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Hindustan Times
4 days ago
- Climate
- Hindustan Times
Tennis-French Open Day Seven
May 31 - Highlights of the seventh day at the French Open on Saturday : 0912 PLAY UNDER WAY Play began under cloudy skies with the temperature hovering around 22 degrees Celsius. It is a humid day at Roland Garros, with light showers forecast. Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva, seeded sixth, takes on Kazakh Yulia Putintseva in the women's third round on Court Suzanne-Lenglen. Russian 17th seed Andrey Rublev advanced to the fourth round without hitting a ball after his French opponent, Arthur Fils, withdrew from today's clash due to a back injury. Novak Djokovic will headline the night session, while world number one Jannik Sinner and top seeds including Alexander Zverev, Jack Draper, Coco Gauff and Madison Keys are also in action. FRENCH OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON SATURDAY : COURT PHILIPPE-CHATRIER Marketa Vondrousova v 3-Jessica Pegula 3-Alexander Zverev v Flavio Cobolli Marie Bouzkova v 2-Coco Gauff 6-Novak Djokovic v Filip Misolic COURT SUZANNE-LENGLEN 6-Mirra Andreeva v 32-Yulia Putintseva 1-Jannik Sinner v Jiri Lehecka 7-Madison Keys v 31-Sofia Kenin COURT SIMONNE-MATHIEU 17-Daria Kasatkina v 10-Paula Badosa Elsa Jacquemot v Lois Boisson Joao Fonseca v 5-Jack Draper Cameron Norrie v Jacob Fearnley READ MORE: Alcaraz survives after Sabalenka, Zheng shine at scorching French Open Swiatek wants equal treatment for women as French Open schedule remains in focus A third five-setter in a row? Bring it on, says marathon man Tommy Paul Djokovic faces Misolic at French Open with Parisian eyes on Champions League final Sabalenka, Zheng sizzle as temperatures soar at French Open Swiatek stays cool to beat Cristian at French Open as temperature soars Fourth seed Paolini cruises past Starodubtseva and into fourth round Quit your jobs, world number one Sabalenka tells overbearing coaches French Open organisers spoil Djokovic's football plans
Straits Times
5 days ago
- Sport
- Straits Times
Rybakina faces Ostapenko in French Open duel of hard-hitters
Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - May 28, 2025 Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur celebrates winning his second round match against France's Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard REUTERS/Lisi Niesner Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - May 28, 2025 Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina in action during her second round match against Iva Jovic of the U.S. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes PARIS - The French Open third round begins on Friday with top seed Aryna Sabalenka, Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen and four-times winner Iga Swiatek in action while defending champion Carlos Alcaraz continues his quest for a fifth Grand Slam crown. TOP WOMEN'S MATCH: ELENA RYBAKINA V JELENA OSTAPENKO Two former Grand Slam champions clash when the big-serving Rybakina takes on the big-hitting Ostapenko, who will look to improve a head-to-head record that has not gone in her favour. Former Wimbledon champion Rybakina has a 3-2 record against 2017 French Open champion Ostapenko, beating her in their last three matches. Rybakina arrived at Roland Garros after winning the Strasbourg Open, looking back to her best in time for the major. But Ostapenko has shown good form on clay this season too, beating Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka to win the Stuttgart Open last month. "Dangerous opponent. She hits the ball really hard, she can be very aggressive. So I will definitely need to focus a lot on my serve, be focused, be solid, patient, take the chances when I get them," Rybakina said of her Latvian opponent. "If I serve well, (if) I have a good placement, it's not easy to return no matter who's on the other side." TOP MEN'S MATCH: DAMIR DZUMHUR V CARLOS ALCARAZ Dzumhur has never played Alcaraz on the ATP Tour but the pair did meet in a Challenger Tour final in 2020 where the Spaniard fought back from a set down to win the title on home turf in Barcelona. While Alcaraz has seen his career trajectory climb steeply since, Dzumhur has had his ups and downs and sits 69th in the rankings. The Bosnian suffered a fall during his victory over Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the previous round. "Regarding the knee, I asked the physio if I just hit (it), if it was just a bruise," said the 33-year-old who needed treatment. "If I cannot make it worse." Alcaraz also stumbled in his second-round match when he dropped a set but