French Open Day 10 Order of Play: Sabalenka, Swiatek, Alcaraz in fight for semis berth
World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz are amongst the top seeds who will be looking to book their berths in the semi-finals of the French Open 2025. Last year, Sabalenka couldn't make her way through to the semis after losing to then-17-year-old Mirra Andreeva and would be looking to make amends this time around. The 27-year-old Sabalenka has a 6-1 head-to-head record against Qinwen Zheng, but it's the latter, who won in their last meeting - 6-4, 6-3 - in the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters earlier this year. advertisementSwiatek, who is looking to win four titles on the trot, came back from a set down to beat Elena Rybakina in the quarters. She will be up against the feisty Elina Svitolina, who saved three match points to beat last year's runner-up Jasmine Paolini in the quarters.
In the men's singles, Lorenzo Musetti will lock horns with Frances Tiafoe, who will be playing in his maiden semi-final at Roland Garros. Tiafoe has been dominating thus far as he is yet to drop a set in the ongoing clay court major. Super Tuesday in Paris!Full order of play https://t.co/wvNRC5UQgb#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/pwlft20FqH— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 2, 2025Alcaraz and Tommy Paul will be playing against each other in the last match of the day on Centre Court. Alcaraz, who won the title last year after beating Alexander Zverev, has looked in good form. French Open 2025 Order of Play on Day 10 advertisementPhilippe-Chatrier (match starts at 2:30 PM IST, 11 AM local time)Aryna Sabalenka v Zheng QinwenElina Svitolina v Iga SwiatekLorenzo Musetti v Frances TiafoeTommy Paul v Carlos AlcarazMust Watch
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