French Open 2026 Day Five Recap

Day 5 at Roland Garros delivered absolute chaos. In some of the beautiful upsets in recent times, World No. 1 Jannik Sinner noticed his 30-match profitable streak and Profession Grand Slam dream crumble in dramatic trend, as he bodily collapsed and misplaced from a commanding lead in opposition to Juan Manuel Cerundolo.

The shocks didn’t cease there. 17-year-old French wild card Moïse Kouamé continued his house soil run with a five-set victory, whereas Belgium’s Raphael Collignon pulled off a giant upset over No. 5 seed Ben Shelton.

With a number of prime gamers already gone, the 2026 French Open is broad open and provides any individual an enormous alternative to win a Grand Slam with out Sinner or Alcaraz in the way in which.

We noticed that occur throughout the US Open 2020, and the tip outcome was a nervy match with everybody taking part in like they’d one thing to lose. Not the most effective spectacle, as there have been additionally no followers within the Stadium, so hopefully the extent in Paris stays excessive.

Right here’s a have a look at the important thing matches from Day 5.

Day 4 French Open 2026 Spherical of 64 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Rating

Juan Manuel Cerundolo
Jannik Sinner (1)
3-6 2-6 7-5 6-1 6-1

Martin Landaluce
Vit Kopriva
1-6 2-6 6-4 7-5 6-0

Matteo Berrettini
Arthur Rinderknech (22)
6-4 6-4 6-4

Jaime Faria (Q)
Jan-Lennard Struff
7-5 7-6(1) 6-2

Frances Tiafoe (19)
Hubert Hurkacz
6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-4 6-7(1) 6-4

Matteo Arnaldi
Stefanos Tsitsipas
7-6(2) 5-7 6-3 6-2

Raphael Collignon
Ben Shelton (5)
6-4 7-5 6-4

Felix Auger-Aliassime (4)
Román Andrés Burruchaga
4-6 6-0 7-5 6-1

Moïse Kouamé (WC)
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo
6-3 7-5 3-6 2-6 7-6(8)

Francisco Comesana
Luciano Darderi (14)
7-6(5) 4-6 6-4 2-6 6-4

Learner Tien (18)
Facundo Díaz Acosta (Q)
7-5 4-6 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3

Francisco Cerundolo (25)
Hugo Gaston (WC)
2-6 6-4 6-2 6-1

Zachary Svajda
Adam Walton (WC)
6-3 6-4 6-7(4) 6-2

Flavio Cobolli (10)
Wu Yibing
6-4 6-4 6-4

Brandon Nakashima (31)
Luca Van Assche
6-7(5) 6-4 5-7 6-1 6-3

Key Matches

Juan Manuel Cerundolo def. Jannik Sinner (1) 3-6 2-6 7-5 6-1 6-1

Within the largest shock of the match, World No. 1 Jannik Sinner suffered a shocking five-set defeat to Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo.

Sinner cruised by the primary two units and led 5-1 within the third, however all of a sudden hit a bodily wall, affected by dizziness, low vitality, and cramps.

He did not serve out the match twice and by no means recovered. Cerundolo stormed again to win 18 of the ultimate 20 video games and full some of the dramatic upsets in current Roland Garros historical past.

This ends Sinner’s 30-match profitable streak and his bid for the Profession Grand Slam in 2026. Cerundolo advances to the third spherical for the primary time at a significant.

Whereas there have been talks of Sinner perhaps struggling on clay over 5 units, I wasn’t actually certain who might actually compete with him to make it bodily.

The primary two units have been lopsided by way of rating, however Cerundolo did maintain Sinner on the market for practically 2 hours earlier than issues went pear-shaped, and he took full benefit.

Moïse Kouamé def. Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 6-3 7-5 3-6 2-6 7-6(8)

17-year-old French wild card Moïse Kouamé delivered one other house fan-pleasing efficiency, outlasting Adolfo Daniel Vallejo in a five-setter lasting practically 5 hours.

Kouamé confirmed unbelievable combating spirit and crowd-pleasing shotmaking, saving essential break factors within the decider to win a marathon tie-break. {The teenager} turned the youngest participant to succeed in the third spherical of a significant since Rafael Nadal in 2003.

I’m not shopping for into the French media hype about him, although. Vallejo is hardly a feared opponent, and I might count on Tabilo to defeat him handily within the subsequent spherical.

Frances Tiafoe def. Hubert Hurkacz 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-4 6-7(1) 6-4

No. 19 seed Frances Tiafoe edged Hubert Hurkacz in a high-quality five-set battle. Tiafoe confirmed nice resilience and selection, prevailing in a match stuffed with momentum swings.

Whereas Hurkacz isn’t the scalp he as soon as was, he nonetheless serves enormous, and Tiafoe isn’t precisely pulling up any timber himself, so it is a sturdy outcome for the American on clay.

Felix Auger-Aliassime def. Román Andrés Burruchaga 4-6 6-0 7-5 6-1

No. 4 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime survived an early scare, shedding the primary set earlier than producing a dominant response.

He raced by the following three units with aggressive baseline play to succeed in the third spherical comfortably after the sluggish begin, and his draw is gentle.

Learner Tien def. Facundo Díaz Acosta 7-5 4-6 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3

18th seed Learner Tien battled by a troublesome five-setter to advance. Recent off his Geneva title, he confirmed good combating qualities and has a really dependable sport, profitable the strain moments, with simply three factors separating the 2 over the course of 4 hours.

Raphael Collignon def. Ben Shelton 6-4 7-5 6-4

Raphael Collignon pulled off a significant upset, defeating No. 5 seed Ben Shelton in straight units to succeed in the third spherical of Roland Garros.

The 24-year-old Belgian produced a extremely spectacular efficiency, blasting 30 winners whereas protecting unforced errors low at simply 13.

He dictated play with highly effective, aggressive baseline hitting and by no means let Shelton discover his rhythm on Courtroom Suzanne Lenglen.

This marks Collignon’s first profession Prime-5 victory and continues the wave of huge upsets at this 12 months’s match

The Belgian, who arrived in sturdy kind with a Challenger remaining below his belt, has picked up some first rate outcomes this 12 months. Together with Blockx, the Belgians have gotten fairly a duo, and so they’re already outperforming the much-promoted Zizou Bergs.

Highlights

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