Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev triumph in five-set thrillers at the French Open

By George Ramsay, CNN

Updated 1236 GMT (2036 HKT) May 26, 2022

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(CNN)It may still be early days in this year's French Open, but some of the big names in the men's singles draw have already been locked in thrilling, five-set matches.

Among them is 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz, who saved a match point as he defeated fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-1 6-7 5-7 7-6 6-4 on Wednesday. Having defeated Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic earlier this month, Alcaraz has been earmarked as a potential outsider to triumph at Roland Garros. But the sixth seed was close to an early exit in the second round against Ramos-Vinolas — first when he faced a match point in fourth set, then again when he trailed 0-3 in the fifth. «I believed in myself the whole time,» Alcaraz told reporters. «Of course, it was tough… but I believed