Tsitsipas, Alcaraz soar at French Open as Djokovic row simmers

Djokovic remained the hot topic as the fallout of his statement earlier this week that "Kosovo is the heart of Serbia" continued ahead of his second-round match against Marton Fucsovics later in the evening.

Tsitsipas is chasing his first Grand Slam title and made a sluggish start to his campaign against Jiri Vesely but the fifth seed looked back to his best against Roberto Carballes Baena, as he overcame a wobble to beat the Spaniard 6-3 7-6(4) 6-2.

Top seed Alcaraz resumed his quest for a second Grand Slam title with a 6-1 3-6 6-1 6-2 win over Japan's Taro Daniel on a windy afternoon to book a third-round date with Canadian 26th seed Denis Shapovalov.

But Djokovic remained the talk of Roland Garros. Kosovo Olympic authorities asked the International Olympic Committee to open disciplinary proceedings against him.

"Djokovic has yet again promoted the Serbian nationalists' propaganda and used the sport platform to do so," said Ismet Krasniqi, the president of Kosovo's Olympic Committee.

"The further post-match statements made by such a public figure without any feeling of remorse directly result in raising the level of tension and violence between the two countries."

France's Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera said that the message sent by Djokovic was "not appropriate" and should not happen again, although the International Tennis Federation which governs the game globally said the world number three had not violated any rule.

Svitolina comeback

Three-times quarter-finalist Elina Svitolina took a leaf out of her husband Gael Monfils's playbook following the local hero's five-set win over Sebastian Baez a day earlier to script her own comeback and down Australian Storm Hunter 2-6 6-3 6-1.

The Ukrainian then waded into