Italy's Paulini paid tribute to the "King of Clay" and reached the third round of the 2025 French Open

Paulini, the women's singles runner-up at the French Open last year, paid tribute to the honorary shoeprint commemorative plaque of the "King of Clay" Nadal before the match on the 28th local time, and defeated Australian opponent Tom Janovicki 6:3, 6:3 to successfully advance to the third round of the 2025 French Open.

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At the retirement ceremony of 14-time champion Nadal last Sunday, Philippe Chartier left a commemorative plaque with his shoe print on the Centre Court, and Nadal's former coach Lopez assisted Paulini this clay season, so the fourth seed of Italy walked towards the square commemorative plaque to touch it lightly during the second round warm-up to show respect. "I played two here last year and a few in Paris, so I'm used to it now."

After the closure of the Rome Clay Tournament, Roland Garros regained his speed and explosiveness in small fights, and broke through two levels in a row to create a recent eight consecutive wins, "The match against Tom Janovecki was quite difficult, she was very aggressive, but I tried to adjust my strategy and play a more aggressive style of play. ”

In men's singles, Serbia's sixth seed Novak Djokovic defeated the United States' MacDonald 6-3 to extend his unbeaten streak of 21 consecutive wins in the first round of the French Open, and then move towards 25 Grand Slam titles in history.