French Open: Alcaraz beats Dzumhur, Rybakina sets up Swiatek clash – as it happened | French Open 2025
Key events
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Alcaraz beats Dzumhur! 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
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Tiafoe beats Korda 7-6 (8), 6-3, 6-4!
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Paolini beats Starodubtseva: 6-4, 6-1
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Rybakina beats Ostapenko! 6-2, 6-2
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Rune beats Alys 4-6, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2!
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Swiatek beats Cristian 6-2, 7-5!
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Mauresmo hits back at criticisms of men’s match only night sessions
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Sabalenka beats Danilovic 6-2 6-3
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Preamble
Alcaraz says he’s “proud to get the win at the end”.
And that concludes our live coverage, thanks for reading, good night.
Alcaraz beats Dzumhur! 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Les jeux sont faits.
A fine, fine display from the Bosnian, and an under-par one from Alcaraz. Still, the men’s singles champion gets the job done, and will meet the 13th seed Ben Shelton in the fourth round.
Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 5-4 Dzumhur
Hold the back page. Dzumhur breaks back, and will serve to attempt to level at 5-5.
Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 5-3 Dzumhur
Alcaraz is a game away! Dzumhur seems to be struggling with that injury. Alcaraz serving for the match …
Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 4-3 Dzumhur
Alcaraz holds. Can he get this done in four?
Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 3-3 Dzumhur
The gutsy young Spaniard breaks back!
Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 2-3 Dzumhur
Alcaraz pumps up the crowd after holding his latest service game.
Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 1-3 Dzumhur
The world No 69 hangs on to his break of serve.
Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 1-2 Dzumhur
The Spaniard is on the board in the fourth, but had to work for it.
Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 0-2 Dzumhur
Remarkably, the Bosnian saves three breaks points and goes on to open up a two-game lead after a deuce tussle. Looks like we’re going deep …
Thanks Tom.
Dzumhur kicks off the fourth by breaking his illustrious opponent. He fancies this.
Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 0-1 Dzumhur
Right, that’s the end of my stint for the day and our game-by-game coverage but Luke McLaughlin will be providing updates through to the conclusion.
Dzumhur is going to come under the microscope here if he wants this set. He looks nervous as finds the net on the first point on a regulation backhand, Alcaraz goes long, 15-15. Another miscue from Dzumhur one the backhand, this one wide and after being pulled around the court the Bosnian finds himself 15-40 down. Adversity suits him and despite a flukey Alcaraz net cord Dzumhur gets back to deuce. One set point goes for Dzumhur and then Alacaraz powers a fizzing winner cross-court for another chance at a break. He wastes it and then hands Dzumhur another set point with a forehand that goes long. This time Dzumhur can close it out and we’re going to a fourth set. Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 4-6 Dzumhur.
Bang, bang, outrageous dropshot retrieval, bang. Alcaraz hold. If tennis can be this easy for him why is he down a break? Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 4-5 Dzumhur.
Will this spark something in Alcaraz? It looks like it has as he digs deeper in the long rallies to earn a break back point. That one goes by but after a little tit for tat at the net he gets another. Dzumhur closes the door on that one with a wonderful one-two punch from the deuce court. Alcaraz wastes a third chance with a loose forehand on a Dzumhur second serve and is made to pay for it when his opponent closes out the hold. Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 3-5 Dzumhur.
What a bizarre game from Alcaraz. Brilliance and sloppiness from one shot to the next as the Spaniard coughs up another break point. He saves that one with another powerful forehand at the end of a long rally but Dzumhur finally breaks the champion at the seventh time of asking with a dipping cross-court winner that dies at the feet of his rapidly encroaching opponent. Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 3-4 Dzumhur.
Dzumhur is back on his feet after his on-court treatment and not looking hampered as he guesses right to read a cross-court Alcaraz backhand and feel a winner down the line. Having battled to 40-30, Dzumhur gets unlucky when attempting a dropshot as the ball skips off the line, but unperturbed by his misfortune the Bosnian pulls out an incredible reactive overhead swat to win the next point at the net then serve out the hold. Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 3-3 Dzumhur.
…which the Ukrainian cannot take, they are now heading for a tie-break.
We have a medical timeout on Philippe-Chatrier as Dzumhur gets some treatment but over on Simonne Mathieu, Svitolina has match point against Pera…
Alcaraz serves up his fourth double fault of the match but the rest of his service game passes pretty much without incident, including a lovely dropshot to make it 40-15. Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 3-2 Dzumhur.
Out comes the trademark Alcaraz forehand again on the first point of Dzumhur’s service game, but the Bosnian maintains focus and reels off four straight points, including with some excellent work at the net, to hold. Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 2-2 Dzumhur.
Alcaraz screams “Vamos!” as he fires another forehand like a bullet into the advertising boards at the back of the court. That shot is violently destructive, but a point later Alcaraz goes for it again and misses long. Once more Dzumhur battles back to take it to deuce but then Alcaraz engages gear and two short points later has a 2-1 lead.
In contrast, Dzumhur makes light work of his service game – love hold. Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 1-1 Dzumhur.
That’s a double fault from Alcaraz to start the third, the same way his opponent ended the second. No mistake on the forehand next point though, maybe Alcaraz will be tempted to blast through this set and save some of his legs for bigger battles? As I start to consider whether Dzumhur can stop the Spaniard if he really puts the hammer down, the Bosnian wins three straight points and gets another chance at a break. He doesn’t take that or the one presented to him by a wild Alcaraz volley. The champions finally comes through as he steers a forehand into the ad court. Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 1-0 Dzumhur.
