The crowd are trying to lift Frenchman Rinderknech. Every winner is being cheered as he sneaks to a hold to 30.

Third set, will it be our last?

Arthur Rinderknech is allowing himself to play with a bit of freedom, enjoying the moment.

A nice serve-and-volley special helps him to 30-0.

Top seed Jannik Sinner is cruising. He takes the second set thanks to a long forehand from Arthur Rinderknech and now the Italian is just one away from the second round.

Rinderknech slices into the net. 40-15. Set point.

That's too good. 15-15 and Sinner steps forward into a forehand, just kissing the line.]

Rinderknech checks the mark, but his face drops when he sees the ball bounced in.

Arthur Rinderknech won't be going down without a fight. He holds to love in double-quick time and celebrates by pumping his fist.

He's asking the question of Sinner...

Jannik Sinner is creating space for himself, smartly changing up the angles and building points.

Rinderknech can't get near him in his latest game as the Italian holds to love.

Well, Rinderknech just about gets away with it. Holding after two big serves.

40-0 and then Rinderknech tries a cheeky under-arm serve...

...which sinks into the net.

It's all fun and games until your opponent switches on. Sinner wins the next three points to force deuce, the last point a delicious lob winner at the net.

That's more like it! Rinderknech asks the crowd for more after he fizzes a cross-court winner past a full-stretched Sinner.

30-0.

No slowing down from Jannik Sinner. He rattles through his service game, swatting away two winners at the net to back up the break and take a solid 4-1 lead.

A long way back for Arthur Rinderknech now.

Jannik Sinner gets it this time. Arthur Rinderknech was far too keen to play that forehand down the line and it's a wild miss.

Sinner takes the lead in this second set.

Arthur Rinderknech recovers with a pacey forehand winner and we go to deuce.

But another miss from the Frenchman gives Jannik Sinner a second chance.

The drop shots aren't fooling Jannik Sinner. He's up to the net in a flash, and from there he is dictating the point each time.

The Italian top seed has got himself a break point after Rinderknech nets.

Arthur Rinderknech glares at Jannik Sinner with a smirk after hitting a no-look winner and beating the Italian at his own game.

He, and the crowd on Philippe Chatrier, loved that.

But Sinner isn't fazed. He gets back to business and sweeps up the next two points with forehand winners.

A mixed service game from Arthur Rinderknech, but he finishes it off with a blistering cross-court winner that wrongfoots Jannik Sinner.

Jannik Sinner clips the net with a cross-court forehand, but it doesn't change the flight of the ball and Arthur Rinderknech has no hope of getting there. He's at the other side of the baseline.

The top seed is looking comfortable out there as he watches Rinderknech slice the air with his racquet and miss the ball completely.

A sliced backhand from the Frenchman goes long, and it's a straightforward hold for Sinner to get set two started.

Jannik Sinner takes advantage of Arthur Rinderknech's weaker second serve with a blistering return that the Frenchman can only plant into the net.

That's the set. It's advantage Sinner on Court Philippe Chatrier.

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That drop shot wasn't the one. Jannik Sinner was expecting it and he easily swats it down the line to bring up two set points.

This is when Jannik Sinner can be ruthless. Arthur Rinderknech knows he has to keep his focus to hold serve and stay in the set.

Two wayward forehands won't help that. 15-30.