Casper Ruud vs Roman Safiullin — R128 — French Open

Casper Ruud needed all five sets to turn back Roman Safiullin in a swinging Roland-Garros opener, the win built on the second serve: Ruud won 62% of his second-serve points to Safiullin's 52%, and took 48% of return points behind the Russian's second delivery. After Ruud banked the first two sets — the second on a 7-5 tiebreak — Safiullin flipped the match, stealing the third 7-5 and bageling the fourth. The math elsewhere stayed thin: Safiullin out-hit Ruud 69 winners to 45 but coughed up nine double faults and converted just 6 of 15 break points. Ruud broke twice in the decider to move to 2-0 in the rivalry.