Here’s that delightful Dzumhur dropshot from the second set, enjoy:
That is an absurd tennis shot from Alcaraz to go up 0-15 on the Dzumhur serve. The Spaniard pins his opponent into the corner to force up a high return and fakes a slam before drawing down his racket into a dropshot that uses the top of the frame. The pressure crank has been ratcheted up and Dzumhur’s surrenders the second set with a meak double fault on 15-40. Alcaraz is cruising now, up 6-1, 6-3.
Jim Courier says we’ve had a “buffet of brilliance” from Alcaraz so far. It’s hard to disagree with that as he races to a love hold and will crank up the pressure on Dzumhur’s serve to get an early close on this set. Alcaraz 6-1, 5-3 Dzumhur.
Dzumhur gets another easy hold. The Bosnian has settled himself since going down a break and is taking the ball earlier to great effect. Alcaraz 6-1, 4-3 Dzumhur.
Dzumhur has now had four break points and won none of them. This time Alcaraz finds himself down 30-40 but arrows a forehand wide and finishes off the point with a controlled overhead. Alcaraz is not having it all his own way in this second set and he finds himself in a deuce battle to eventually earn a hold that takes more than seven minutes. Alcaraz 6-1, 4-2 Dzumhur.
On Simonne Mathieu, Svitolina has taken the first set by winning the tie-breaker. it’s currently 1-1 in the second with the American Pera serving.
Tiafoe beats Korda 7-6 (8), 6-3, 6-4!
The all-American clash is won by Tiafoe, who makes it into the third round at Roland Garros for the second time in his career.
This is rare, Dzumhur gets a routine hold as he punches in a forehand winner. Alcaraz 6-1, 3-2 Dzumhur.
When Alcaraz get his wrists through a forehand it pierces the air, flying flat and hard over the net. It’s a superhuman shot. As is the latest dropshot at the net two points later to go up 30-15. Dzumhur has a highlight shot of his own, plucking an Alcaraz get that goes up into the Parisian night, shaping the slam but instead feathering a volley that deceives his opponent and draws a smile. It’s a short-lived reprieve and Alcaraz has a 3-1 lead two points later.
A double fault is the worst possible start for Dzumhur on the first point of his service game and he finds himself 0-40 down very quickly after that. A big serve down the middle saves one break point and the next goes outwide to get another back. Alcaraz eventually pounces on a second serve, coming up to the baseline and finding a return than his opponent can only put into the net. Alcaraz 6-1, 2-1 Dzumhur.
Alcaraz gets out to a 40-15 lead but a couple of sloppy errors and Dzumhur gets it back to deuce. The Bosnian earns another break point by curving a forehand around the the net post that Alcaraz can’t keep in play on his return. Similar to when facing break points in the first set, Alcaraz goes back to serve and charge to snuff out the danger and then eases away to get on the board in the second. Alcaraz 6-1, 1-1 Dzumhur.
Lovely bit of colour from the TNT commentary team, apparently Dzumhur has a couple of acting credits to his name. IMDB has him listed as starring in a 2007 film called Snipers Valley.
Dzumhur ends his barren run of games with a hold to kick-off the second set. Alcaraz 6-1, 0-1 Dzumhur.
Bit of news from the men’s singles. Arthur Fils has withdrawn with injury, giving his opponent Andrey Rublev a walkover into the fourth round:
Ooft, Dzumhur won just 27% on his first serve in that set.
With 27 minutes on the clock Alcaraz has two set points and he only needs one. The reigning Roland Garros king opens up his body and finds the corner with another whippy forehand to tie up the first set 6-1.
There’s a little show of Alcaraz’s athleticism on the first point of the Dzumhur serve as the Spaniard chases down a backhand and send back a high, looping return that gets him back in the point and rattles his opponent into an error. Then, at 15-30, Alcaraz hammers three consecutive forehands that batter Dzumhur backwards until he’s passed. This set is over, another break sees Alcaraz lead 5-1.
Dzumhur is finding the odd return and get a forehand to go down by 40-15 but on the next point a short return is punished with a whipping forehand into the open court and Alcaraz has secured his break, he leads 4-1.
Alcaraz breaks! The gulf in class becomes very apparent over five short points as Alcaraz seizes control of this first set. Dzumhur doesn’t do much wrong but can’t handle the pressure coming from the other side of the net and it’s almost a break to love, with Alcaraz only dropped point coming on a overturned line call at 0-40. Alcaraz 3-1 Dzumhur.
Updates from elsewhere, Tiafoe has won the second set to take a two-set lead against Korda and Pera v Svitolina is tied at 4-4 in the first.
For a man of such power, Alcaraz has lovely touch. The fires a serve wide and charges up to the net, Dzhumhur’s return is hard and into the body but Alcaraz cushions down a pillowy dropshot en route to a relatively straightforward hold. Alcaraz 2-1 Dzumhur.
Alcaraz punches a backhand cross-court to win one point and then it’s a dropshot to take the next, from 30-0 down it’s suddenly 30-30. Dzumhur holds though as he finds a pass next up and then Alcaraz drifts a forehand into the tramlines – 1-1.
Dzumhur shows he’s here to play as he passes Alcaraz with a lovely backhand winner that wrong-foots the Spaniard. The challenger earns two early break points as Alcaraz, down 15-30, miscues an overhead at the net. Alcaraz gets one back with a swooping, deep second serve and then back to deuce with a strong first serve out wide. Two swift points later and Alcaraz has a 1-0 lead.
