French Open

The 29th seed Zhang, who reached the round of 16 at Roland Garros in 2020, committed seven double faults against zero from her opponent. Although Zhang saved two match points in the sixth game of the second set when Frech was serving for victory, she was unable to hold her own serve in the following game as No.88

The win extends Sabalenka's 2023 win-loss record to 30-5. She has reached at least the quarterfinals at seven of the eight tournaments she has contested before Roland Garros, and the final at five of them. The 25-year-old will next take the winner of the match between Panna Udvardy and Iryna Shymanovich.

The Spaniard has dominated the only clay court Grand Slam event like no one else, winning a record 14 men's singles titles among a record 22 Grand Slam titles that he shares with Novak Djokovic. The 14 titles that the Nadal's withdrawal from the French Open due to an injury has created a sense of unpredictability in the men's singles event, which has never been experienced in nearly two decades.

Alcaraz is making his third appearance at the clay-court Grand Slam, having advanced to the quarter-finals in 2022. The top seed will open against a qualifier and is seeded to play 14th seed Cameron Norrie in the fourth round. Fifth seed Tsitsipas, who is in the same section as Felix Auger-Aliassime, is a potential quarter-final opponent for Alcaraz.

In her maiden Grand Slam qualifying campaign, the 16-year-old needed just under two hours to complete the win and entered the women's singles event having not dropped a set through three rounds of qualifying. Andreeva was unranked just 14 months ago, but has risen to No.143 after winning two ITF W60 titles and reaching the last 16 in Madrid in the past two months.

Badosa's absence will make way for a fourth lucky loser to enter the women's main draw as she joined Jennifer Brady, Patricia Maria Tig and Ajla Tomljanovic on the sidelines. "Just when everything seemed to be fine again, I received bad news just before starting a Grand Slam. At the tournament in Rome I suffered a stress fracture in my spine," the Spaniard said in a statement.

The 14-time champion will not play in the French Open for the first time since his tournament debut in 2005. "I don't like the word but I feel strong enough to say it: I don't think I deserve to end like this.

The 22-time Grand Slam winner remains doubtful for the French Open in May, where he is defending champion, as he has been out of action since his Australian Open second-round loss to American Mackenzie McDonald, where he aggravated a hip injury. The 36-year-old Spaniard had also withdrawn from the Indian Wells Masters and Miami Open as well as the ongoing Monte Carlo Masters due to grade 2 injury in the iliopsoas muscle in his left leg.

Swiatek had already lost to Pegula this year at United Cup, but the No.1 seed avenged that defeat in the 1-hour and 9-minute final on Saturday night to capture her first WTA Tour title of the year, and the 12th title of her career overall. She dropped only five games all week en route to the title. "I'm really happy that I could kind of find more balance, compared to how I felt at the beginning of the season," Swiatek was quoted as saying by WTA.

The 28-year-old produced a masterful performance to take the title in straight games (21-14, 21-15), falling to his knees in jubilation after 43 minutes of play. With this win, Axelsen became the most successful player on the men's world tour, overtaking Japan's Kento Momota with 16 wins in 21 finals compared to Momota's 15 from 21. On the other hand, Gemke has yet to win a game from the maestro but will be happy with his improving form after an injury-plagued 2021 season.