Novak Djokovic progressed to the third round of the French Open after seeing off French world No 74 Valentin Royer 6-3 6-2 6-7 (7-9) 6-3 amid a feisty Roland-Garros atmosphere.<\/p>\n
With the Frenchman battling back to take the third set via a tie-break, Djokovic started to react badly towards the crowd at Court Philippe-Chatrier.<\/p>\n
Indeed, the 39-year-old put his finger to his lips in a shushing action at several points, and after victory struck a familiar pose of playing a violin with his tennis racket from the court. The Serb was also booed by the Paris crowd.<\/p>\n
Djokovic will next face Brazil’s exciting 19-year-old Joao Fonseca in the third round for a place in the last 16 in Paris. Fonseca fought back from two sets behind to beat 20-year-old Croatian Dino Prizmic 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-2.<\/p>\n
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This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies. Enable Cookies<\/a> “I’ve played two matches and I feel like I’ve played for two weeks,” Djokovic said.<\/p>\n “The crowd were involved fully and it wasn’t easy for me. It was a very hot day. I hope I do not play another Frenchman here!”<\/p>\n During the contest, Djokovic was heard saying: “They don’t have respect, no respect, no respect” after his serve got interrupted by a spectator.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Russian 11th seed Andrey Rublev was \u200cgiven a three-hour workout in the Paris heat in a 6-1 1-6 6-3 7-6 (7-5) victory over Argentina’s Camilo Ugo Carabelli to move into the \u200cthird round.<\/p>\n Exciting 19-year-old Spaniard Rafael Jodar is also through after a 6-1 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 7-5 victory over Australian James Duckworth. <\/p>\n Erratic Swiatek progresses as No 2 seed Rybakina falls, Britain’s Jones knocked out<\/p>\n World No 3 Iga Swiatek continued \u200cher bid to rediscover her best form at the French Open, reaching the third round with a 6-2 \u200b6-3 victory over Czech Sara Bejlek in a match littered with unforced errors.<\/p>\n The \u200bfour-time champion, who has lost only \u200ctwice at Roland-Garros since 2020, had far too much \u200bquality for her opponent but made 38 unforced errors, including a series of double faults.<\/p>\n “I was not happy with my first serve, I need to look at what happened, I wasn’t feeling the rhythm of the ball quite well so I’ll adjust that in practice,” said Swiatek.<\/p>\n Twitter<\/p>\n This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies. Enable Cookies<\/a> Swiatek will \u200bnext face fellow Pole \u2060Magda Linette for a place in the last 16, after the latter knocked out 2017 champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-2 2-6 6-2.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s Yuliia Starodubtseva held off a late Elena Rybakina \u200ccomeback to shock the second seed 3-6 6-1 7-6 (7-4) in the second round, after the Kazakh recovered from 3-0 down in the deciding set but fell short in a \u200ctense super tie-break finish.<\/p>\n Twitter<\/p>\n This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies. Enable Cookies<\/a> Britain’s Fran Jones is out after her fightback proved in vain as she lost in the second round to 27th seed Marie Bouzkova.<\/p>\n Twitter<\/p>\n This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. 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Enable Cookies<\/a> Jones was hugely emotional after posting her first Grand Slam main-draw win against Beatriz Haddad Maia in the opening round on Sunday.<\/p>\n Like her friend Emma Raducanu, who played on the same court in her first-round defeat, Jones recovered from losing 10 of the first 11 games only to ultimately go down 6-0 7-6 (7-3).<\/p>\n The defeat means Katie Boulter, who takes on Anastasia Potapova in the second round on Thursday, is the last British singles player remaining.<\/p>\n Swiss 11th \u200bseed Belinda Bencic was the first woman to move \u200cinto the third round after she registered a 6-4 6-0 victory over American Caty McNally.<\/p>\n With a heatwave still a factor in Paris, seventh-seeded Elina Svitolina extended a run of solid form with a 6-0 6-4 victory over Kaitlin Quevedo.<\/p>\n Twitter<\/p>\n This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies. Enable Cookies<\/a> Svitolina is on an eight-match winning streak after raising the Italian Open trophy.<\/p>\n Argentina’s Solana Sierra claimed the biggest win of her career by beating \u200c13th seed and former finalist Jasmine Paolini 3-6 6-4 6-3 to reach the third round. The 21-year-old will face Romanian 18th seed Sorana Cirstea.<\/p>\n Watch the ATP and WTA Tours, live on Sky Sports or stream with NOW<\/a> and the Sky Sports app<\/a>, giving Sky Sports customers access to over 50 per cent more live sport this year at no extra cost. 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