PARIS, May 29 – The sixth day of competition at the French Open got underway Friday with sweltering conditions greeting players and spectators at Roland Garros.
Competition commenced at 0908 GMT with thermometers showing 29 degrees Celsius in the French capital, and forecasters predicting temperatures could climb to approximately 33 degrees. The public weather service Meteo France had issued a high-temperature advisory for the region.
Several marquee third-round matches were scheduled for the day’s action in both the men’s and women’s singles competitions. Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev were set to take the court for men’s singles action, while the women’s draw featured an all-Polish showdown between four-time champion Iga Swiatek and compatriot Magda Linette.
The day’s schedule included matches across the tournament’s main courts. Court Philippe Chatrier was set to begin play at 1000 GMT, featuring the Linette versus 3-seeded Swiatek match, followed by 8-Mirra Andreeva of Russia taking on 27-Marie Bouzkova from the Czech Republic. The men’s action would see 28-Joao Fonseca of Brazil face 3-Novak Djokovic of Serbia, with France’s Quentin Halys meeting 2-Alexander Zverev of Germany.
Court Suzanne Lenglen was scheduled to start earlier at 0900 GMT, hosting Portugal’s Nuno Borges against 11-Andrey Rublev of Russia, Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann versus 10-Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic, 7-Elina Svitolina of Ukraine facing Germany’s Tamara Korpatsch, and 15-Casper Ruud of Norway meeting 24-Tommy Paul from the United States.
Court Simonne Mathieu would also begin at 0900 GMT with 15-Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine playing Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic, American Alex Michelsen taking on 27-Rafael Jodar of Spain, 8-Alex De Minaur of Australia facing 26-Jakub Mensik from the Czech Republic, and American Peyton Stearns meeting 11-Belinda Bencic of Switzerland.
