Coco Gauff opened her French Open title defense with a straight-sets win on Tuesday. NBA icon Charles Barkley lauded the world No. 4 and her family’s resilience amid the unique pressures of teenage tennis fame.

Day 5 of the French Open witnessed exhilarating matches as Coco Gauff, Frances Tiafoe, and Naomi Osaka secured their places in the third round. Notably, Jannik Sinner's campaign ended unexpectedly in the second round against Juan Manuel Cerundolo.

After overcoming a two-set-to-love deficit against top-ranked Jannik Sinner, who was hampered by cramps, Cerundolo followed suit by defeating Martin Landaluce in a five-hour, 57-minute thriller, the third-longest French Open match in the Open Era.

Brad Gilbert keeps a watchful eye over both the ATP and WTA Tours as part of his role as an analyst. The former coach of Andy Murray, Coco Gauff, and Andre Agassi currently works for The Tennis Channel and often makes headlines with his opinions.

Follow the play-by-play updates from the women’s singles first-round match at Court Philippe-Chatrier, as it happened on May 26, 2026