Alcaraz’s victory in the French Open second round was not at his best.

Carlos Alcaraz battled his way to a second-round victory over Jesper de Jong, a Dutch qualifier, in a match that made many wonder if he would be able to finish the French Open.

The world number 176 was defeated in four sets by the third-seeded Spanish player, the defending Wimbledon champion who has been dealing with a forearm injury for the past two months.

When Alcaraz broke in his maiden service game, the warning symptoms were there, even though he was wearing a support sleeve on his right arm.

Indeed, Britain’s Jack Draper may feel a little better about his surprise defeat to De Jong in the first round after the 23-year-old broke Alcaraz twice on the way to taking the third set.

But De Jong was visibly tiring in the fourth set despite forcing another early break of serve.

Carlos Alcaraz battled his way into round three (AP/Aurelien Morissard).

Alcaraz crossed the finish line first, winning 6-3 6-4 2-6 6-2 in just over three hours, since he could not hold onto his own serve and committed too many double faults.

Alcaraz stated, “Every match is different, but I prefer not to spend too much time on the court. I want to be in good shape for the next round.”

“Learning the rhythm is beneficial to me, but I would rather play less hours on the court.

Jesper demonstrated that it is irrelevant to rank. He will undoubtedly break into the top 100.

In the third round, Alcaraz will square off against South Korean Kwon Soon-woo or American Sebastian Korda.

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