The second round of Roland Garros continued on Wednesday, and after two hours and 25 minutes of great tennis, Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the third round after a four-set victory over Taro Daniel.
The world number one, who dreams of lifting the trophy in Paris for the first time in his career — certainly in the absence of reigning champion and clay court king Rafael Nadal — struggled a bit against Japan's Taro Daniel, ranked 112th in the world, but got over the hurdle with 1-6, 6-3, 1-6, 2-6.
Earlier, Stefanos Tsitsipas (world No. 5) also advanced to the next round with a 3-6, 6-7(4), 2-6 tie over Spain's Roberto Carvalas Baina.
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In the women's section, the top ranked women also proceed to the third round. Aryna Sabalenka (No. 2 in the world) beat Irina Szymanovic 2-6, 5-7, while Jessica Pegula (No. 3 in the world) won 2-6, 0-6 over Camila Giorgi. The first big surprise came when local Caroline Garcia (world No. 5) was eliminated by Anna Blinkova with 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
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