French Open: Large upsets as Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud shocked in Spherical 2
The 2025 French Open delivered two large upsets within the males’s singles second spherical, as two of the event’s prime clay-court contenders — Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud — have been shocked by lower-ranked opponents. Each gamers, recognized for his or her robust data at Roland Garros and former deep runs, noticed their campaigns lower quick in surprising vogue.
ITALY’S GIGANTE STUNS TSITSIPAS
Italian qualifier Matteo Gigante pulled off the largest win of his profession, gorgeous twentieth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4. The 23-year-old, who had by no means earlier than defeated a top-20 participant or superior previous the second spherical of a tour-level occasion, confirmed poise and energy in equal measure, delivering a composed and aggressive efficiency on Courtroom Simonne-Mathieu.
For Tsitsipas, it marked a bitterly disappointing early exit – his earliest at Roland Garros since 2018. Tsitsipas suffered an early exit at Roland Garros, knocked out within the second spherical – his earliest departure from the French Open since 2018. The world no. 20 from Greece has had a number of memorable runs at his favourite Grand Slam, most notably reaching the ultimate in 2021 and the semi-finals in earlier years.
Tsitsipas was aiming to succeed in the quarter-finals for the third straight yr, however these hopes have been dashed early. It has been a troublesome season for the Greek star, having already exited the Australian Open within the first spherical and now the French Open within the second.
Gigante will now face American thirteenth seed Ben Shelton within the third spherical – a serious take a look at, however one he’ll strategy with newfound confidence after a breakout exhibiting in Paris.
INJURED RUUD FALLS TO BORGES
On Courtroom Suzanne-Lenglen, it was one other shocker as two-time finalist Casper Ruud was undone by harm and impressed play from Portugal’s Nuno Borges. After a robust begin, Ruud light dramatically, dropping 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-0. Borges, ranked No. 41 within the PIF ATP Rankings, turns into the primary Portuguese man to succeed in the third spherical of the French Open – and he did it in fashion.
Ruud admitted post-match that he had been coping with a nagging knee harm all through the clay season, which worsened because the match progressed.
“Hopefully it’s nothing too critical however for the final couple of weeks I have been scuffling with knee ache,” Ruud advised a press convention.
“In follow it’s simpler to keep away from sure actions, sure photographs. However if you play matches you’ll be able to’t management it the identical means.
“Generally you type of overlook that it is a shot I should not go for possibly by way of ache within the knee. I nonetheless performed good tennis within the first two units,” he stated. “It is a Slam, I did not need to retire.”
After claiming the primary set with scientific precision, Ruud’s motion turned more and more labored, significantly within the third and fourth units, the place Borges capitalized with sharp court docket protection and relentless stress. Ruud’s transient medical timeout after the third set proved ineffective, and Borges closed out the match emphatically with a 6-0 fourth set.
The 28-year-old Portuguese will now tackle Australia’s Alexei Popyrin, who superior with a convincing straight-sets win over Alejandro Tabilo.
