French Open Highlights:– Unseeded Daniel Altmaier clinched a nerve-wrecking 6-7, 7-6, 1-6, 7-6, 7-5 win against Jannik Sinner in the French Open 2023 second round. The match stretched for 5 hours and 26 minutes and it is the longest ever match in the history of the tournament. Earlier on the day, World No.1 Iga Swiatek clinched a dominating 6-4, 6-0 win against Claire Liu. Casper Ruud defeated Guilio Zeppier 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. Follow French Open 2023 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
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Men’s Singles
Casper Ruud BEAT Guilio Zeppieri – 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
Jannik Sinner BEAT Daniel Altmaier – 7-6, 6-7, 6-1, 6-7, 5-7
Alexander Zverev vs Alex Molcan –
Women’s Singles
Elena Rybakina BEAT Linda Noskova – 6-3, 6-3
Iga Swiatek BEAT Claire Liu – 6-4, 6-2
Coco Gauff vs Julia Grabher –
Men’s Singles
Casper Ruud vs Guilio Zeppieri
Casper Ruud continues to build early momentum at Roland Garros. The fourth seed overcame a spirited second-round challenge from Giulio Zeppieri on Thursday at the clay-court major, where he downed the Italian qualifier 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
Ruud delivered a high-class all-around display for much of the three-hour, four-minute encounter, although Zeppieri deployed his gritty lefty game to good effect to gain a foothold in the match and clinch the third set. The Norwegian’s consistently deep groundstrokes proved decisive to his victory as he converted five of 13 break points overall to reach the Roland Garros third round for the fifth year in a row.
Jannik Sinner vs Daniel Altmaier
Daniel Altmaier sprung a second-round upset of Jannik Sinner in dramatic fashion on Thursday at Roland Garros, where the World No. 79 came back from the brink to secure a 6-7(0), 7-6(7), 1-6, 7-6(4), 7-5 marathon victory.
Altmaier saved two match points on Sinner’s serve at 4-5 in the fourth set on Court Suzanne-Lenglen and then held his nerve impressively to triumph in a remarkable decider. Despite failing to serve out the match at 5-4 and Sinner saving four match points in a nail-biting final game, the 24-year-old German dug deep to earn a five-hour, 26-minute victory and reach the third round at the clay-court major for the second time.
Women’s Singles
Elena Rybakina vs Linda Noskova
Fourth seeded Elena Rybakina sailed past Brenda Fruhvirtova with a 6-4, 6-2 victory in the first round. She next faces another Czech in Linda Noskova in the second round. The 23-year old will play in her third successive second round contest at the French Open.
Linda Noskova was leading 6-3, 2-1 against Danka Kovinic in the first round. Kovinic soon retired from the contest citing an injury. This helped Noskova to enter the second round of any Grand Slam event for the first time in her career.
Iga Swiatek vs Claire Liu
One day after her 22nd birthday, defending champion Iga Swiatek booked safe passage into the third round of Roland Garros on Thursday, as the World No.1 from Poland defeated 102nd-ranked Claire Liu of the United States 6-4, 6-0.
“I was able to play a little bit better in the second set, and I kind of used first set to get more information and get into the rhythm, but Claire played pretty well,” Swiatek said afterwards.
French Open LIVE: Iga Swiatek headlines second round action, Casper Ruud faces Guilio Zeppieri at 2.30 PM
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