Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz celebrates after defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Damir Dzumhur throughout their third-round match of the French Tennis Open on the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Friday, Might 30, 2025
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Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz reached the fourth spherical of the French Open after labouring previous Damir Dzumhur 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 within the Friday (Might 30, 2025) night time session.
The second-seeded Spaniard had by no means earlier than performed Dzumhur, a 33-year-old Bosnian who had by no means been previous the third spherical at any main match.
“I suffered quite a bit in the present day,” Alcaraz stated. “The primary two units was underneath management, then he began to play extra deeply and extra aggressively. It was actually tough for me.”
Dzumhur damage his left knee in a fall within the second spherical, and had remedy on Friday (Might 30, 2025) on his proper leg throughout the changeover at 3-2 down within the third set. He then lay down on the bottom whereas the coach labored on each legs for a number of minutes.
The gang on Court docket Philippe-Chatrier did a Mexican wave and shouted “Olé” whereas it waited.
Then Dzumhur obtained cheers when he made an inconceivable smash regardless of being off stability, once more when he gained the third set, and as soon as extra when he broke Alcaraz within the opening recreation of the fourth set.
An inconceivable turnaround appeared to be occurring as Alcaraz made clumsy unforced errors. However the four-time Grand Slam champion broke again within the sixth and the eighth video games to serve for the match.
Nonetheless, the resilient Dzumhur, whose face was purple with effort and glistening with sweat, broke again to pull the suspense out a bit of longer.
Alcaraz lastly clinched victory on his second match level and faces No. 13 Ben Shelton within the fourth spherical.
Revealed – Might 31, 2025 04:35 am IST
