Tennis player Zachary Svajda reaches first Grand Slam second week on late father's birthday

Zachary Svajda advanced to the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time at Roland Garros, defeating Francisco Cerúndolo 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3 in a three-hour, three-minute marathon. World No. 85 Svajda, 23, led two sets to love but faced cramps as Cerúndolo rallied, securing the decisive break at the start of the fifth.

The victory carried personal weight because it fell on his late father Tom Svajda's birthday; Tom, a San Diego tennis coach, died last year after a battle with Stage 4 colon cancer. He also recalled his earlier moment taking a set off Djokovic at the U.S. Open.