Four-time Grand Slam champions Aryna Sabalenka and Naomi Osaka will go head-to-head in the first French Open women’s night match in three years on Monday (June 1, 2026), as a host of men’s players eye a maiden major quarterfinal.

World number one Sabalenka will likely face a stern test in her bid to win a maiden Roland Garros crown after suffering an agonising loss to Coco Gauff in last year’s final.

A resurgent Osaka has powered into the French Open last 16 for the first time in her career, looking more at home then ever before on the Parisian clay.

It will be only the fourth meeting, all at the last-16 stage of tournaments, between two of the biggest stars in the sport.

Osaka edged their first encounter en route to the 2018 US Open title and then they never met again until this year.

Sabalenka saw off her Japanese opponent in straight sets in Indian Wells, before fighting back from a set down to win at the Madrid Open.

They renew their rivalry with a quarter-final against either former Australian Open champion Madison Keys or Russia’s Diana Shnaider up for grabs.

“It’s great, great to see her back on her level. Maybe not at her best level, but she’s back, she’s fighting, she’s building her level,” said Sabalenka of Osaka, who took a break from tennis in 2023 to give birth to her daughter.

“It’s nice to see her. She’s a great player, great person. I feel like I really enjoy our battles. It’s high-level matches, and I really enjoy when somebody pushes me to the limit.”

Osaka struggled initially for form after rejoining the tour, but reached the US Open semi-finals last year, the first time she had made the second week of a Grand Slam event since winning her second Australian Open title in 2021.

“I really wanted to make it a goal to do really well on clay and grass,” said Osaka, who has never got past the third round at Wimbledon.

“I don’t want this to be my last round. I want to keep going. I just want to keep focusing on every match.”

Osaka has been wearing a sequined, gold dress in Paris, which she likened to the Eiffel Tower at night, but has said she may switch things up for the night session.

The last remaining French player Diane Parry will be hoping to emulate last year’s surprise semi-finalist Lois Boisson and continue her dream run, going up against Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska.

Austrian 28th seed Anastasia Potapova looks to back up her win over defending champion Coco Gauff when she faces Anna Kalinskaya.

Wide-open men’s draw

World number six Felix Auger-Aliassime is the highest-ranked player left in the top half of the men’s draw after the shock exit of Jannik Sinner and an early defeat for Ben Shelton.

The Canadian will bid to reach his first French Open quarter-final when he plays Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, in the last 16 of a Slam event for the first time.

World number 85 Zachary Svajda had only won two Grand Slam matches before this tournament, but even he took notice of Sinner’s loss.

“When I saw Sinner was out, I try to stay present and stay positive and just take it day by day, match by match,” said the American, who takes on Italian 10th seed Flavio Cobolli.

“I knew the draw was open, but I just tried to keep doing my routines, keep doing what I’ve been doing, and just see what happens.”

Former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini targets his first Slam quarter-final since 2022 when he goes up against Sinner’s conqueror Juan Manuel Cerundolo on Court Suzanne Lenglen.

Frances Tiafoe, who lost to Lorenzo Musetti in the last eight 12 months ago, plays another Italian in Matteo Arnaldi.

Top seed Aryna Sabalenka overcame a first-set scare to ​beat France’s Elsa Jacquemot 7-5 6-2 on ‌Thursday (May 28, 2026) and move into the ​French Open third round.

The Belarusian, ⁠last year’s losing finalist, was made to work hard for about an hour, with ‌the local hero delighting home fans with several spectacular winners.

A ‌four-time Grand Slam champion, Sabalenka is ‌still ⁠looking to land her first ⁠French Open title.

The world number one earned an early break with a powerful forehand to ​go 3-1 up ‌but Jacquemot broke straight back. On a day when the men’s world number one Jannik Sinner crashed out ‌in five sets to Juan Manuel ​Cerundolo, Sabalenka had to dig deep in the first set ⁠against the world number 67.

Sabalenka had set point at 5-4 on Jacquemot’s serve ‌but the French player, who had the crowd on their feet at times, managed to match Sabalenka’s power with superb precision and level.

The top seed kept her composure and ‌won the first set on her third set ​point, and she never looked back.

She grabbed a break at ⁠the start of the second set and ⁠raced to a 3-0 lead, giving Jacquemot, who was quickly running ‌out of steam, no chance of a comeback.

Sabalenka will next face ​Australia’s Daria Kasatkina.

Home hope Moise Kouame became the youngest man to reach the third round of a Grand Slam tournament since Rafael Nadal 23 years ago, after an epic French Open win on Thursday (May 28, 2026).

The 17-year-old wildcard survived a comeback from Paraguay’s Adolfo Daniel Vallejo to claim a remarkable 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (10/8) win after four hours and 56 minutes on a raucous, and boiling hot, Court Suzanne Lenglen.

Kouame is the youngest man to reach the last 32 of a major since Nadal at Wimbledon in 2003.

“Frankly, without you, I would never have won this match, never,” Kouame told the crowd in his on-court interview.

After wins for Rafael Jodar and Joao Fonseca on Wednesday, it is the first time three teenagers have made the third round of the men’s singles at Roland Garros since Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Gael Monfils in 2006.

Kouame had already become the youngest man to win a Slam match in 17 years with his first-round success against Marin Cilic.

The Grand Slam debutant powered into a two-set lead to the delight of the French fans but then started to wilt in the baking heat.

But Kouame somehow dragged himself back from the brink of defeat when Vallejo was serving for the match at 5-3 in the fifth, before completing a memorable win in a thrilling tie-break.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka blazed ​through her opening round ‌at the French Open as ​she brushed aside ⁠Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-4 6-2 on Tuesday (May 26, 2026).

Sabalenka raced to a ‌4-0 lead on a sun-kissed Court Philippe ‌Chatrier before unforced errors ‌crept ⁠into her game, ⁠which allowed her opponent to pull two breaks back and serve for ​5-5.

A double ‌fault, however, handed the top-seeded Belarusian the first set and she opened up ‌a 5-0 advantage in ​the second.

Bouzas Maneiro got to survive another couple ⁠of games when she held and then broke for ‌5-2 but a double fault gave Sabalenka a routine win.

“That’s the most enjoyable part of the game that I can come ‌to the net to play ​points there, it’s so much fun,” last year’s ⁠runner-up Sabalenka said.

“I’m so happy ⁠I was able to improve on that part ‌of the game and bring it on court.”