Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. Osaka survives huge first-round scare

World number one and top seed Naomi Osaka flirted with an opening-round exit at the French Open on Tuesday but recovered from a first-set horror show to beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 0-6 7-6(4) 6-1. The 21-year-old Japanese player, aiming for a third successive Grand Slam title, was allowed only nine points in the first set against the world number 90 from Slovakia. My idols are not tennis players, says Tomic

Bernard Tomic admitted his idols "were not in tennis" after bowing out of the French Open with a 6-1 6-4 6-1 thrashing at the hands of American Taylor Fritz on Tuesday. The Australian, ranked 84th in the world, looked barely interested at times, hardly bothering to move for some Fritz serves, and lasted only 82 minutes. Zverev digs deep to reach French Open round two

Alexander Zverev was made to work hard to reach the second round of the French Open, trashing a racket in frustration in a 7-6(4) 6-3 2-6 6-7(5) 6-3 win over Australian John Millman on Tuesday. The German fifth seed, looking for a major breakthrough on the Grand Slam stage, needed more than four hours to see off the world number 56 and set up a meeting with Swedish qualifier Mikael Ymer. Soccer: Spanish players, officials held on suspicion of match-fixing

Spanish police arrested several first- and second-division soccer players and officials on Tuesday on suspicion of forming a match-fixing group to profit from betting on games, the police said. Operation Oikos involved nine raids across the country and an expected 11 arrests, the police said in a statement. La Liga, Spanish football's governing body, said it had contacted the authorities about a possible illegal scheme and had worked with them on the operation. Baku F1 considering charters for 2020 after soccer problems

Azerbaijan Grand Prix promoters are considering laying on charter flights for next year's Formula One race after soccer fans struggled to reach Baku for Wednesday's Europa League final between Chelsea and Arsenal. The lack of direct flights to Azerbaijan from Britain, where most of the 10 Formula One teams are based, and the cost of the 8,000 km round trip to Baku have been highlighted in recent weeks. Cycling: Carapaz holds off Nibali as Roglic loses more ground in Giro

Ecuador's Richard Carapaz took a big step towards a Giro d'Italia title by holding off two-time champion Vincenzo Nibali and increasing his lead over Primoz Roglic in Tuesday's 16th stage. The Movistar rider regained contact with Team Bahrain Merida's Nibali in the grueling ascent up the Mortirolo pass, an 11.9-km climb at an average gradient of 10.9%, as favorite Roglic was dropped and eventually lost more than a minute. Del Potro powers past Jarry into second round

Juan Martin del Potro fired up his power game after a sluggish start to ease past Nicolas Jarry in an all-South American first round clash at the French Open on Tuesday. The eighth seed, a semi-finalist last year, won 3-6 6-2 6-1 6-4, the four sets taking a little more than four hours. Karlovic becomes oldest man to win match at Roland Garros for 45 years

Croatia's Ivo Karlovic became the oldest man to win a match at the French Open for 45 years on Tuesday as he beat Spain's fellow veteran Feliciano Lopez in a first-round duel. Karlovic, who turned 40 in February, won 7-6(4) 7-5 6-7(7) 7-5 in a match featuring players with a combined age of 77 -- the oldest in a Grand Slam in the professional era. Azarenka hands former French Open champion Ostapenko another first-round exit

Jelena Ostapenko suffered her second successive first-round loss at the French Open since winning the 2017 title as she was beaten by former world number one Victoria Azarenka on Tuesday. Considering the caliber of her opponent, a 6-4 7-6(4) loss was not as demoralizing as last year's defeat by Ukraine's Kateryna Kozlova. NBA draft notebook: Duke's Bolden to stay in draft

Duke center Marques Bolden will keep his name in the 2019 NBA Draft, leaving the Blue Devils with a year of eligibility remaining. Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports announced Bolden has signed with an agent.