Top-seeded Jannik Sinner was one game away from advancing to the third round of the French Open on Thursday before it all fell apart.

Clearly struggling with the heat, Sinner squandered two chances to serve for the match before Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo ended his 30-match win streak with a 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1 victory in the clay courts at Roland Garrosin Paris.

Sinner, 24, was seeking his first French Open win, which would have given him the career Grand Slam.

The win seemed inevitable when Sinner jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the third set. But he lost seven of the next eight games despite chances to win.

With his clothes soaked through with sweat, Sinner bent over on the court and walked to his chair while serving for the match at 5-4 (0-40) in the third set. The Italian left the court and returned with an ice pack. His play went cold, however, losing the game and mustering just two more wins during the rest of the match.

“It’s tough for him,” Cerundolo said of Sinner. “I couldn’t win more than three games in a set, so I was a little bit lucky. He deserved to win this match, and then I don’t know what happened. But I feel sorry for him and hope he recovers.”

The temperature at the start of the match was 84 degrees Fahrenheit. It rose to 90 as the match progressed.

Cerundolo, 24, advanced into the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career. He will next face either Spaniard Martin Landaluce or Czech player Vit Kopriva.

–Field Level Media

Bryson DeChambeau and Charles Howell III battled to the end last year at LIV Golf Korea and picked up where they left off on Thursday, with Sam Vincent joining them for the ride.

The three players each recorded a 5-under-par 65 to spring the top of the leaderboard of this season’s Korea event at Asiad Country Club in Busan, South Korea. They have a one-stroke lead over Ian Poulter, Joaquin Niemann and Thomas Pieters, with four players two shots back and a packed group of 12 at 2-under par.

Vincent built his round on five birdies, including two of his final three holes, while defending champion DeChambeau and Howell had some ups and downs.

DeChambeau made the turn at 5-under and added a birdie at No. 10. But he played the final eight at 1-over with bogeys at holes 13 and 15 and a birdie at 16.

Howell, DeChambeau’s Crushers GC teammate, played the first five holes at even par and followed with an adventure of an eagle, two birdies and two bogeys to reach 3-under. He made birdie on the final two holes to finish in the three-way tie.

Although DeChambeau couldn’t keep the pace of his sizzling first 10 holes, he nonetheless was pleased with his play on an unfamiliar course. LIV Golf Korea was held at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon in 2025.

“I guess Charles and I love Korea. We both played well today, played well last year,” DeChambeau said.

“It’s a tricky golf course. … If you’re strategic and you execute good shots, you can make some birdies. Your ball-striking has to be premier; you can’t fake it around here.”

DeChambeau said his round was impacted by the bogeys on the par-3 13th hole, where his drive overshot the green and left him to three-putt and at 15. At that par-5, 601-yard hole, his second shot landed in the water.

“I felt like being 6-under through 10, I felt like something special was happening, and I simmered off, but still played some great golf. Surprised that I didn’t go deeper,” he said.

Behind DeChambeau and Howell, Crushers took the team lead at 10-under, three strokes ahead of OKGC. That was a mixed blessing for Howell.

“Well, team-wise, it’s wonderful. Individual-wise, it’s terrible. Team-wise I love him up there at the top. Individually I wish he was at the bottom,” Howell said.

“Obviously Bryson, more weeks than not, he plays extremely well, and if my name is near his, I’m usually doing something pretty good.”

Vincent shot the only bogey-free round of the day to give him a share of the lead for the first time in his LIV career. He is temporarily part of the HyFlyers team in the absence of captain Phil Mickelson.

“I don’t know what it is, but the second I joined them (HyFlyers), my game just went up,” Vincent, of New Zealand, said. “It’s been amazing.”

The three leaders will be paired together on Saturday.

The group that stands two shots back includes Sergio Garcia of Spain and Australia’s Cam Smith.

Jon Rahm of Spain finished at even par Thursday in a tie for 27th.

–Field Level Media

The Minnesota Vikings need to rip the band-aid off and give up on J.J. McCarthy.

It’s uncomfortable, especially because the team invested the No. 10 overall pick into McCarthy during the 2024 NFL Draft. But since then, the Vikings fired general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and brought in free agent quarterback Kyler Murray in free agency.

The Vikings are signaling to McCarthy that they’re giving up on him, but now it’s time to formalize that by trading the 23-year-old quarterback.

After OTAs on Wednesday, Murray praised McCarthy to reporters, explaining that he wants to be a veteran leader for the team.

“I know he’s a younger guy, so any way I can help him… give him any knowledge that he needs,” Murray said. “We’re both competitors and want what’s best for the team.”

Murray said that McCarthy has been very receptive to advice, but the former Michigan quarterback didn’t exactly view the relationship that same way.

“It’s just like two guys in a classroom, he sits on one side, I sit on the other side, and it’s the coach’s responsibility to teach us and coach us,” McCarthy said.

McCarthy was asked if there’s any awkwardness with Murray. And he didn’t exactly shut it down.

“Awkwardness? You know, it’s just like the same feeling when you’re in high school and there’s another person on the other side of the room, I wouldn’t say there’s any awkwardness.”