French Open Day 3 - Is the sun Sinner’s most dangerous opponent?
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
It was a bit of a weird day at Roland Garros, bookended by a couple of big upsets, with Daniil Medvedev and Jessica Pegula both losing. Catherine, David and Matt discuss it all as we finally completed round one.
Part one - Men’s results. We cover Medvedev’s loss to Adam Walton and his poor record generally at the French Open. Felix Auger-Aliassime survived in a fifth set tiebreak, but with that part of the draw looking pretty light, can he keep it going and reach his semi-final seeding? Elsewhere, Jannik Sinner eased through, but will he keep getting the night session slot?
Part two - Women’s results (34:06). We react to Pegula’s shock defeat to Kim Birrell, Naomi Osaka’s sparkly outfit reveal, and good starts for Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka.
Part three - Sensation/mousquetaire of the day and a cracking Day 4 Order of Play (53:43).
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast coming to you from Roland Garros on day three of the French Open where the first round is finally complete. |
| 0:21.4 | It is half 11 at night or in the evening. |
| 0:24.5 | We are back in our usual spot. |
| 0:26.3 | The temperature is finally palatable after highs in the mid-30 Celsius throughout most of the afternoon. |
| 0:34.4 | We are being savaged by mosquitoes though but we'll take that over |
| 0:38.4 | savaged by the midday sun. Players just wrapped for the day. Crowds are streaming away from |
| 0:46.1 | Cautsusanne Longnam, which is towering over us about 30 metres away. Fun end to the day with |
| 0:52.7 | Felix Orgelia seen willing in a deciding set tiebreak there, |
| 0:57.3 | but a bit of a weird day. |
| 0:59.7 | I don't know, maybe the heat is just starting to make things a little bit weird over here. |
| 1:04.8 | Well, and I'm still trying to get a sense of whether the heat has contributed to the upsets that we've had. |
| 1:12.3 | I mean, two very, very significant upsets with Medvedev and Pagula. |
| 1:17.1 | And yet, I don't think it is because of that, you know, is my sense overall. |
| 1:22.9 | I mean, I think it has made it a weird day. |
| 1:24.9 | There have been, I think, results that have really been impacted |
| 1:28.2 | by the heat. There are some players definitely coming into their own as a result of this weather. |
| 1:34.0 | But, you know, being around the grounds, covering the event, I mean, you know, we, Catherine |
| 1:38.8 | and I, we arrived a good few hours after Matt just because it was just a little bit too |
| 1:43.9 | much for us |
| 1:44.6 | to spend that much time in the sun |
| 1:47.8 | and really are only a couple of stadiums |
| 1:50.6 | that you can go to and be out of it. |
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