Raducanu vs Swiatek LIVE: French Open scores and updates with Carlos Alcaraz also in action

Jack Draper is through to the second round of the French Open for the first time and the fifth seed is aiming for a lot more at Roland Garros.

Draper will play French home favourite Gael Monfils on Thursday after an opening win over the Italian Mattia Bellucci, 3-6 6-1 6-4 6-2.

“Very happy,” Draper said. “Obviously played here a couple of times. First time was a bit of a nonevent, to be honest, with my arm.

“Last year was a really difficult one, but really important moment I think for me and my career. It was memorable for good reasons as well as bad ones.

“I think, yeah, to win my first match here feels amazing. Obviously want to keep on going, want to keep on improving as the tournament goes on.”

There are a few spots of rain falling over the grounds at Roland Garros. Meanwhile, let’s whip round some scores from the opening matches of the day.

Olympic champion Qinwen Zheng, who is not happy at all with the conditions, recovered from an opening break to take the first set 6-2 against Colombia’s Emiliana Arango.

Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti, who is now the top seed in his quarter after Taylor Fritz’s exit, leads Daniel Galan 6-4.

And Amanda Anisimova is racing to victory against Victoria Golubic, with the American leading 6-0 4-2.

Sonay Kartal had to cancel a tattoo appointment due to playing in the French Open doubles after the British player cruised into the second round of the singles.

Kartal thrashed Erika Andreevea 6-0 6-2 to reach the second round, with that victory putting her on the verge of the top-50.

Afterwards, the 23-year-old said she had a tattoo booked but had to cancel it as she was playing doubles with Jodie Burrage this morning.

“I actually had one booked tomorrow at 11. But I’m on at 11. My sister just texted me and she’s changed it to 4. Yeah, I’ll be getting one tomorrow.”

“I love watching Alcaraz because he brings such passion to the game. I love his competitive spirit, he has firepower and the RPMs of Rafa, defensive skills of Novak and tied up in one person that is trying to take all of these strengths and express it in one way, which is impossible to do because he can win any way,” Agassi tells TNT Sports.

“What Sinner does on a tennis court is some of the most epic ball striking we have ever seen. He can bludgeon the ball and he’s probably only hitting it at around 85%. He can do more with his game but chooses not to and the discipline of his game and his controlled aggression makes it so difficult to play against him.

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“I’m surprised that he’s playing this wall on the clay. He’s got a lot of power in his game, and he hasn’t been known to be a clay core player,” the 18-time Grand Slam winner told TNT Sports.

“He hasn’t been known to be, you know, consistent and, you know, like an adult. But the thing with him is what I notice right now is he seems to have a more professional approach to the game. He seems to be more disciplined. He looks fitter than I’ve ever seen him before, and that is really translating into his tennis as far as his movement and his agility, and even his power. But we’ve seen the big serve, we’ve seen the big forehand, but again, it’s the attitude. He’s number five in the world, and he seems to have that belief right now that he belongs at the top.”

“When you’re really fit and you you’re in the gym and you’re lifting weights, and you just feel so good about yourself, physically, it translates to the mental side of the game. And he is becoming stronger, mentally, emotionally, and physically as a tennis player, and it’s really, it’s really great to see this jump that he’s made.”

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A reminder of some of the best matches first up on Day 4 from 10am:

• Emiliana Arango v Qinwen Zheng
• Lorenzo Musetti v Daniel Elahi Galan
• Jessica Paolini v Ajla Tomljanovic (from 11am)

“Just by that reaction, you know, Cam launching his racket in the air nearly landing it on Medvedev’s head. He was sort of walking to the net, thinking, “Oh, my goodness, I’ve won this match”, and I think on the other side, Medvedev’s walking to the to the net to shake hands, thinking, “How’d I lose it? How on earth have I lost this?”

“You come through a match like this, you then, you know, take a deep breath and then say, “Okay, who’s next?” You look at the drawer, Federico Gomez from Argentina, was a lucky loser, lost the last round of qualies. 144 in the world. 144 in the world, had lost, I think, 12 of his last 13 first rounds, and so obviously came in with zero confidence. What an opportunity.”

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“If you can break the sidelines, on the clay court, you’ve got a great chance of dominating the rallies. I like the challenge for her, because, you know, in the last few weeks, obviously, she’s played some really good players and some big ball hitters, and I think that’s been important to her. Listen, I was I was still reading an interview from Alex De Minaur today, and he was talking about the improvements that he’s made and still feels like he needs to to make. And I think that everybody needs to understand that, you know, Emma at this stage of her career despite what she’s already achieved has some work ahead of her to be the best player that she can be.”

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“I knew Emma since 2020 and I kind of have been tracking a few things, so when she asked me to help in Miami, I was aware of the things that I wanted to change, or help her and see whether it helped her – more weight on the racket changing the string pattern for example. Serve was something that she wasn’t feeling that comfortable with, which is what we worked on a new motion in LA. The strings, to be fair, I think, have really helped her forehand, particularly on the clay.”

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Teenager Victoria Mboko is the first breakout star at this year’s French Open after reaching round two on her grand slam debut.

The 18-year-old from Canada, whose parents emigrated from the Democratic Republic of Congo due to political conflict before she was born, came through qualifying without dropping a set.

It was Mboko’s 38th win of the season and she has lost just five matches, two of which were three-set battles with top-10 players Paula Badosa and Coco Gauff.

Now ranked 120, Mboko’s rapid upward trajectory means she is well in with a chance of qualifying directly into the Wimbledon main draw later this summer.