PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) – Highlights of the sixth day at the French Open on Friday (times GMT): 1049 KOSTYUK THROUGH TO FOURTH ROUND Ukrainian 15th seed Marta Kostyuk stormed into the fourth round with a 6-4 6-3 win over Swiss Viktorija Golubic. Kostyuk next faces four-times champion Iga Swiatek or Magda Linette. 0908 PLAY […]
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PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) – Highlights of the sixth day at the French Open on Friday (times GMT):
1049 KOSTYUK THROUGH TO FOURTH ROUND
Ukrainian 15th seed Marta Kostyuk stormed into the fourth round with a 6-4 6-3 win over Swiss Viktorija Golubic. Kostyuk next faces four-times champion Iga Swiatek or Magda Linette.
0908 PLAY UNDER WAY
Play began in warm conditions at Roland Garros, with temperatures around 29 degrees Celsius in Paris and expected to peak at about 33 degrees amid a high-temperature warning from public weather service Meteo France.
Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev are in third-round action in the men’s singles, while four-times winner Iga Swiatek faces compatriot Magda Linette in the women’s draw.
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ORDER OF PLAY ON FRIDAY (prefix number denotes seeding):
COURT PHILIPPE CHATRIER (play begins at 1000 GMT)
Magda Linette (Poland) v 3-Iga Swiatek (Poland)
8-Mirra Andreeva (Russia) v 27-Marie Bouzkova (Czech Republic)
28-Joao Fonseca (Brazil) v 3-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Quentin Halys (France) v 2-Alexander Zverev (Germany)
COURT SUZANNE LENGLEN (play begins at 0900 GMT)
Nuno Borges (Portugal) v 11-Andrey Rublev (Russia)
Jil Teichmann (Switzerland) v 10-Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic)
7-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) v Tamara Korpatsch (Germany)
15-Casper Ruud (Norway) v 24-Tommy Paul (U.S.)
COURT SIMONNE MATHIEU (play begins at 0900 GMT)
15-Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) v Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland)
Alex Michelsen (U.S.) v 27-Rafael Jodar (Spain)
8-Alex De Minaur (Australia) v 26-Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic)
Peyton Stearns (U.S.) v 11-Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)
(Compiled by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru)