ROLAND-GARROS
20 May - 9 June 2024
As it happened: June 2
Follow along as we bring you updates from around the grounds at Roland-Garros 2023
©Corinne Dubreuil / FFTVarillas, Muchova enjoy late wins
Last winner of the day: World No.94 Juan Pablo Varillas has become the first Peruvian man to reach the Roland-Garros fourth round in 29 years thanks to a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-2 victory over Polish No.13 seed Hubert Hurkacz. His reward is a last-16 showdown with Novak Djokovic.
A bit earlier in the evening, Karolina Muchova wrapped up a 6-3, 6-2 win against Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu in 93 minutes to reach the Roland-Garros fourth round for the first time on her fifth appearance. The Czech faces lucky loser Elina Avanesyan next.
© Julien Crosnier/FFT10:40pm Carlitos back to second week
World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz has improved to 33-3 win-loss on the season thanks to a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 victory over No.26 seed Denis Shapovalov in just 2hr 10min.
The US Open champion will next face Lorenzo Musetti for a place in the quarter-finals.
9:15pm Tsitsipas bounces Schwartzman
Stefanos Tsitsipas, the 2021 runner-up, needed just two hours to eliminate former semi-finalist Diego Schwartzman 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 and punch his ticket to the Roland-Garros fourth round for a fifth consecutive year. He gets qualifier Sebastian Ofner next.
"Rendez-vous dans deux jours," Tsitsipas told the Suzanne-Lenglen crowd after his win.
"It wasn't easy at all," he said in his on-court interview with Mats Wilander. "Although it was three sets, so far it was my most difficult match. Patience, that's what I learned today."
8:22pm Alcaraz, Shapovalov headline night session
The night-session crowd on Court Philippe-Chatrier is in for an entertaining affair as world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz takes on Canadian No.26 seed Denis Shapovalov for a place in the last 16.
8:14pm Musetti breezes past Norrie
No.17 seed Lorenzo Musetti is back in the Roland-Garros fourth round, two years after he led Novak Djokovic by two-sets-to-love before retiring in the fifth against the Serb.
The 21-year-old Italian defeated British No.14 seed 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in 2hr 8min on Court Simonne-Mathieu.
Musetti will face world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz or Canadian lefty Denis Shapovalov in the last 16.
Meanwhile, Tsitsipas has taken the opening set 6-2 over Schwartzman and is up a break in the second.
© Cédric Lecocq/FFT7:30pm Ofner breaks new ground
Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner is through to the fourth round at a Grand Slam for the first time in his career with a 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 victory over Italian former top-10 player Fabio Fognini.
The world No.118 is competing in just his third Grand Slam main draw and now awaits No.5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas or Diego Schwartzman in the last 16.
6:55pm Stephens overcomes Putintseva
Former US Open champion and Roland-Garros runner-up Sloane Stephens has booked her spot in the last 16 on Parisian clay for a ninth time in her career with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 win over Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva on Court Suzanne-Lenglen.
The American will face world No.2 Aryna Sabalenka for a place in the quarter-finals.
© Nicolas Gouhier/FFT6:53pm Djokovic into last 16
The first two sets took nearly three hours but Alejandro Davidovich Fokina eventually ran out of gas as Novak Djokovic moved into the Roland-Garros fourth round for a 14th consecutive year with a 7-6(4), 7-6(5), 6-2 result.
The two-time champion awaits Hubert Hurkacz or Juan Pablo Varillas in the last 16.
6:05pm Djokovic takes another tiebreak
Another lengthy set, this time 78 minutes long, goes Djokovic's way, and he now leads Davidovich Fokina 7-6(4), 7-6(5).
Djokovic is getting some treatment for what appears to be a left upper thigh/hip issue while Davidovich Fokina has just returned from a toilet break. This match has now lasted 2hr 52min and we haven't even started the third set.
Incredible athleticism from both players so far. They've each broken serve five times.
5:37pm Svitolina through to second week
In her first Grand Slam back since giving birth to her daughter Skai, Elina Svitolina is through to the fourth round at Roland-Garros with a battling 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 victory over Caroline Garcia's conqueror Anna Blinkova.
The match ended with an incredible rally topped off with a down-the-line backhand winner from Svitolina, who next faces No.9 seed Daria Kasatkina.
"I was coming here without any expectations... Coming back after giving birth is extremely complicated. I'm really motivated to go further in this tournament," said Svitolina on court.
© Cédric Lecocq/FFT4:40pm Djokovic snatches tiebreak
In a 1hr 26min opening set, Novak Djokovic and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina twice traded breaks of serve before the world No.3 snuck away with the tiebreak for a 7-6(6) lead on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
French football legend Marcel Desailly and PSG midfielder Marco Verratti are in the house for this one.
4:06pm Sonego completes comeback
Lorenzo Sonego described it as a "miracle". The Italian world No.48 came back from two-sets-to-love down to knock out No.7 seed Andrey Rublev 5-7, 0-6, 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3 and reach the fourth round at Roland-Garros for the second time, and first since 2020.
