James Duckworth vs Rafael Jodar — R64 — French Open

Three hours and 21 minutes of attrition came down to who took his chances on return, and Rafael Jodar buried James Duckworth under the volume. After dropping the second set in a tiebreak, Jodar leaned on a 63% first-serve rate (to Duckworth's 54%) and won 78% behind it, closing 1-6, 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-5. Duckworth was lethal on his rare looks — 2 of 3 break points converted — but couldn't keep pace from the baseline, spraying 71 unforced errors to Jodar's 46. The Spaniard's edge in the long exchanges held up late, breaking for 6-5 in the fourth to settle their first meeting.