Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz has reached the fourth round of the French Open after laboring past Damir Dzumhur 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the night session.

SportsLine tennis expert Jose Onorato reveals his 2025 French Open picks for Friday's men's semifinal match between Lorenzo Musetti and Carlos Alcaraz

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz suffered a mid-match stumble but recovered just in time to beat Bosnian veteran Damir Dzumhur in four sets on Friday and move into the French Open fourth round.

Reigning French Open tennis champ Carlos Alcaraz is back in action at the 2025 tournament with a third-round men’s singles match Friday night against Damir Dzumhur. The match is scheduled to start at 2:30 p.

Sometimes, athletes are in such a zone and so engrossed in a game or match that they almost forget where they are in the moment. That occurred at the French Open on Wednesday—to an extreme. Bosnian tennis player Damir Džumhur was so focused on his second-round match against Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard that he didn't realize that it was over—and that he had emerged victorious.

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus returns the ball to Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann during their second round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Damir Dzumhur is backdropped by spectators’ hats as he returns the ball to France’s Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard,