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Hailey Baptiste takes the second set against Barbora Krejcikova after an 8-6 tie-break after Krejcikova netted on her serve. We go to a decider!<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Alexander Zverev is also into the second round with a comfortable 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win over France\u2019s Benjamin Bonzi. On a scorching Court Philippe Chatrier, Zverev needed just over two hours to see off world No 95 Bonzi.<\/p>\n Zverev broke in the sixth game of the first set to take control. The pair exchanged breaks midway through the second frame, before Zverev pounced on his opponent\u2019s serve to get ahead 5-4, immediately sealing the two-set lead with a clean hold. Zverev then raced through the final frame to book his ticket into the round of 64.<\/p>\n The 29-year-old German second seed will next face Tomas Machac of Czechia, who earlier beat Belgium\u2019s Zizou Bergs 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Beatriz Haddad Maia takes the first set in a blistering start against Francesca Jones, the 25-year-old Briton. The unseeded Haddad Maia reached the semi-finals of the French Open<\/a> in 2023 and looks to be in form here three years later after taking her third break against Jones in just under 40 minutes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n On Suzanne-Lenglen, Hailey Baptiste and Barbora Krejcikova are deadlocked at 6-6 in the second set with each getting a break. The first set ended in a tie-break that Krejcikova won; how will the second go?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.28 EDT<\/p>\n Marta Kostyuk dedicated her first-round to her home country of Ukraine, saying the war got \u201cthe closest it has ever been to my house\u201d after her family home narrowly avoided being struck by a missile.<\/p>\n double quotation markI\u2019m incredibly proud of myself today, I think it was one of the most difficult matches of my life. This morning, 100 metres from my parent\u2019s house, a missile fell.<\/p>\n I\u2019m obviously very happy to be in the second round. All my thoughts and all my heart was to the people of Ukraine today. My biggest example are Ukrainian people today.<\/p>\n [My family] feel OK. Obviously very scary, but, you know, it\u2019s not the first very difficult night, not the last, so, you know, they are adapting. Right now, I think it was just the closest that it has ever been to my house, and this what probably makes it the most emotional.<\/p>\n There were obviously times in the match when I would go in back to thinking about it, because most of the morning I felt sick just for my thought that see if it was 100m closer, I probably wouldn\u2019t have a mom and a sister today.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks Daniel and hello all. Roland Garros is back \u2013 nothing like it! Before we get to the action on the court, let\u2019s go back to Marta Kostyuk for a second. Hours after a Russian missile hit near her family home in Kyiv, she walked on to the clay. The 23-year-old said she was overwhelmed with anxiety after receiving pictures of the damage close to the house where her mother, sister and aunt were staying. Here are her full quotes \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Another hold for Baptiste means Krejcikova must serve at 4-5 to stay in set two and, let\u2019s be real, impartial though I am, this match demands a decider. I, though, am off for some scran, so let me tell you Bonzi is also serving, at 1-5 in the third, to stay in his match against Zverev, before passing on to Yara El-Shaboury, who\u2019ll chill with you for the next hour.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Nip downstairs and my 12-year-old has left her fish fingers and chips unattended; it\u2019s not a bad old life. Zverev, meanwhile, breaks Bonzi again to lead 2-0 4-1, while a love hold gives Krejcikova 7-6 4-4 and Machac beats Bergs 4, 4 and 3; next for him, the winner on Chatrier.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Krejcikova hasn\u2019t played loads this year, struggling with a thigh injury, and it\u2019s hard not to wonder if she\u2019s wilting under the pressure and in the heat. But from 0-15, she makes 40-30, a big forehand inciting Baptiste to net, and that\u2019s a vital hold given the switch in momentum over the last 10 minutes. She leads 7-6 3-3 while, on Chatrier, Zverev has broken Bonzi for 2-0 3-0.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Haddad Maia breaks Jones immediately for 1-0; Machac leads Bergs 6-4 6-4 5-2; and Borges leads no 23 seed, Etcheberry, 6-3 0-1.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Yeah! A massive return from Baptise is sent back long, another, a backhand down the line, is far too good; Krejcikova then overhits a forehand, and another return, hooked forehand on to the line, seals the break-back to love, just when the match seemed to be slipping away. We\u2019re 2-2 in set two, Krejcikova by one set to love.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Two massive forehands then a glorious drop and Zverev leads Bonzi 6-3 5-4. He\u2019s settled nicely into two weeks he hopes are transformative; if his forehand and net-play are on-point, he can beat anyone.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n And to compound her situation, Krejcikova secures a hold in a matter of seconds; work to do for Baptiste. Meantime, Zverev breaks Bonzi for 6-3 5-4 and, at 40-15, has two set points\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Krejcikova forces Baptiste to deuce in game one of set two \u2013 well, really, Baptiste does it to herself, overhitting perhaps vexed with herself for not securing the first set when she had a point so to do. And down advantage, she wellies a forehand long, so Krejcikova leads by a set and a break.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Longtime readers will know Haddad Maia is a favourite of this blog, her lefty power-game a lot of fun to watch. I hoped she\u2019d push on after making the last four here in 2023, but other than a last-eight appearance in New York, she\u2019s not done loads at majors. At 29, she\u2019s still got a bit of time, but after a couple of quiet years, she badly needs to recapture momentum.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Next on Court 14: Francesca Jones v Beatriz Haddad Maia.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Alejandro Davidovch Fokina beats Damir Dzumhur (3)6-7 6-3 2-6 7-5 6-3<\/p>\n What a ruckus that was. Davidovich Fokina poses like Wayne Rooney after scoring that overhead against Man City, enjoying a moment he\u2019s fought just over four hours to live; he meets Llamas Ruiz or Tirante next.<\/p>\n Fokina celebrates after winning against Dzumhur. Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.34 EDT<\/p>\n Oh! At 7-7, Baptiste dances in to put away a forehand \u2026 and nets! set point Krejcikova, and a deep slice to the baseline is followed by a backhand which breaks the sideline, Baptiste wafting her response long. The Czech leads 7-6, and this is brewing into an epic.<\/p>\n Baptiste plays a forehand. Photograph: Clive Brunskill\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.26 EDT<\/p>\n Just as she looks to have seized a net battle, Krejcikova slams a drive volley into the tape, then another Baptiste hold means that, at 6-5, she holds set point \u2026 but a good first serve incites a long, wide return.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Krejcikova frames a forehand cross \u2026 for a winner. That\u2019s the mini-break back, and a hold takes us to 4-4 in what is a really even contest.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Oooh yeah, Baptise panels a backhand winner down the line for 3-1, and her mahoosive game looks set to carry the day here. On 14, meanwhile, Davidovich Fokina has broken again for 4-3 in the fifth; Dzumhur looks to be flagging emotionally, sat at change of ends with head between legs.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Talking of Bonzi, of course, allows me to post this piece of cheap, \u201cRemember when is the lowest form of conversation,\u201d nostalgia.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n But what level of patter is pointing that out?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Baptiste holds for 6-6 in the first and, though I\u2019d almost always back the bigger server in a breaker, Krejcikova\u2019s cunning makes her a live dog. Back on Chatrier, by the way, Bonzi leads 2-1 in the second on serve, Zverev by one set to love.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Baptiste is playing the better, more expansive tennis now, but Krejcikova is so tough and reliable, holding to 15 for a 6-5 lead in the first. I can\u2019t think of too many, if any players like her, a doubles specialist who out of nowhere won two singles slams. I\u2019m not sure how she even processes that \u2013 it\u2019s astounding to think of for a rando like me, years later \u2013 a career she didn\u2019t even plan that others give up everything to not achieve, hers with plenty of time to spare. That\u2019s got to alter your sense of self in a seriously profound way.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Oh, but Dzumhur stands strong to break back, meaning he and Davidovich Fokina are level at 2-2 in the fifth.