French Open LIVE: Tennis updates after Aryna Sabalenka refused handshake by Marta Kostyuk and Dan Evans crashes out

Men’s singles latest results:

S Tsitsipas bt J Vesely 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6

J Kubler bt F Diaz Acosta 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1

N Borges bt J Isner -4, 5-7, 7-6, 4-6, 7-6

S Korda bt M Mcdonald 6-4, 7-5, 6-4

M Arnaldi bt D Galan 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2

R Carballes Baena bt E Nava 7-6, 6-3, 6-2

A Rublev 6-1, 1-2 L Dere (second set)

C Moutet 6-1, 1-0 A Cazaux (second set)

L Musetti 7-5, 5-2 M Ymer (second set)

Women’s singles latest results:

E Mertens bt V Kuzmova 6-1, 6-4

L Fernandez bt M Linette 6-3, 1-6, 6-3

K Mochova bt M Sakkari 7-6, 6-5

C Giorgi bt A Cornet 6-3, 6-4

Q Zheng bt T Zidansek 6-3, 6-1

C Tauson bt A Sasnovich 6-2, 6-0

L Jeanjean 5-2 K Birrell (first set)

A Potapova 6-1, 2-1 T Townsend (second set)

When the French Open reaches its semi-final stage at Roland Garros, 391 days will have passed since Carlos Alcaraz faced Novak Djokovic for the first time and gave tennis the shot in the arm it needed. As moments of sporting symbolism go, Alcaraz defeating Djokovic and Rafael Nadal on consecutive days on the Madrid clay, aged 18, was as clear as they come, and foreshadowed what happened next: the Spaniard winning his first grand slam at the US Open and finishing the year as the youngest world No 1 in history.

But as everything happened so quickly and Alcaraz’s star rose at an astonishing rate, something else has taken longer to materialise: the rematch.

Over the past year, Djokovic and Alcaraz have circled each other, but with their orbits barely touching. Grand slam titles and the world No 1 ranking have passed between them, but without a second meeting. Alcaraz’s US Open title came as Djokovic was unable to travel to New York, then Djokovic triumphed at the Australian Open while Alcaraz missed out due to injury. Both absences left a void that has been filled by debate: with both players reaching great highs without needing to face each other.

Thankfully, the tennis gods have replied.

Jamie Braidwood on Roland Garros:

There was particular interest in the opening clash of the tournament on Philippe Chatrier given Ukrainian Kostyuk has been the most outspoken critic both of allowing Russian and Belarusian players to continue competing and of athletes from those two countries for not speaking out against their nations.

Sabalenka knew Kostyuk would not shake her hand at the end of the match, and the Belarusian said in her pre-tournament press conference: “If she hates me, OK. I can’t do anything about that.”

The pair kept well apart ahead of the contest, not posing together for the usual pre-match picture, and at the end of the 6-3 6-2 victory for the second seed, Kostyuk walked to shake hands with the umpire before heading to her seat.

Evans finally won his first match at Roland Garros last year but could not achieve the same result here, going down 6-4 6-4 6-4 to the powerful Australian in hot and lively conditions.

The British number two appeared to have turned the match around in the second set when he led 4-1 but, at 30-0 in the next game, he was faulted for his foot crossing the centre line.

Evans promptly lost four points in a row, slamming his water bottle to the ground in annoyance and earning a code violation, and he did not win another game in the set as the match slipped away.

Kostyuk has been the most outspoken Ukrainian player about the sport’s response to the invasion of her home country by Russia and believes Russian and Belarusian players should have been willing to condemn their nations’ actions.

She refuses to shake hands with players from the two countries at the end of matches, and it was no different against Sabalenka, who raced to a 6-3, 6-2 victory in an hour and 11 minutes.

The Serbian can become the first man to win 23 grand slam singles titles if he lifts the Coupe des Mousquetaires for the third time in a fortnight.

Djokovic is the only player to beat Nadal twice at Roland Garros but he has also lost eight times to the Spaniard, including in three finals.

“I don’t miss him being in the draw,” he said with a smile as he reflected on the hip problem that has kept Nadal out since January and prompted his announcement earlier this month that next season is set to be his swansong.

“I don’t like seeing him in the draw of Roland Garros. I have had not so much success against him. I have managed to beat him twice but I had to leave my heart and my guts out on the court to achieve that.”

A solid hold from both but Muchova puts further pressure on Sakkari towards the end of the second set.

And that is where we will leave it for now – more coverage to come shortly across the afternoon at Roland Garros.

A topsy-turvy affair ensuing between these two. Just as quickly as Muchova has broken back, she offers up two break points. The first one is saved with a fantastic lob from Muchova as a retreating Sakkari can only watch the ball drop in.

The second one is wasted by the Greek and they head to deuce.