No. 1-ranked Jannik Sinner makes his Grand Slam return from a doping suspension, and Carlos Alcaraz tries to win a second consecutive title at Roland-Garros as the 2025 French Open gets started Sunday.

The world’s top two players are frontrunners at the Roland Garros, but an ageing Djokovic, chasing a record 25th Slam title, can never be ruled out

Alcaraz returned to action at the Rome Masters 1000 – the last huge event before Roland Garros – where he clinched his seventh career Masters 1000 after struggling in the early rounds. The 4-time Grand Slam champion has fully recovered from his injury and is ready to compete in Paris from Sunday 25 May.

Elly De La Cruz went 2-for-3 with a home run, a stolen base and four RBIs to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-4 victory over the visiting Chicago Cubs on Saturday afternoon.

Punters seeking a live contender at a bigger price could opt for Alexander Zverev to win his first grand slam after losing three finals, including 12 months ago when he was the runner-up in Paris after reaching the previous three semi-finals at this event and he is a solid each-way prospect at 14/1 with Ladbrokes, Coral and Betfred.

Carlos Alcaraz defeated Jannik Sinner 7-6 (5), 6-1 to win his first Italian Open on Sunday and add another big clay-court title to his résumé.

Draper is up into the top five of the world rankings and is producing the best clay-court form of his career, having reached the final in Madrid last week. The 23-year-old had to battle back from a set down to beat Corentin Moutet in the last-16 yesterday,