French Open 2026 results: Zachary Swazda pays tribute to father in epic five-set day

On Thursday, Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo – Francisco’s brother – was on court for a little more than three and a half hours as he came from two sets down to defeat an ailing Janic Sinar in the second round.

Two days later, the world number 56 was involved in another five-set epic, beating Spain’s Martin Landlust 6-4 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (10-8) to advance to the second week for the first time.

Lasting five hours and 58 minutes, it is the third-longest match in Roland Garros history and the longest since the fifth-set tie-break was introduced in 2022.

His fourth-round opponent was Italian Matteo Berrettini, who contested five tie-breaks and took five hours and 13 minutes to defeat Francisco Comsana. He won the final set shootout 15-13.

Berretini, 30, is playing at the French Open for the first time since reaching the quarter-finals in 2021, and his first major since last year’s Wimbledon due to injury.

His victory over second-seeded Italian Matteo Arnaldi Rafael Collignon came within two minutes of the five-hour mark, while Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca – who beat Novak Djokovic – Rafael Jodar, Jesper de Jong and Casper Rudd in a marathon match on Friday.

Cobley and 11th seed Andrey Rublev were the only players to advance in straight sets.

“It’s just outrageous,” Annabel Croft said on BBC Radio 5 Live’s French Open daily podcast.

“It’s not just the physical aspect, but the mental ability to focus for that amount of time when you’re running back and forth.

“I think the crowd that came here today was absolutely used to some spectacular drama and entertainment.”