the Spaniard is not too worried. "In general, if I lose the focus in Grand Slams, in best-of-five matches, much better to refocus your attention," he said. "So you have more time, you have more sets just to be back if you lose your focus a bit." COURT PHILIPPE-CHATRIER (play begins at 1000 GMT) 1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Olga Danilovic (Serbia) Quentin Halys (France) v 10-Holger Rune (Denmark) 4-Jasmine Paolini (Italy) v Yuliia Starodubtseva (Ukraine) Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia & Herzegovina) v 2-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) COURT SUZANNE-LENGLEN (play begins at 0900 GMT) 8-Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) v Mariano Navone (Argentina) Jaqueline Cristian (Romania) v 5-Iga Swiatek (Poland) 12-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) v 21-Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 15-Frances Tiafoe (U.S.) v 23-Sebastian Korda (U.S.) COURT SIMONNE-MATHIEU (play begins at 0900 GMT) Victoria Mboko (Canada) v 8-Zheng Qinwen (China) 24-Karen Khachanov (Russia) v 12-Tommy Paul (U.S.) 13-Ben Shelton (U.S.) v Matteo Gigante (Gigante) Bernarda Pera (U.S.) v 13-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Reuters
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Reuters
Rybakina faces Ostapenko in French Open duel of hard-hitters
PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) - The French Open third round begins on Friday with top seed Aryna Sabalenka, Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen and four-times winner Iga Swiatek in action while defending champion Carlos Alcaraz continues his quest for a fifth Grand Slam crown. TOP WOMEN'S MATCH: ELENA RYBAKINA V JELENA OSTAPENKO Two former Grand Slam champions clash when the big-serving Rybakina takes on the big-hitting Ostapenko, who will look to improve a head-to-head record that has not gone in her favour. Former Wimbledon champion Rybakina has a 3-2 record against 2017 French Open champion Ostapenko, beating her in their last three matches. Rybakina arrived at Roland Garros after winning the Strasbourg Open, looking back to her best in time for the major. But Ostapenko has shown good form on clay this season too, beating Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka to win the Stuttgart Open last month. "Dangerous opponent. She hits the ball really hard, she can be very aggressive. So I will definitely need to focus a lot on my serve, be focused, be solid, patient, take the chances when I get them," Rybakina said of her Latvian opponent. "If I serve well, (if) I have a good placement, it's not easy to return no matter who's on the other side." TOP MEN'S MATCH: DAMIR DZUMHUR V CARLOS ALCARAZ Dzumhur has never played Alcaraz on the ATP Tour but the pair did meet in a Challenger Tour final in 2020 where the Spaniard fought back from a set down to win the title on home turf in Barcelona. While Alcaraz has seen his career trajectory climb steeply since, Dzumhur has had his ups and downs and sits 69th in the rankings. The Bosnian suffered a fall during his victory over Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the previous round. "Regarding the knee, I asked the physio if I just hit (it), if it was just a bruise," said the 33-year-old who needed treatment. "If I cannot make it worse." Alcaraz also stumbled in his second-round match when he dropped a set but the Spaniard is not too worried. "In general, if I lose the focus in Grand Slams, in best-of-five matches, much better to refocus your attention," he said. "So you have more time, you have more sets just to be back if you lose your focus a bit." COURT PHILIPPE-CHATRIER (play begins at 1000 GMT) 1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Olga Danilovic (Serbia) Quentin Halys (France) v 10-Holger Rune (Denmark) 4-Jasmine Paolini (Italy) v Yuliia Starodubtseva (Ukraine) Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia & Herzegovina) v 2-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) COURT SUZANNE-LENGLEN (play begins at 0900 GMT) 8-Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) v Mariano Navone (Argentina) Jaqueline Cristian (Romania) v 5-Iga Swiatek (Poland) 12-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) v 21-Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 15-Frances Tiafoe (U.S.) v 23-Sebastian Korda (U.S.) COURT SIMONNE-MATHIEU (play begins at 0900 GMT) Victoria Mboko (Canada) v 8-Zheng Qinwen (China) 24-Karen Khachanov (Russia) v 12-Tommy Paul (U.S.) 13-Ben Shelton (U.S.) v Matteo Gigante (Gigante) Bernarda Pera (U.S.) v 13-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)
