FRENCH OPEN LIVE: LATEST TENNIS SCORES AND RESULTS AS JANNIK SINNER PLAYS BEFORE ANDY MURRAY IN ACTION

French Open

• Third seed Coco Gauff beats Dayana Yastremska 6-2, 6-4 first on Court Philippe-Chatrier
• Second seed Jannik Sinner taking on Russia’s Pavel Kotov
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) and women’s world No 1 Iga Swiatek in action later
• Andy Murray and Dan Evans begin doubles campaign later today

Jannik Sinner 5-3 Pavel Kotov*

Jannik Sinner has earnt an early break, and he’s got his serving groove on in this first set, making it very hard for his Russian opponent. Sinner rattles off another hold to love, and he’s on the verge of clinching the opener already.

(* denotes next to serve)

Coco Gauff eases past Dayana Yastremska to reach French Open fourth round

Coco Gauff’s bid for a maiden French Open title gathered pace after she reached the fourth round with a straight-sets victory over Dayana Yastremska.

The US Open champion, a finalist in Paris in 2022, won 6-2 6-4 to set up a meeting with Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto.

Gauff, 20, squandered a match point at 5-2 in the second set and faced three break points at 5-4.

But she got over the line eventually when Ukrainian Yastremska, the 30th seed, wafted a forehand wide.

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Coco Gauff eases past Dayana Yastremska to reach French Open fourth round

*Jannik Sinner 1-2 Pavel Kotov

A couple of early sniffs of a break for Sinner as he gets to 0-30 in the opening game of the match and then has three break points in the third game but Kotov holds both times. Still on serve in the early going of this one.

(*denotes next to serve)

French Open scores

Tiebreaks the order of the day on Lenglen and Court Simonne-Mathieu. Is there an upset brewing on the former? Sixth seed Andrey Rublev is in a dogfight with unfancied Matteo Arnaldi as the Russian loses a mammoth opening set 7-6 in just over an hour. Arnalidi saw a 4-1 lead in the tiebreak eradicated by Rublev but hit back to edge it 8-6!

Meanwhile, Olga Danilovic vs Donna Vekic went to a ‘10-point tiebreak’ in their deciding set and a back-and-forth encounter ended with Serbia’s Danilovic prevailing 10-8 to seal a remarkable comeback 0-6, 7-5, 7-6 triumph.

Jannik Sinner heads on to court

Next up on Chatrier is second seed Jannik Sinner playing his third-round match in the men’s singles against Pavel Kotov of Russia. Kotov is a 25-year-old who has reached the third round of a grand slam for the first time in his career.

Sinner has cruised past Christopher Eubanks and Richard Gasquet, both in straight sets, so far at Roland Garros and will fancy his chances of a deep run. He’s slated to meet Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-finals

GAME, SET AND MATCH! Coco Gauff 6-2, 6-4 Dayana Yastremska

Things got a bit hairy towards the end for Coco Gauff but she eventually seals GAME, SET AND MATCH to advance to the fourth round of the French Open! Even in that final game, Yastremska thundered a couple of unreturnable winners down the line to reach 15-40 but Gauff battled back to deuce and then shook off a double fault to take victory with her first match point.

The third seed will face 23-year-old Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto – who is having a career-best grand slam tournament this week – in round four.

Coco Gauff* 6-2, 5-4 Dayana Yastremska

The rain is pitter-pattering down here at Roland Garros and Yastremska does her bit by holding serve, so Gauff will have a second attempt to serve out the match. She’ll be desperate to get it done before the rain gets any heavier

Here’s how Gauff initially moved a game away from victory, by the way.

(*denotes next to serve)

Coco Gauff 6-2, 5-3 Dayana Yastremska*

An absolutely epic eighth game of this second set but Dayana Yastremska eventually breaks Coco Gauff to stay alive in this match! The Ukrainian squanders a mammoth five break points before it’s sixth time lucky and narrows the gap to 5-3.

Gauff saw a match point slip by but she still has a break of serve in hand. Yastremska will now try to ensure that Coco at least has to serve the match out by holding here

(*denotes next to serve)

French Open scores

As Gauff looks to seal the win on Chatrier, a quick whizz around the courts for you.

Men’s sixth seed Andrey Rublev is just about underway on Lenglen in his third-round encounter with Matteo Arnaldi of Italy, while Olga Danilovic has broken back against Donna Vekic in their deciding set, so it’s 3-3 there.

