PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) – Highlights of the sixth day at the French Open on Friday (times GMT):
1608 SVITOLINA BEATS KORPATSCH
Five-time French Open quarter-finalist and Ukrainian seventh seed Elina Svitolina marched into the fourth round with a 6-2 6-3 win over Germany’s Tamara Korpatsch.
1411 TEICHMANN SHOCKS MUCHOVA
Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann, ranked 170th in the world, stunned Czech 10th seed Karolina Muchova 6-1 7-5 in the third round. Teichmann will take on last year’s semi-finalist Russian eight seed Mirra Andreeva in the last 16.
1400 CIRSTEA HANDS SIERRA A DOUBLE BAGEL
Romanian 18th seed Sorana Cirstea thrashed Argentina’s Solana Sierra 6-0 6-0 as the 36-year-old became the oldest player in the Open Era to win by double bagel in a Grand Slam main draw. Cirstea will face China’s Wang Xiyu in the fourth round.
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1336 ANDREEVA THROUGH TO LAST 16
Last year’s semi-finalist and Russian eighth seed Mirra Andreeva beat Czech Marie Bouzkova 6-4 6-2 to reach the fourth round.
1154 RUBLEV EDGES BORGES
Former quarter-finalist Andrey Rublev was tested by Portugal’s Nuno Borges, but the Russian 11th seed stayed cool in the tiebreaks to win 7-5 7-6(2) 7-6(2) in the third round.
1134 SWIATEK BEATS COMPATRIOT LINETTE
Four-times French Open champion Iga Swiatek cruised past fellow Polish player Magda Linette 6-4 6-4 to set up a fourth-round clash with Ukrainian 15th seed Marta Kostyuk.
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.
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 and Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru)
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