Competition continued Thursday for the fifth day of action at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, with highlights from matches played and scheduled throughout the day.
At 11:30 GMT, Italy’s 10th-seeded Flavio Cobolli secured his spot in the third round by defeating China’s Wu Yibing with straight-set scores of 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. This marks Cobolli’s second consecutive year reaching the third round at the tournament.
Earlier at 11:15 GMT, 16th-seeded Naomi Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion, overcame Donna Vekic with scores of 7-6(1), 6-4. Osaka’s victory sets up a third-round meeting against 17th-seeded Iva Jovic.
Competition began at 9:09 GMT under pleasant weather conditions at Roland Garros, with temperatures starting around 27 degrees Celsius and forecasted to climb to approximately 32 degrees throughout the day.
The day’s featured matches included world number one and top-seeded Jannik Sinner opening play on Court Philippe Chatrier against Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo in second-round action. Women’s world number one Aryna Sabalenka was also scheduled to compete later against France’s Elsa Jacquemot.
The complete order of play for Thursday included matches across three main courts, with Court Philippe Chatrier beginning at 10:00 GMT and Courts Suzanne Lenglen and Simonne Mathieu starting at 9:00 GMT. Notable scheduled matches featured top-seeded players including Coco Gauff facing Egypt’s Mayar Sherif and Ben Shelton taking on Belgium’s Raphael Collignon.
