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ROLAND GARROS – As the second week of the tournament begins – even though ti’s a Sunday, all eight players in this top half of the draw are seeds on the women’s side.
And they’re the expected seeds, too, with the exception of No. 19 Ekaterina Alexandrova.
On the men’s side, everyone got through except those in the sections with No. 25 seed Alexei Popyrin (who came through Casper Ruud’s section) and unseeded Daniel Altmaier (Fritz’s section).
We like them all – especially Swiatek v Rybakina, and Alcaraz vs. Shelton
(Paris is six hours ahead of EDT).
Court Philippe-CHATRIER (11 a.m. start – 5 a.m. EDT)
1. [4] Jasmine PAOLINI (ITA) vs [13] Elina SVITOLINA (UKR)
2. [5] Iga SWIATEK (POL) vs [12] Elena RYBAKINA (KAZ)
3. [2] Carlos ALCARAZ (ESP) vs [13] Ben SHELTON (USA)
4. [8] Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA) vs [10] Holger RUNE (DEN) (Le Night session)
Court Suzanne-LENGLEN (11 a.m.)
1. [12] Tommy PAUL (USA) vs [25] Alexei POPYRIN (AUS) (AUS)
2. [8] Qinwen ZHENG (CHN) vs [19] Liudmila SAMSONOVA (RUS)
3. [1] Aryna SABALENKA (RUS) vs [16] Amanda ANISIMOVA (USA)
4. [15] Frances TIAFOE (USA) vs Daniel ALTMAIER (GER)
