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 myself, but