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French Open: Swiatek survives Osaka classic, Alcaraz moves on 

Defending champion Iga Swiatek escaped from match point down against Naomi Osaka to reach the third round at Roland Garros on Wednesday, while Carlos Alcaraz overcame a scare of his own as persistent rain caused widespread disruption to the tournament.

Swiatek outlasted fellow four-time Grand Slam winner Osaka 7-6 (7/1), 1-6, 7-5 in a breathtaking second-round clash, livening a gloomy day in which 23 singles matches were postponed until Thursday.

World No 1 Swiatek won the last five games of the match to keep her bid for a third successive Roland Garros title on track. Justine Henin was the last woman to achieve the feat in 2005-07.

She is attempting to become only the fourth woman in the Open Era to lift four Roland Garros titles and just the second – after Serena Williams – to complete the clay-court treble of Madrid, Rome and French Opens in the same season.

“This match was really intense, much more intense for the second round than I ever expected,” said Swiatek, who fought off a break point on Osaka’s serve while trailing 5-3 in the deciding set.

“Naomi played amazing tennis and maybe she is going to be a clay-court specialist in a while!”

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Osaka, appearing at only a second Grand Slam since giving birth to her daughter last July, was on the cusp of her biggest win since returning to tennis at the start of the year but instead must digest the pain of a match that she let slip from her grasp.

Entering the showdown with a 29-2 record in Paris, Swiatek landed the initial blow in the first meeting on clay between the past and present world No 1s, breaking Osaka to love for a 2-1 lead.

Osaka, who won a match at a Grand Slam event for the first time since the 2022 Australian Open with her opening victory over Lucia Bronzetti, clawed back to 4-4 as Swiatek miscued a forehand following a lengthy rally.

The Japanese star had Swiatek in trouble down set point on the Pole’s serve in the 10th game, but the top seed knuckled down and forced a tie-break, which she dominated to snatch the opening set after 69 minutes.

Osaka produced a stirring response and broke Swiatek to begin the second set before she powered into a 4-0 lead, dropping just one point on serve on her way to levelling up the match.

Three break points eluded Swiatek to start the deciding set and Osaka’s clean hitting quickly had her opponent again on the back foot.

Osaka blasted a backhand winner to break for a 2-0 advantage before demonstrating her resolve once more to save another five break points.

Swiatek fended off a break opportunity to stay in touch at 2-4, but she looked doomed when Osaka brought up match point three games later.

A terrific return kept her alive and a loose backhand from Osaka handed Swiatek a break to get back to 4-5. 

After a tough hold, Swiatek broke again to move 6-5 in front before holding her nerve to wrap up victory after nearly three hours.

Swiatek will next play 42nd-ranked Czech Marie Bouzkova or Jana Fett, the world number 135 from Croatia.

Their match was among those to fall foul of the weather as play on all but the main two courts was called off for the day around 1500 GMT, following a five-hour delay.

US Open champion and third seed Coco Gauff defeated Slovenia’s Tamara Zidansek 6-3, 6-4, while eighth seed Ons Jabeur overcame Colombia’s Camila Osorio in three sets.

ALCARAZ BATTLES ON

Alcaraz shook off a third-set blip against world number 176 Jesper de Jong before the Spaniard came through 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 under the roof on Court Philippe Chatrier.

Wimbledon champion Alcaraz arrived in Paris with doubts over his fitness after a right forearm injury sidelined him for almost a month.

After dropping just four games in his Roland Garros opener, third seed Alcaraz looked to be cruising against De Jong, a Dutch qualifier taking part in only his second Grand Slam main draw, but he was ultimately made to work harder than expected.

“Every player can cause you trouble,” said Alcaraz.

“You have to be focused in every round, have to play at your best, it doesn’t matter what the ranking is.”

Alcaraz goes on to face either American 27th seed Sebastian Korda or South Korea’s Kwon Soon-woo for a place in the last 16.

Former Roland Garros finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas reached the last 32 for the sixth straight year with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2/7), 6-4 win over Germany’s Daniel Altmaier.

Sixth seed Andrey Rublev eased aside Pedro Martinez in straight sets.

Men’s second seed Jannik Sinner will have to quieten the French crowd when he faces home favourite Richard Gasquet in the night session match.

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