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France’s Paul-Henri Mathieu upended 10th-seeded American John Isner 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 18-16 in a marathon match Thursday at Roland Garros.
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France’s Paul-Henri Mathieu upended 10th-seeded American John Isner 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 18-16 in a marathon match Thursday at Roland Garros.
PARIS – A look at the French Open on Thursday:
Weather: Cloudy. High of 73 degrees (23 C).
Attendance: 35,195.
Men’s Seeded Winners: No. 2 Rafael Nadal, No. 4 Andy Murray, No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 6 David Ferrer, No. 8 Janko Tipsarevic, No. 12 Nicolas Almagro, No. 13 Juan Monaco, No. 17 Richard Gasquet, No. 19 Milos Raonic, No. 27 Mikhail Youzhny, No. 29 Julien Benneteau.
Men’s Seeded Losers: No. 10 John Isner, No. 24 Philipp Kohlschreiber, No. 25 Bernard Tomic, No. 28 Viktor Troicki, No. 32 Florian Mayer.
Women’s Seeded Winners: No. 4 Petra Kvitova, No. 7 Li Na, No. 9 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 10 Angelique Kerber, No. 14 Francesca Schiavone, No. 22 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, No. 23 Kaia Kanepi, No. 25 Julia Goerges, No. 28 Peng Shuai.
Women’s Seeded Losers: No. 16 Maria Kirilenko, No. 19 Jelena Jankovic.
Stat of the Day: 76 – Games played in Isner’s 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 18-16 loss to Paul-Henri Mathieu, the most in a match at the French Open since the introduction of tiebreakers in 1973.
Quote of the Day: “She became sort of mechanical, like a windshield wiper.” – Stephanie Foretz Gacon after her 6-0, 6-2 loss to defending champion Li.
On Court Friday: No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. Nicolas Devilder; No. 3 Roger Federer vs. Nicolas Mahut; No. 9 Juan Martin del Potro vs. No. 21 Marin Cilic; No. 1 Victoria Azarenka vs. Aleksandra Wozniak; No. 2 Maria Sharapova vs. Ayumi Morita; No. 2 Maria Sharapova vs. Ayumi Morita; No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. No. 26 Svetlana Kuznetsova; No. 6 Sam Stosur vs. No. 27 Nadia Petrova.
Friday’s Forecast: Cloudy. High of 72 (22 C).