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US Open champion Emma Raducanu’s hopes of a deep run at the French Open were ended by the world No 47 Aliaksandra Sasnovich.

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal eased through but Alexander Zverev had to come from two sets down and rising star Carlos Alcaraz also went the distance to reach the third round.

Here is a look back at day four at the French Open.

8-1 in five set matches at #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/T90UWn3mWh

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 25, 2022

Third seed Alexander Zverev found himself in the increasingly familiar position of trailing by two sets but battled back to beat Sebastian Baez of Argentina 2-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 7-5.

A tale of two tiebreaks

@karomuchova7 edges past No.4 seed Sakkari, 7-6(5), 7-6(4)!#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/M2Lg2xonPK

— wta (@WTA) May 25, 2022

Greek fourth seed Maria Sakkari came unstuck in two tie-breaks against world number 81 Karolina Muchova.

Djokovic and Nadal remain on course for a blockbuster meeting in the quarter-finals.

Defending champion Djokovic had few problems against Alex Molcan of Slovakia, the world No 1 winning 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).

Then Nadal, the 13-time Roland Garros king, dispatched Frenchman Corentin Moutet 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 in the night match.

12 games

@SloaneStephens kicks it into gear and takes out Cirstea, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0!#RolandGarros