PARIS (AP) — After winning his second-round match Wednesday at the French Open, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz finally got to do something he always wanted: sing to the fans at Roland-Garros. Alcaraz had beaten Fabian Marozsan of Hungary 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, and just completed a brief interview with Mats Wilander on Court Philippe-Chatrier.

Reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame a minor blip to reach the French Open third round Wednesday as women's title rivals Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka made short work of their opponents. Second seed Alcaraz came through 6-1,

Carlos Alcaraz has qualified for the third round of the 2025 Roland Garros, although he lost the first set of his tournament to Fabian Marozsan. The former world No. 1 suffered a drop in the second set and allowed the dangerous Hungarian player to get back into the match,

In December last year, Carlos Alcaraz spent time with the Real Madrid team ahead of their league clash against Sevilla. At one point, the Spaniard told then-Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti that he was all ready to play as a winger.

In the first French Open since Rafael Nadal’s retirement, Carlos Alcaraz is a strong favorite to defend his title in Paris as Spanish great Carlos Moyá tells CNN Sports.

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On the women's side, the world's best only needed two sets to win. World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and defending French Open champion Iga Świątek advanced after dusting their respective oppositions.

The French Open is underway at Roland Garros with Aryna Sabalenka highly fancied to win the women’s singles competition.