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French Open

Spain’s Rafael Nadal may be the sixth seed in the men’s singles bracket at the French Open, but he is playing like the top clay-court player in the world once more.

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 Andy Murray, No. 6 Rafael Nadal, No. 7 David Ferrer, No. 9 Marin Cilic, No. 20 Richard Gasquet.

Men’s seeded losers: No. 15 Kevin Anderson, No. 17 David Goffin, No. 23 Leonardo Mayer, No. 29 Nick Kyrgios.

Women’s seeded winners: No. 1 Serena Williams, No. 4 Petra Kvitova, No. 17 Sara Errani, No. 23 Timea Bacsinszky.

Women’s seeded losers: No. 10 Andrea Petkovic, No. 16 Madison Keys, No. 27 Victoria Azarenka, No. 30 Irina-Camelia Begu.

Stat of the Day: 50 – Serena Williams’ total number of match wins at Roland Garros, making her the first woman since 1968, when Grand Slam tournaments admitted professionals, to have that many wins at each major.

Quote of the day: “That call was (expletive), and everybody knows it.” – Victoria Azarenka on chair umpire Kader Nouni’s decision to replay a key point against Serena Williams.

On court Sunday: No. 2 Roger Federer vs. No. 13 Gael Monfils, No. 4 Tomas Berdych vs. No. 14 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 5 Kei Nishikori vs. Teymuraz Gabashvili, No. 8 Stan Wawrinka vs. No. 12 Gilles Simon; No. 2 Maria Sharapova vs. No. 13 Lucie Safarova, No. 7 Ana Ivanovic vs. No. 9 Ekaterina Makarova, No. 19 Elina Svitolina vs. No. 29 Alize Cornet, No. 21 Garbine Muguruza vs. No. 28 Flavia Pennetta.

Sunday’s forecast: Clouds, rain. High of 66.

Associated Press

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