PARIS – A look at the French Open on Thursday at Roland Garros:
Weather: Rain. High of 61 degrees.
Schedule: Only 18 of 32 scheduled singles matches were completed, with six suspended in progress and eight postponed completely because of the rain.
Men’s Seeded Winners: No. 1 Novak Djokovic, No. 13 Kei Nishikori, No. 16 Philipp Kohlschreiber, No. 24 Benoit Paire, No. 26 Grigor Dimitrov, No. 27 Fabio Fognini in the second round.
Men’s Seeded Losers: None.
Women’s Seeded Winners: No. 3 Victoria Azarenka, No. 7 Petra Kvitova, No. 9 Sam Stosur, No. 17 Sloane Stephens, No. 18 Jelena Jankovic, No. 31 Alize Cornet in the second round.
Women’s Seeded Losers: No. 6 Li Na, No. 16 Dominika Cibulkova, No. 27 Yaroslava Shvedova.
Stat of the Day: 5 – U.S. women into the third round, the most at any Grand Slam tournament since six went that far at Wimbledon in 2005.
Quote of the Day: “I had to win. I knew she wasn’t going to give it to me.” 67th-ranked Bethanie Mattek-Sands said after her 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 victory over 2011 French Open champion Li.
On Court Friday: No. 2 Roger Federer vs. No. 30 Julien Benneteau; No. 3 Rafael Nadal vs. Martin Klizan; No. 4 David Ferrer vs. Feliciano Lopez; No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. No. 25 Jeremy Chardy; No. 1 Serena Williams vs. No. 26 Sorana Cirstea; No. 2 Maria Sharapova vs. Eugenie Bouchard (completing their suspended match); No. 5 Sara Errani vs. No. 32 Sabine Lisicki; No. 8 Angelique Kerber vs. No. 29 Varvara Lepchenko; No. 14 Ana Ivanovic vs. Virginie Razzano.
Associated Press