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Davidovich Fokina breaks Dzumhur for 2-1 in the fifth then, down break point, he spanks a flat forehand winner \u2013 not for the first time. Similarly, Baptiste monsters a one of her own level at 5-5 against Krejcikova, and this match looks like it might come down to a point here and there in a breaker.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Back on Lenglen, Baptiste earns a break point \u2026 but Krejcikova saves it with a cunning drop, then closes out the hold for 5-4 in the first. This is getting tense now.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bonzi isn\u2019t going away, saving two set points from 40-15 \u2013 a stone-handed volley from Zverev, a quirk he\u2019s never quite addressed, costs him the second. And though a murderous forehand then raises another, again, he can\u2019t convert \u2026 but after securing another, he finally sees it out to lead 6-3.<\/p>\n Bonzi pumps his fist. Photograph: Mohammed Badra\/EPAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.27 EDT<\/p>\n Leading 4-3, Krejcikova steps into court to take her returns a bit earlier, making 30-0 all \u2026 then Baptiste closes out the hold in short order. So far, these two are cancelling each other out.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bonzi saves set point with a forehand winner and closes out the hold so, at 5-3, Zverev will now serve for what, so far, has been a routine first set, the break arriving as we knew it would, with very little threat coming back the other way.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Zverev holds easily for 5-2 and looks solid as you\u2019d expect, while Davidovich Fokina calls out the trainer for a massage on his right quad. On Lenglen, Krejcikova is serving at 3-3 in the third, neither she nor Baptiste yet firing \u2013 they\u2019re really well matched.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bonzi has started well against Zverev but, down advantage on serve, he overhits a forehand and that\u2019s the break. At 2-4, he must now find a way to retaliate against an opponent who\u2019s so far lost on two points on his own delivery.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Great stuff dept:<\/p>\n Allow Instagram content?<\/p>\n This article includes content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click ‘Allow and continue’.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Machac, who I think might get good enough to threaten at majors, leads Bergs 6-4 1-3 \u2026 and Davidovich Fokina does indeed hold so will now play a decider against Dzumhur. This one may come down to which of the two handles the heat better.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n On Mathieu, Volynets has smashed Burel 3 and 1 \u2013 her second-round contest with Kostyuk will be worth watching. Zverev leads Bonzi 3-2 on serve, while Davidovich Fokina has turned it around on 14, serving at 6-5 in the fourth to force a decider against Dzumhur.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Baptiste holds for 1-1 against Krejcikova, and this is a proper test of where she\u2019s up to. She made round four of this competition last year and, a clay-court specialist, will hope to improve on that \u2013 Jasmine Paolini is the highest-ranked player ion he eighth. She beat her in Madrid last month, Bencic too, before dispatching Sabalenka in a third-set breaker, before losing the semi to Andreeva \u2013 her putative last-eight opponent here \u2013 and if she can reduce the unforced errors, she\u2019s got a great chance of becoming a top player.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Tremendous work from Davidovich Fokina, who hooks a high backhand cross-court then punches another down the line too secure that break-back. He trails Dzumhur 6-7 6-2 2-6 4-5.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Dzumhur has played well today and he\u2019s broken Davidovich Fokina for 2-1 5-3 \u2026 only to go down 0-40 serving for the match. He retrieves two break-back points, though, and a forehand into the net means we\u2019re at deuce. On Lenglen, meanwhile, Baptiste and Krejcikova are knocking up \u2013 this should be a bazzer of a contest.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n This makes me laugh:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.12 EDT<\/p>\n Zverev begins his campaign with a love hold.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Mcnally has seen it out against Tomljanovic, a 6-3 third set earning her a round two meeting with Bencic; Dzumhur has broken Davidovich Fokina back in set four to lead 2-1 3-2; and Machac leads Bergs 5-4 on serve.