The 3hr 42min victory was Sonego's sixth career top-10 win and he next takes on No.11 seed Karen Khachanov in round four.
©Nicolas Gouhier / FFT2:57pm Khachanov survives Kokkinakis
No.11 seed Karen Khachanov battled for 3hr 42min to overcome Australian wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(5) and reach the fourth round in Paris for the sixth time in seven years.
Kokkinakis led by a break and served for the fourth set but Khachanov broke at the right time to avoid going to a fifth.
Shortly after, Sonego clinched the fourth set and he and Rublev are going the distance on Lenglen. Khachanov awaits the winner of that match in the last 16.
© Cédric Lecocq/FFT2:52pm Sabalenka blasts into week two
World No.2 Aryna Sabalenka has finally made it into the Roland-Garros fourth round for the first time, on her sixth appearance no less.
She needed just 67 minutes to post a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Kamilla Rakhimova and now awaits Sloane Stephens, who beat Yulia Putintseva, in the last 16.
© Corinne Dubreuil/FFT1:40pm Thanasi strikes back
After a marathon seven-deuce game in the third set saw Kokkinakis hold for 4-3, saving two break points along the way, the Australian broke Khachanov for a 5-3 advantage and closed out the set to force a fourth.
Khachanov still leads 6-4, 6-1, 3-6 but this just got interesting.
Meanwhile, Rublev is cruising on Court Suzanne-Lenglen and is up 7-5, 6-0 on Sonego.
The winners of the these two matches will square off in the last 16.
© Cédric Lecocq/FFT1:22pm Mertens upsets Pegula
Using her relentless brand of all-court tennis, No.28 seed Elise Mertens knocked out world No.3 Jessica Pegula 6-1, 6-3 in 1hr 22min on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
The Belgian is now 3-0 lifetime against Pegula, who was a quarter-finalist in Paris last year.
Mertens is into the last 16 at Roland-Garros for a second straight year, and a third time overall. She next faces Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
1:12pm Rublev takes opening set
No.7 seed Andrey Rublev has taken the first set 7-5 over Italian Lorenzo Sonego. Rublev is trying to reach the Roland-Garros last-16 stage for the third time in four years.
1:05pm Khachanov in control
No.11 seed Karen Khachanov is leading Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4, 6-1 and they're on serve in the third. Khachanov has won a stunning 83% of his second-serve points.
© Cédric Lecocq/FFT12:06pm Kasatkina seals the deal
World No.9 Kasatkina took just 55 minutes to sweep past Peyton Stearns on Court Suzanne-Lenglen, securing her place in the fourth round with a 6-0, 6-1 masterclass. She awaits the winner of the third-round clash between Elina Svitolina and Anna Blinkova.
11:32am Kasatkina delivers a bagel
Kasatkina is up 6-0 on Stearns inside 25 minutes! The No.9 seed has posted a remarkable 93% (14/15) first-serve percentage in that set and dropped just three points on serve overall.
11:15am Khachanov takes on Kokkinakis
Over on Court Simonne-Mathieu, No.11 seed Karen Khachanov is looking to reach the fourth round in Paris for the sixth time in seven years with a win over Australian wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis, who is back in a Grand Slam third round for the first time since 2015.
Khachanov, who has reached the semi-finals in his last two Grand Slams, leads Kokkinakis 1-0 head-to-head, having won their sole previous meeting on clay in Monte-Carlo in 2018.
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11:00am Stearns-Kasatkina open play on Lenglen
Roland-Garros debutante Peyton Stearns is facing a top-10 player for the first time today in Daria Kasatkina. Former University of Texas standout Stearns won the 2022 NCAA Championship and told us the rowdy crowds she faced during her college tennis career has prepared her well for life on tour.
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Stearns, 21, knocked out former Roland-Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko in the second round to record her first top-20 victory and is playing in just her second Grand Slam main draw. Ranked a career-high 69 in the world, Stearns is 18-5 on clay this year, across all levels, which includes a finalist showing at the WTA 250 in Bogota.
Kasatkina, the No.9 seed, was a semi-finalist in Paris last year and owns a 19-7 win-loss record at the tournament. The 26-year-old hit this gem of a tweener winner against Marketa Vondrousova in the second round to take 'Shot of the Day' honours.
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Bonjour à tous!
Hello everyone and welcome to Day 6 at Roland-Garros. Third round action of men's and women's singles begins today with world No.3 Jessica Pegula opening proceedings on Court Philippe-Chatrier against Belgian No.28 seed Elise Mertens at 11:45am.
Play on all other courts begins at 11:00am, with No.9 seed and last year's semi-finalist Daria Kasatkina kicking things off on Court Suzanne-Lenglen against 2022 NCAA champion Peyton Stearns.
Here's some essential reading material to get you going before the matches begin.
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