French Open: Cameron Norrie comes through in five sets against Frenchman Benoit Paire

Cameron Norrie kept alive British singles interest at this year's French Open despite being forced to dig deep and win a five-set thriller against home favourite Benoit Paire on Monday.

Norrie is the last Brit standing in singles at Roland Garros after Jack Draper was forced to retire injured from his opening match earlier in the day.

But he survived a nail-biter with Frenchman Paire and the raucous Roland Garros crowd to win 7-5 4-6 3-6 6-1 6-4.

"It was an amazing match," said Norrie. "All credit to Benoit. He played really well. He made it really difficult. Great atmosphere, thank you to everyone for the support both ways, it was amazing. I'm pleased to be through after a really tough one."

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There looked set to be a British wipe-out for the second time in four editions in Paris when Norrie trailed 4-2 in the deciding set on Suzanne Lenglen.

But 14th seed Norrie pulled off a stunning victory after three hours and 33 minutes to set up a meeting with another Frenchman, Lucas Pouille.

I think the crowd can be tough at times, but I keep reminding myself it's good to be playing, that I want to be out there competing and being in those tough moments when the crowd is against me.

Paire has toyed with retirement at the age of 34 and came into the event as a wild card ranked 134.

He probably should have won a scrappy first set that lasted almost an hour, breaking for 4-3 and then having seven more break points after Norrie had levelled.

Norrie's fighting spirit and a dependable wide serve to Paire's backhand helped him through the opener.

He looked a little more relaxed at the start of the second set and immediately had a break point but it was he who was broken to trail 2-1 after a contentious moment when umpire Nico Helwerth docked him a point for what appeared a very harsh hindrance call at 30-30, the official claiming Norrie had shouted out during play.

"I think both of us didn't know why he called it," said Norrie after the match. "I think Benoit thought it was for him, both of us were a bit confused. It was for sure a grunt. It was a big point. I don't know why he felt it was necessary to get involved there. He gave me no warning whatsoever.

"It ultimately changed the momentum of the match. I was holding pretty comfortably, for the most part, up until that point. The next point Benoit had a winner and then I was a break down.

"It was strange. He must have thought that I said something, and I think for him to get involved there was absurd."

The partisan crowd were in full voice when Paire managed to hold to level the match, and the French national anthem boomed around Suzanne Lenglen when their man broke again to lead 2-1 in the third set.

With Paire feeding off the support, Norrie was kept on the back foot and this corner of Paris was in party mood as the Frenchman moved two sets to one in front.

The fourth set went by in a flash, with Paire broken early and then appearing to save himself for a decider, where Norrie handed his opponent the initiative again right at the start with a game full of errors.

But the British No 1 did not allow his head to drop and his probing earned dividends with a break back for 4-4 before Paire finally cracked.

He can expect a similar atmosphere in the next round, when he takes on a resurgent Pouille, who has been the toast of Roland Garros this week after coming through qualifying following injury and personal problems.

Norrie relishes such occasions, saying: "I think it's great to play those matches in Grand Slams against home favourites, and I think that's why I play tennis. That's why I love those moments.

"To be on the flip side of that is difficult at times. I think the crowd can be tough at times, but I keep reminding myself it's good to be playing, that I want to be out there competing and being in those tough moments when the crowd is against me.

"It makes it even better to come through those matches, so it was really cool to play on that court and against Benoit, who was competing really hard and also he came with a good level today.

"I didn't play my best, and there's a lot of the things I want to work on in practice tomorrow, but it's good to get through it and nice to win a five-set match."

More injury woes for Draper: I feel a bit mentally destroyed

Draper suffered more physical problems when a left shoulder injury forced him to pull out during his first-round clash with Tomas Etcheverry after just 65 minutes of action.

The 21-year-old has struggled with hip and abdominal problems this season but declared himself fully fit ahead of the year's second Grand Slam.

However, it became clear in the eighth game that Draper was ailing physically again when he started to serve underarm.

He managed to hold serve to make it 4-4 but Argentine Etcheverry claimed the next two to take the opening set, after which a resigned-looking Draper called the trainer.

He took some pills and tried to play on but, trailing 0-30 in the second game of the second set, admitted defeat and shook hands with his opponent before trudging off court.

"Yesterday during practice when I was hitting serves, I started to feel a bit of a twinge at the bottom of my shoulder," said Draper.

"I took all the things I needed to go on court today, hoping it would settle down. But it didn't. It got worse. I had every intention to try to compete and play well, but after the first game it was clear that it was very sore.

"I hate being the guy who is injured a lot. It's difficult. Mentally, it's extremely tough, tougher than playing and losing almost.

"I put in a lot of work. I had a good week last week and I'm coming here feeling optimistic but it's not meant to be. I feel a bit mentally destroyed."

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It's not a tear or a strain, it's something to do with the tendon at the top of my arm. And, if I'm trying to serve 130mph serves, the impact, it's just going to get more and more sore.

There is no doubt about Draper's potential but, rather like his former junior compatriot Emma Raducanu, his body has so far been unable to hold up to the rigours of top-level tennis.

He is optimistic this issue will not seriously impact his grass-court prospects, with Wimbledon starting in five weeks.

"I said to my coach in the first set, 'I'm not retiring from another match'," said a dejected Draper. "I don't want to do this. Even if I had to play three sets serving underarm, I don't care, I just wanted to play.

"But there's no point in making this worse. I've obviously got to think about the grass round the corner and hope it settles down before that.

"It's not a tear or a strain, it's something to do with the tendon at the top of my arm. And, if I'm trying to serve 130mph serves, the impact, it's just going to get more and more sore.

"It's a huge part of my game, my serve, so hopefully it settles down but I have no idea how long that might be.

"I think I'll be more than fine for Wimbledon, it's just what's going on in the weeks coming up."