Champion Carlos Alcaraz has declared he had to call on "everything I had inside" to subdue the wholly unexpected challenge of stubborn, injury-hit veteran Damir Dzumhur at the French Open.
Another supposed Roland Garros supershow from the Spaniard ended up turning into a bit of a Friday fright night for him on Philippe Chatrier too before he could finally subdue the stubborn Bosnian 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-4 in another compelling contest.
After two sets of his familiar dazzling brilliance, Alcaraz was suddenly dragged into a fierce arm-wrestle with a 33-year-old who needed a medical timeout to an injured leg in the third set yet still reemerged punching to take the champion into a compelling fourth set.
