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Alcaraz picked up a 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over Hungarian Marozsan at Court Philippe-Chatrier to secure his progress.
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz returns the ball to Hungary’s Fabian Maroszan during their second round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz moved into the round of 32 at the French Open 2025 on Wednesday as he rallied to beat Fabian Marozsan and move into the third round of the event.
Alcaraz picked up a 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over Hungarian Marozsan at Court Philippe-Chatrier to secure his progress.The 22-year-old is slated to take on the winner of the fixture between Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Damir Dzumhur in the round of 32.
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Alcaraz started his title defence with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win over Giulio Zeppieri at the Court Susan Lenglen in his opener of the clay court event.
Ahead of his fixture against Marozsan, Alcaraz touched upon paying focus on his competitors as he stated, “I study my opponents a little bit. I know that Fabian likes to hit drop shots,” following his opening round win at the Roland Garros.
“So, probably I’ll put extra focus on that. I’m going to be ready for that,” Alcaraz stated.
And ready, he was.
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Alcaraz started off with a nearly flawless first set before being pegged back by his Hungarian opponent. However, the reigning champions blasted his way through the final couple of sets to close out the game in breezy fashion.
Earlier in the day, Jasmine Paolini advanced to the French Open third round as she got the better of Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3, 6-3, to extend her streak to eight fixtures. The Italian is set to take on the either Russia’s Anastasia Potapova or Ukraine’s Yuliia Starodubtseva in her subsequent tie.
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Casper Ruud, who struggled with an injury in his leg, was ousted by Nuno Borges as the Norwegian went down 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-0 to the Portuguese player.
“I actually felt it quite early in the first set. But It’s hopefully nothing too serious,” Rudd said following his defeat.
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