French Open: Jabeur relief after difficult win and Alcaraz through despite sudden slump

Ons Jabeur recovered from a second-set collapse to defeat Camila Osorio in a rollercoaster second-round match at the French Open on Wednesday.

The Tunisian eighth seed appeared to be in control after breaking her Colombian opponent three times on the way to taking the opening set 6-3 under the roof on Court Suzanne Lenglen with heavy rain falling yet again in Paris.

Jabeur hardly put a foot wrong, combining power and finesse to put 22-year-old Osorio on the back foot, but a fall in the second set upset her rhythm.

And any thoughts Jabeur had of following up her comfortable first-round victory over Sachia Vickery with another easy win were quickly banished when the world No 77 raced into a 4-1 lead before seeing out the second set in just 30 minutes.

Jabeur, who reached the quarter-finals at Roland Garros last year, seemed to have regained her composure with an early break in the decider only to miss out on a 3-0 advantage, despite leading 40-0 on serve.

The three-time Grand Slam finalist then broke again to take a commanding 4-1 lead only for her seemingly fragile confidence to be shaken again with Osario pulling it back to 4-3.

But, after yet another break, Jabeur held her serve, and her nerve, to secure a 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 victory and a spot in Round 3 where she will face either 2021 US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez of Canada or China's Wang Xiyu.

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