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French Open day three

[May 25, 2022] PARIS (Reuters) - Highlights of the third day at the French Open, the second Grand Slam of the year, on Tuesday (times GMT):

2234 TSITSIPAS OVERCOMES MUSETTI IN FIVE SETS

Stefanos Tsitsipas fought back from two sets down to clinch a 5-7 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-2 victory over Lorenzo Musetti in 3 hours, 34 minutes.

The fourth seed hit 64 winners and fired 10 aces, fighting back to beat the Italian on the back of a strong first serve.

2043 SABALENKA FIGHTS BACK TO ADVANCE

Seventh seed Aryna Sabalenka beat Chloe Paquet 2-6 6-3 6-4 after a first-set scare to move into the second round.

Sabalenka made 13 unforced errors in the first set, more than four times her opponent, but fought back to seal the victory, hitting a total of 42 winners.

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1850 HALEP SURVIVES FIRST ROUND SCARE

Former French Open champion Simona Halep overcame a second set blip to beat German 18-year-old Nastasja Schunk 6-4 1-6 6-1 to book a spot in the second round.

Schunk entered the main draw as a lucky loser due to Ana Konjuh's withdrawal after the Croatian said on that she required surgery on her leg having suffered a fracture when she had a fall.

1824 GASTON UPSETS DE MINAUR IN FIVE-SET THRILLER

Hugo Gaston knocked out Australia's Alex De Minaur, the 19th seed, 4-6 6-2 6-3 0-6 7-6 (10-4) in front of a raucous home crowd on Court Suzanne-Lenglen.

The 21-year-old Gaston reached the second round in Paris for the second time, having lost to Dominic Thiem in the last 16 two years ago.

1715 BADOSA BREEZES PAST FERRO

Spanish third seed Paula Badosa made quick work of wildcard Fiona Ferro by wrapping up a 6-2 6-0 win in under an hour to advance to the next round, where she will take on Kaja Juvan.

1645 TIAFOE RECORDS FIRST CAREER WIN AT FRENCH OPEN

Frances Tiafoe held off Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi 7-5 7-5 7-6(5) to pick up his first main draw win at Roland Garros. He will meet David Goffin in the second round.

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France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga reacts after playing his final match before retiring, after losing his first round match against Norway's Casper Ruud REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

1528 TEARFUL TSONGA BOWS OUT AFTER DEFEAT BY RUUD

An emotional Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ended his 18-year professional career with a 6-7(6) 7-6(4) 6-2 7-6(0) opening-round loss at his home Grand Slam to Casper Ruud at a packed Court Philippe-Chatrier.

Tsonga, alongside his family and former coaches, took centre stage for a ceremony to commemorate his career, with Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic among those paying tribute to the Frenchman via video messages.

1515 KEYS BATTLES INTO SECOND ROUND

Madison Keys came back from a break down in the deciding set to close out a 6-3 3-6 6-4 win over Anna Kalinskaya. She will play home favourite Caroline Garcia, who beat Taylor Townsend in straight sets, for a place in the third round.

1506 RUBLEV OVERCOMES KWON

Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev survived a first-set scare to move past Kwon Soon-woo 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 6-4 and will next face Argentina's Federico Delbonis.

The 24-year-old let his frustrations boil over after losing the tiebreak as he angrily whacked a ball, which struck his chair and narrowly missed the head of a groundsman.

1315 KORDA SEES OFF MILLMAN

American Sebastian Korda wrapped up a 6-1 7-5 7-6(6) victory over John Millman to book his spot in the second round where he will take on local favourite Richard Gasquet, who rolled back the years against Lloyd Harris to win 6-1 6-3 6-4.

1215 PLISKOVA, RYBAKINA CLINCH WINS

Karolina Pliskova, seeded eighth, recovered from a set and a break down against home hope Tessah Andrianjafitrimo to battle to a 2-6 6-3 6-1 win on Court Simonne-Mathieu, while 16th seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan beat Arantxa Rus 6-1 5-7 6-2.

1114 RUNE STUNS SHAPOVALOV

Danish teenager Holger Rune prevailed in the third set tiebreak to claim his first Grand Slam victory with a 6-3 6-1 7-6(4) demolition of Canadian 14th seed Denis Shapovalov, who made 53 unforced errors in the two-hour match.

The win was Rune's second against a top-20 ranked player after the 19-year-old upset world number three Alexander Zverev last month in Munich.

1049 MEDVEDEV EASES PAST BAGNIS

World number two Daniil Medvedev breezed into the second round with a routine 6-2 6-2 6-2 win over Facundo Bagnis, who was struggling with a calf injury.

Medvedev had played only one match on clay in the build-up to Roland Garros - a straight-sets loss to Richard Gasquet in Geneva - after returning from a hernia operation.

1023 OSTAPENKO BEATS BRONZETTI, COLLINS ADVANCES

Jelena Ostapenko, the 2017 champion, ended a five-match losing streak with a 6-1 6-4 win over Lucia Bronzetti to advance to the next round where she will meet Alize Cornet, who saw off Japan's Misaki Doi in straight sets.

Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins made a strong start to her Roland Garros campaign, cruising past lucky loser Viktoriya Tomova 6-0 6-4 to book her spot in the second round.

(Compiled by Aadi Nair, Hritika Sharma and Rohith Nair in Bengaluru, Silvia Recchimuzzi in Gdansk)

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