• Round 1 - def. Benjamin Bonzi 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Round 2 - def. Tomas Machac 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
• Round 3 - def. Quentin Halys 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
• Round 4 - def. Jesper de Jong 7-6(3), 6-4, 6-1
• Quarter-final - def. [27] Rafael Jodar 7-6(3), 6-1, 6-3
• Semi-final - [26] Jakub Mensik 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2

• Round 1 - def. Andrea Pellegrino 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-3
• Round 2 - def. Yibing Wu 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Round 3 - def. [18] Learner Tien 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
• Round 4 - def. Zachary Svajda 6-2, 6-3, 6-7(3), 7-6(5)
• Quarter-final - def. [4] Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Semi-final - advanced by walkover vs Matteo Arnaldi

After a tournament of upsets, crash-outs and rank outsiders storming into the mainstream, the men’s and women’s French Open finals have ended up looking remarkably familiar. Three of the four finalists were seeds, with an Italian man and Polish woman both in the line-up. That they weren’t the expected pairing was testament to the upside-down quality of this Roland-Garros – and the determination of both characters.

Poland’s Maja Chwalinska had previously shown promise on clay but was always a highly unlikely finalist, rising from world No 114 to just outside the top 20 and coming through three qualifying matches to even make the main draw.

Meanwhile the men’s final will not feature Jannik Sinner, nor the absent Lorenzo Musetti, but another promising young Italian seizing the opportunity of the draw suddenly collapsing around him. 10th seed Flavio Cobolli is now into his first major final and while his story may not rival Chwalinska’s for its Cinderella quality, it writes another page in one of the most remarkable success stories this decade: the seemingly endless rise of Italian tennis.

Second seed Alexander Zverev has made smooth progress through the draw and has never been in a better position to win a maiden grand slam title.

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Alexander Zverev reached the French Open final for a second time with a four-set win over Jakub Mensik that simultaneously showcased why he is the overwhelming favourite for the title, and also highlighted the psychological burden that has so often held him back on the biggest stage.

The second seed looked to be racing towards a straight-sets win over a listless Mensik, who has played two gruelling five-setters at Roland Garros and been troubled by physical niggles this week. The 20-year-old took a medical timeout as he led 2-1 in the third set and seized momentum shortly after his return, winning the third set 6-3 as Zverev grew increasingly frustrated with his own errors.

The German regrouped in the fourth, breaking early and holding on for a 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 win, but this match was evidence once again of his lack of killer instinct and passivity in big moments, which have seen him left heartbroken in his three previous grand slam finals.

Zverev meanwhile has appeared in three major finals and lost all three of them, but he has never been a bigger favourite for the title than today.

His record is:

• 2020 US Open: 6–2, 6–4, 4–6, 3–6, 6–7(6–8) loss to Dominic Thiem
• 2024 French Open: 3–6, 6–2, 7–5, 1–6, 2–6 loss to Carlos Alcaraz
• 2025 Australian Open: 3–6, 6–7(4–7), 3–6 loss to Jannik Sinner

Turning our attention now to today’s men’s singles final, which will get underway in a little over an hour.

This is Italian Flavio Cobolli’s first-ever major final, with his previous best result at a grand slam coming at Wimbledon last year, when he reached the quarter-finals.

He had previously never gone beyond the third round at Roland-Garros.

There was further British disappointment later on as second seed Alfie Hewett lost the wheelchair singles’ final 6-3 6-3 to generational talent and top seed Tokito Oda.

Hewett had won the doubles trophy alongside partner Gordon Reid for the seventh year in a row yesterday but was unable to back that up in the singles, losing to Oda for the second successive year.

20-year-old Oda, of Japan, has now won four straight Roland-Garros titles and eight of the last 11 grand slams, and appears to have Hewett’s number, having beaten him in five of the last seven major finals they have contested.

Hewett said: “Congratulations Tokito and your team, I'm not sure how many years you have won this in a row but it seems to feel like forever. It's obviously nice to be back in the final here but I am gutted with the performance, it's definitely not one I am proud of.”

Earlier yesterday, Briton Henry Patten and his Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara fell to a straight-sets defeat in the French Open men’s doubles final, although they will still be crowned joint world No 1 for the first time in Monday’s updated rankings.

The second seeds were bidding for their third major title together and to go one step closer to completing the career grand slam, after winning Wimbledon in 2024 and the Australian Open last season.

They made serene progress through the draw and did not drop a set en route, sealing a place in their first French Open final on Heliovaara’s 37th birthday.

But they were distinctly second best in Saturday’s final, losing to top seeds and defending champions Marcel Granollers of Spain and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos 6-4 6-2. It made for their third grand slam title together, after the French Open and the US Open last year.

The Pole will climb from 114th in the rankings to 21, which would be enough to earn her a seeding for Wimbledon.

She is taking nothing for granted, saying of the possibility: “That would be the news of a century. Honestly, I don’t expect it, but I’ll see.”

Chwalinska is no teenage dreamer having battled away on the lower reaches of the tour for years, including struggling with depression, without ever making the top 100 or beating a top-50 player.

“It’s such a huge jump all of a sudden but really it’s been 18 years of hard work and patience and perseverance,” she added.

“I had to go through so much to be in this position. Life’s weird sometimes, and you’ve just got to do your thing and believe that it will click someday, and I’m happy that it did.”