PARIS – A look at the French Open on Saturday:
Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 68 degrees.
Men’s Seeded Winners: No. 1 Novak Djokovic, No. 3 Rafael Nadal, No. 7 Richard Gasquet, No. 9 Stanislas Wawrinka, No. 12 Tommy Haas, No. 13 Kei Nishikori, No. 16 Philipp Kohlschreiber, No. 29 Mikhail Youzhny in the third round.
Men’s Seeded Losers: No. 8 Janko Tipsarevic, No. 19 John Isner, No. 21 Jerzy Janowicz, No. 24 Benoit Paire, No. 26 Grigor Dimitrov, No. 27 Fabio Fognini in the third round.
Women’s Seeded Winners: No. 2 Maria Sharapova, No. 3 Victoria Azarenka, No. 12 Maria Kirilenko, No. 17 Sloane Stephens, No. 18 Jelena Jankovic in the third round.
Women’s Seeded Losers: No. 7 Petra Kvitova, No. 9 Sam Stosur, No. 13 Marion Bartoli, No. 31 Alize Cornet in the third round.
Stat of the Day: 12 – Match points saved by Isner in the fourth set of his 7-5, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-7 (10), 10-8 loss to Haas. The match ended on Haas’ 13th match point.
Quote of the Day: “I think that the chair umpire wanted ... a promotion.” – Paire, complaining about official Enric Molina, who called a point penalty for coaching when the Frenchman had a set point in the second set of his 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-1 loss to Nishikori.
On Court Today: No. 2 Roger Federer vs. No. 15 Gilles Simon; No. 4 David Ferrer vs. No. 23 Kevin Anderson; No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Viktor Troicki; No. 11 Nicolas Almagro vs. No. 32 Tommy Robredo; No. 1 Serena Williams vs. No. 15 Roberta Vinci; No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. No. 14 Ana Ivanovic; No. 5 Sara Errani vs. No. 20 Carla Suarez Navarro; No. 8 Angelique Kerber vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Today’s Forecast: Partly cloudy. High of 64 degrees.
Associated Press
