PARIS – A look at Day 6 of the French Open on Friday:
Weather: Sunny. High of 75 degrees.
Men’s third round: No. 2 Andy Murray beat No. 27 Ivo Karlovic, No. 3 Stan Wawrinka beat No. 30 Jeremy Chardy, No. 5 Kei Nishikori beat Fernando Verdasco, No. 8 Milos Raonic beat Andrej Martin, No. 9 Richard Gasquet beat No. 17 Nick Kyrgios, No. 15 John Isner beat Teymuraz Gabashvili, No. 22 Viktor Troicki beat No. 16 Gilles Simon, Albert Ramos-Vinolas beat No. 23 Jack Sock.
Women’s third round: No. 2 Agnieszka Radwanska beat No. 30 Barbora Strycova, No. 4 Garbine Muguruza beat Yanina Wickmayer, No. 6 Simona Halep beat Naomi Osaka, No. 13 Svetlana Kuznetsova beat No. 24 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, No. 21 Sam Stosur beat No. 11 Lucie Safarova, No. 25 Irina-Camelia Begu beat Annika Beck, Shelby Rogers beat No. 10 Petra Kvitova, Tsvetana Pironkova beat No. 19 Sloane Stephens.
Stat of the Day: 108 – WTA ranking of Shelby Rogers, the 23-year-old American who stunned two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova.
Quote of the day: “Every day was a little bit worse.” – Nine-time champion Rafael Nadal, discussing the left wrist injury he said forced him to withdraw from the tournament.
On court Saturday: No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. Aljaz Bedene, No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Ernests Gulbis, No. 13 Dominic Thiem vs. Alexander Zverev; No. 1 Serena Williams vs. No. 26 Kristina Mladenovic, No. 9 Venus Williams vs. Alize Cornet, No. 15 Madison Keys vs. Monica Puig
Saturday’s forecast: Chance of rain. High of 72 degrees.
Associated Press
