PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 28: Jannik Sinner of Italy looks dejected during a break in play in his Men's Singles second round match against Juan Manuel Cerundolo of Argentina during Day Five of the 2026 French Open at Roland Garros on May 28, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
... More
This year, the second week of the French Open can really be defined as open. No, it’s not entirely just that world no. 1 and French Open top seed Jannik Sinner, pictured above in mid-wilt during his fateful second round match, and the No. 3 seed, Novak Djokovic, in turn, have allowed upsets, radically decapitating the men’s bracket. Fairly put, “allowed” is perhaps the wrong verb to use when describing what happened to those two leading lights trapped alongside everybody else under Roland Garros’ and Paris’ airless “heat-and-humidity dome” last week. So, okay! Sadly, Roland Garros has no roof to protect its players from climate-related heat domes. Despite that, and despite Sinner’s brave claim after his shocking crash-out that it was his body that failed him, Paris’ epic heat dome proceeded to rip the roof off the tourney.
Naomi Osaka of Japan enters the court for the second round women's singles tennis match against Donna Vekic of Croatia at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
