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French Open at a glance

Britain’s Andy Murray was in mid-tournament form and had to be to close out his first-round win at the French Open.

PARIS – A look at Day 3 of the French Open on Tuesday:

Weather: Cloudy. High of 63 degrees.

Men’s seeded winners: No. 1 Novak Djokovic, No. 2 Andy Murray, No. 4 Rafael Nadal, No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 7 Tomas Berdych, No. 11 David Ferrer, No. 12 David Goffin, No. 13 Dominic Thiem, No. 14 Roberto Bautista Agut, No. 15 John Isner, No. 20 Bernard Tomic, No. 21 Feliciano Lopez, No. 25 Pablo Cuevas, No. 26 Joao Sousa, No. 29 Lucas Pouille.

Men’s seeded losers: No. 18 Kevin Anderson, No. 24 Philipp Kohlschreiber, No. 31 Federico Delbonis, No. 32 Fabio Fognini.

Women’s seeded winners: No. 1 Serena Williams, No. 8 Timea Bacsinszky, No. 9 Venus Williams, No. 12 Carla Suarez Navarro, No. 14 Ana Ivanovic, No. 15 Madison Keys, No. 18 Elina Svitolina, No. 21 Sam Stosur, No. 22 Dominika Cibulkova, No. 26 Kristina Mladenovic, No. 27 Ekaterina Makarova, No. 28 Andrea Petkovic, No. 29 Daria Kasatkina.

Women’s seeded losers: No. 5 Victoria Azarenka, No. 20 Johanna Konta, No. 23 Jelena Jankovic, No. 31 Monica Niculescu.

Stat of the Day: 51 – Number of men 30 or older in the tournament draw, a record for a Grand Slam tournament.

Quote of the day: “(Tuesday) was pretty, you know, stressful.” – Murray on finishing off his two-day, five-set victory over Radek Stepanek.

On court Wednesday: No. 2 Andy Murray vs. Mathias Bourgue, No. 3 Stan Wawrinka vs. Taro Daniel, No. 8 Milos Raonic vs. Adrian Mannarino, No. 9 Richard Gasquet vs. Bjorn Fratangelo; No. 2 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Caroline Garcia, No. 4 Garbine Muguruza vs. Myrtille Georges, No. 6 Simona Halep vs. Zarina Diyas.

Wednesday’s forecast: Cloudy, with a chance of rain in the evening. High of 66 degrees.

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