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and dramatic contest between defending champion and world number one iga swiatek and quadruple grand slam winner naomi osaka. in a tense first set, the in form swiatek, with four titles to her name already this season, taking it on a tiebreak. osaka, though, then dominating the second, overpowering her opponent to take it 6 1. the third set, an absolute nail biter swiatek 4 1 down, seemingly out, somehow surviving breakpoint and even a match point to take the set 7 5. the dream of achieving three in a row at the french open alive and well. but for osaka who only returned to the sport four months ago, after having daughter shai a valiant end to her tournament. honestly, it s not the worst. like, i ve felt worse, for sure. i cried when i got off the court. but then, you know, for me, i kind of realised, like, i was watching iga, like, win this tournament last year and i was pregnant. and it was just my dream to, like, be able to play her. so when i kind of think of ....
like, i ve felt worse for sure. i cried when i got off the court, but the. you know, for me, i kind of realised i was watching iga win this tournament last year and i was pregnant, and it was just my dream to be able to play her. so, when i kind of think of it like that, i think i m doing pretty well. it s hard to have any logical thoughts because for sure, it was really intense. and on a really high level. and i was in huge trouble in the third set, but i managed somehow to win this match, which is kind of abstract, but i m glad i didn t give up. over on the men s side jannik sinner is making steady progress in his bid to win back to back grand slams. the australian open champion and number two seed enjoyed a comfortable victory over the 37 year old frenchman richard gasquet. frenchman richard gasquet sinner winning in straight sets 6 4, 6 2, 6 4. carlos alcaraz had to dig deep to beat inspired qualifierjesper dejong. the spaniard looked subdued at times in a 6 3, ....
joining us on sportsday. we re going to start at the french open in paris, where there was a thrilling and dramatic contest between defending champion and world number one, iga swiatek, and quadruple grand slam winner naomi osaka. in a tense first set, the in form swiatek, with four titles to her name already this season, taking it on a tie break. osaka, though, dominating the second, overpowering her opponent to take it 6 1. the third set was an absolute nail biter. swiatek 4 1 down and seemingly out, somehow surviving break points, and even a match point to take the set 7 5. the dream of achieving three in a row at the french open is alive and well. but for osaka, who only returned to the sport four months ago after having daughter shai, a valiant end to her tournament. honestly, it s not the worst. like, i ve felt worse for sure. i. i cried when i got off the court, but then. you know, for me, i kind of realised i was watching iga win this tournament last year and i ....
to take it 6 1. the third set was an absolute nailbiter. swiatek 4 1 down and seemingly out somehow survived breakpoints and even a matchpoint to take the set 7 5. she s now won 16 consecutive singles matches at roland garros. the dream of achieving three in a row at the french open is alive and well. over on the men s side, carlos alcaraz needed to dig deep to beat inspired qualifierjesper de jong and reach the french open third round. spain s alcaraz looked subdued at times in a 6 3, 6 4, 2 6, 6 2 victory over a player ranked 173 places below him. a rusty performance from the two time grand slam winner, who twice had to come from a break down in the fourth set. in the end, though, doing what he had to do. he dominated most of the points in the first set, and i was struggling to get to my good tennis, or the tennis and i was playing in the first and second set. then in the fourth set, i had to fight. i had to overcome the problems that i had much of the time with mysel ....
question. so, as we go into tomorrow, look at the showers. fewer showers into the north, all drifting their way steadily south due to the direction of the wind. some of the showers across east anglia and south east england could turn heavy and thundery as we go through the afternoon. somewhat brighter conditions out to the west. a blustery afternoon with a north westerly wind and top temperatures generally on the brighter moments around 19 degrees, but only 1a or 15 if you are in the cloud and showers. as we head towards the weekend, here is the area of high pressure, finally quieting the weather story down. we will be chasing cloud around at the weekend, but i can promise you something more in the way of dry weather to come, settled, sending in something a little bit warmer. thanks, louise. and that s bbc news at six. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. no british players remain in the singles at the french open and carlos alcaraz had to work to avoid fo ....