Article 6XJ6K French Open 2025: Draper, Djokovic and Gauff through; Norrie rocks Medvedev – as it happened

French Open 2025: Draper, Djokovic and Gauff through; Norrie rocks Medvedev – as it happened

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Daniel Harris and Katy Murrells
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Cam Norrie beat Daniil Mevedev in a thriller and there were also wins for Sonay Kartal, Jack Draper, Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff

Norrie, leading 2-1 on serve, has two more break points against Medvedev on Simonne Matheiu, to add to the one he had in the second game. But these come and go too, the second when Medvedev draws Norrie in with a drop shot before pulling off the pass. After a few deuces Medvedev holds, but he's not looking too comfortable.

Naomi Osaka has a tendency to be hard on herself and yesterday was no different after her absorbing 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-4 defeat against the 1oth seed, Paula Badosa. The four-times grand slam champion has struggled to rediscover her best form since returning to tennis last January after the birth of her daughter, and said yesterday: I think as time goes on, I feel like I should be doing better. But also I hate disappointing people. So, like, even with Patrick [Mouratoglou], I was thinking this just now, but he goes from working with the greatest player ever [Serena Williams] to, like, what the fuck this is. You know what I mean?"

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