Daniil Medvedev suffered a massive upset in the opening round of the French Open 2026 losing to World Number 97 Adam Walton in a five-set thriller. Medvedev was a heavy favorite coming into this match as the World Number 6 had been in good form having reached the Final of Rome recently. Medvedev competed well against Sinner in the Rome Final where he took a set off Sinner despite losing the match. Playing in the first round of the French Open Medvedev was facing Australian wildcard Adam Walton who did not have much practice in the clay swing leading up to this event. Let us look at how twitter reacted to this shocking loss. 

How the match panned out 

Medvedev lost the opening set 6-2 with some horrible service games. However, the Russian came back strongly to win the second set 6-1. The game had plenty of ebbs and flows with Adam Walton clinching the third set 6-1 and leading the game once again. Daniil Medvedev won the fourth set 6-1 and pushed the match to a decider. The match went to a fifth set where Medvedev got an early break and was leading 4-2. Adam Walton had a strong hold in the seventh game and then broke Medvedev in the eighth game to make it 4-4. Walton once again faced multiple break points but managed to hold the serve and broke Medvedev to win the fifth set 6-4 and clinch a massive win. 

The match went on for 3 hours and 22 minutes with both players leaving out everything on the field. Medvedev would be disappointed as he had plenty of opportunities in the fifth set to close out the game and fans were shocked by this result. This is the seventh first round exit for Daniil Medvedev in the French Open and arguably the biggest upset of the event so far. 

Adam Walton beat Medvedev ( 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 )

17 year old Kouame beats Cilic in straight sets to make a mark

The youngster from France Kouame came into the tournament with a wild card and this was his first grand slam event. Kouame showed no signs of nerves as he won the first set 7-6 and then followed it up with 6-2, 6-1 to clinch the win over veteran Cilic. It was a terrific performance from the youngster and he has left behind a mark in his first French Open game.