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n We watch VT of Zverev talking about his bad back, saying he felt \u201cunbelievable\u201d after seeing the famous German doctor, Hans-Wilhelm M\u00fcller-Wohlfahrt, known as Healing Hans. After a few months, though, things worsened again, so he returned to him after Rome, and is back feeling good.<\/p>\n He\u2019ll know this is a chance for him, with Carlos Alcaraz missing \u2013 he has the no 2 seed\u2019s path through the draw, the best player in his eighth Khachanov, with a last-eight meeting against Fritz scheduled and Djokovic his likeliest semi-final opponents. This is a massive chance for him to break his grand slam duck \u2013 he\u2019ll not get a better one, which brings with it immense pressure, the kind under which he\u2019s previously wilted.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Next on Lenglen: Hailey Baptiste (26) v Barbora Krejciokova.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Karen Khachanov (13) beats Arthur G\u00e9a 6-3 7-6(3) 6-0<\/p>\n G\u00e9a played pretty well, especially in set two, but isn\u2019t ready to compete physically at this level and towards the end, it showed. Still, he\u2019s got some talent, and it\u2019ll be interesting to see where he goes from here; Khachanov meets Jacquet or Trungelliti next.<\/p>\n Khachanov celebrates winning his first round match against Gea. Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.00 EDT<\/p>\n Alright, Dzumhur has taken the third set 6-2 to lead Davidovich Fokina 2-1 \u2026 only to be broken in game one of the fourth. Kecmanovic has beaten Maroszan 6, 3 and 4, so meets Etcheverry or Borges next; Machac ands Bergs are level at 3-3 in the first; and Khachanov now leads Gea 2-0 5-0, the youngster wilting in the heat.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Next on Chatrier: Benjamin Bonzi v Alexander Zverev (2).<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bencic says she was naturally nervous in the first round, but she was so excited when she saw she\u2019d play on Chatrier. This is her second Roland-Garros as a mum, which has changed a lot \u2013 Caroline Garcia, pregnant and interviewing her, will soon know the feeling, she says – but she\u2019s really happy she can travel with her family and play lots of beautiful tournaments; she\u2019s open to recommendations as to where they should go on her day off.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Belinda Bencic (11) beats Sinja Kraus 6-2 6-3<\/p>\n A decent workout for Bencic \u2013 Kraus, at 24, looks to be hitting her stride \u2013 and she\u2019ll face Mcnally or Tomljanovic next.<\/p>\n Bencic is congratulated by Kraus. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.25 EDT<\/p>\n Kraus is forced to fight through multiple deuces, but eventually holds for 3-5; Bencic must now serve for the match while, unsurprisingly, Khachanov holds the breaks the flagging Gea to leads 6-3 7-6 2-0.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Also going on:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n On Lenglen, Bencic consolidates to lead Kraus 6-2 5-2, and will be really happy with that against an opponent giving her a proper test. The highest-ranked player in her eighth is Svitolina, who she\u2019ll absolutely feel she can beat \u2013 but Kenin and Tauson will fancy themselves good enough to stop her getting there.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n I wondered if Davidovich Fokina had taken over against Dzumhur \u2026 and he has not. The Bosnian leads 1-1 4-1, the no 21 seed in trouble. Elsewhere, Mcnally leads Tomjlanovic 3-0 in the third, Kecmanovic is up a break against Maraoszan at 1-1 4-3, and Wang has beaten Tagger, girls\u2019 champion last year, 6-3 3-6 6-4. Next for her, Sorribes Tormo or Korpatch.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Khachanov races to 6-3, powers down his first ace of the match \u2013 yes, it really took that long \u2013 to lead 6-3 7-6(3). Gea had proper chances in both set and breaker, but couldn\u2019t stay level enough to make them count. He\u2019ll be better for the experience, though.<\/p>\n Khachanov serves. Photograph: Clive Brunskill\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.35 EDT<\/p>\n Gea makes the first mini-break, but Khachanov responds immediately, a big forehand to the corner setting up the kind of delicate drop he\u2019s famous for not playing well. Oh, and Gea loses his next service-point too, which is to say the big dog looks like finding sufficient quality to repel whatever comes at home. Khachanov leads 4-2, while Kraus has also wilted, broken by Bencic who leads 6-2 4-2 and, after a decent workout, is almost home.<\/p>\n