French Open begins this Sunday as the second leg of tennis' four major Grand Slam. Carlos Alcaraz is the defending champion of the clay courts at Roland Garros as the three-time major champ looks to pick up his second consecutive French Open title.

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Carlos Alcaraz will try to defend his 2024 Roland Garros title at the 2025 French Open, which begins on Sunday. Alcaraz defeated Jannik Sinner in Rome and was a finalist in Barcelona, so it has been a successful clay-court swing for him thus far.

Familiar names are at the top of the odds ahead of the French Open, although there are some noteworthy shifts among the order.

The Spaniard won his first French Open title last year, coming back from two sets to one down to beat Alexander Zverev in five sets and was back at Roland Garros a few weeks later, reaching the final of the 2024 Olympic men’s singles event.

If there is one tennis player who knows how to beat the odds when they are stacked against him, it is 24-times Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic. The 38-year-old Serbian's bid for a fourth French Open crown looks more unlikely than in many years,

French Open coverage in 2025 will feature new, more diverse voices, a feature that sports reporter Ava Wallace says has been lacking in Grand Slam coverage.