th grand slam title at this year's French Open began with a routine victory over Mackenzie McDonald.

Read match report here

Jake Draper has bounced back from a set down to win his first round men's singles clash against Matteo Bellucci. Draper lost the opening set 3-6 but then made a comeback to beat Bellucci 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2.

A star studded day and we got the expected performance from the big names. Novak Djokovic brushed aside Mackenzie McDonald in straight sets to get into the second round. Alexander Zverev too had an easy outing and advanced to the second round. Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula too won their openers while Jake Draper came from behind to clinch victory. Things have started on a good note for the stars.

A good day today and we will have some big names in the park tomorrow again. Do join us again.

We will see you tomorrow. Thank you for following us all day. Bye, bye!

Afternoon Session: Start time 2:30 PM

Channel: SONY SPORTS TEN 1

Men바카라�s Singles:

1. MAROZSAN vs. ALCARAZ (2)

Women바카라�s Singles:

1. ARANGO vs. ZHENG (8)

2. ⁠PAOLINI vs. TOMLJANOVIC

3. ⁠RADUCANU vs. SWIATEK (5)

Channel: SONY SPORTS TEN 2

Men바카라�s Singles:

1. RUDD (7) vs. BORGES

Men바카라�s Doubles:

1. BHAMBRI/ GALLOWAY vs. HAASE/ JEBENS

2. ⁠BU/ CARABELLI vs. BALAJI/ REYES-VARELA

Channel: SONY SPORTS TEN 3 HD

Men바카라�s Singles:

1. GIGANTE vs. TSITSIPAS (20)

Women바카라�s Singles:

1. BONDAR vs. SVITOLINA (13)

Men바카라�s Doubles:

1. DIALLO/ FEARNLEY vs. BARRIENTOS/ BOLLIPALLI

2. ⁠BOPANNA/ PAVLASEK vs. CASH/ TRACY

Channel SONY SPORTS TEN 4

Men바카라� Singles

1. RUDD (7) vs. BORGES

Women바카라�s Singles:

1. ARANGO vs. ZHENG

Men바카라�s Doubles:

1. BU/ CARABELLI vs. BALAJI/ REYES-VARELA

2. ⁠BOPANNA/ PAVLASEK vs. CASH/ TRACY

Evening Session: Start time 12:00 AM

Channel: SONY SPORTS TEN 1 | SONY SPORTS TEN 2 | SONY SPORTS TEN 3 | SONY SPORTS TEN 4

Men바카라�s singles:

1. NAVA vs. RUNE (10)