A couple of Brits in men’s doubles action as Lloyd Glasspool, alongside Dutch partner Jean-Julien Rojer, is approaching a first-set tiebreak against Argentine eighth seeds Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni, while Henry Patten, with Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara, could be authoring an upset against fifth seeds Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin as they lead by a set and it’s on serve in the second. Third seeds – Britain’s Joe Salisbury and USA’s Rajeev Ram – came through their first-round clash in straight sets earlier.

In the women’s doubles GB’s Olivia Nicholls has just started a deciding set alongside Brazil’s Ingrid Gamarra Martins against second seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez, while Maia Lumsden came through her first-round clash alongside China’s Yafan Wang.

Coco Gauff 6-2, 4-2 Dayana Yastremska*

Gauff is motoring again now and closing in on victory on Court Philippe-Chatrier as she breaks Yastremska in the fifth game of the set to 30 and consolidates the hold. The American is just two games away

(*denotes next to serve)

Coco Gauff 6-2, 1-1 Dayana Yastremska*

No sooner has Gauff broken her Ukrainian opponent than she is broken back. The young American throws in a double fault at 15-30 and Yastremska gobbles up the opportunity with a brilliant return to break to 15. Back on serve in set two.

(*denotes next to serve)

Coco Gauff* 6-2, 1-0 Dayana Yastremska (* denotes next server)

Gauff breaks immediately in the second set, and the 20-year-old American is in an even stronger position now.

French Open scores

An interesting turnaround on Court Simonne-Mathieu, where Olga Danilovic has bounced back from a crushing 6-0 first-set loss to win the second set 7-5, and force Donna Vekic into a decider.

However, Vekic has broken instantly in the third and consolidated with a hold.

Set! Coco Gauff 6-2 *Dayana Yastremska (* denotes next server)

Coco Gauff survives a break point against her to serve out the set, which is clinched with another unforced error by Yastremska, crashing a forehand into the net.

Solid stuff by Gauff, and she’s halfway to the fourth round.

Coco Gauff 4-2 *Dayana Yastremska (* denotes next server)

On Philippe-Chatrier, Coco Gauff has earned the first break of the match and consolidated it with two service holds since. It’s not Gauff at her free-flowing best, yet, but she’s taking advantage of a misfiring opponent right now.

French Open scores

Elsewhere in the women’s third round, Elisabetta Cocciaretto is one set to the good against 17th seed Liudmila Samsonova, leading 7-6, 1-1 on Court Suzanne-Lenglen.

Donna Vekic stormed to the first set against Olga Danilovic in their match., with the score 5-5 in the second.

Coco Gauff* 0-1 Dayana Yastremska (* denotes next server)

Dayana Yastremska serves first, and holds to get on the board.

Coco Gauff v Dayana Yastremska

Coco Gauff and Dayana Yastremska are on court – and once again this week, there is a very thin crowd on Philippe-Chatrier. It’s a bit chilly and windy and it’s still early, so I’m sure it will fill up as the day goes on. They are warming up with the roof open.

Yesterday at the French Open

Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic soared into the third round of the French Open on Thursday as tournament organisers stepped up their fight against unruly fans by announcing an alcohol ban in the stands while also dealing with the wet-weather backlog.

Playing under the roof on Court Philippe Chatrier even as Roland Garros officials were scratching their heads over what to do with the schedule after a fifth straight rain-hit day, second seed Sabalenka blew away qualifier Moyuka Uchijima 6-2 6-2.

“That’s the little advantage we get as top players because we play in big stadiums with the roof,” Sabalenka said, “So I knew that no matter what the weather is going to be, I’m going to play my match. That’s really helpful.”

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Djokovic breezes into third round as Sabalenka and Svitolina also progress

Today at the French Open – order of play

Coco Gauff takes on Dayana Yastremska in the third round of the French Open today as the American third seed continues her bid to win a second grand slam.

Men’s No 2 seed Jannik Sinner, women’s world No 1 Iga Swiatek and two-time grand slam champion Carlos Alcaraz are also scheduled to play on Court Philippe-Chartrier. Andy Murray returns to the clay following his first-round singles exit to take part in the men’s doubles, paired alongside fellow Briton Dan Evans.

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Today at the French Open – order of play

Court Simonne-Mathieu

Play begins at 10am BST

Olga Danilovic (Serbia) v Donna Vekic (Croatia)

Chloe Paquet (France) v 5-Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic)

8-Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) v Denis Shapovalov (Canada)

Corentin Moutet (France) v Sebastian Ofner (Austria)

Today at the French Open – order of play

Court Suzanne-Lenglen

Play begins at 10am BST

17-Liudmila Samsonova (Russia) v Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Italy)

6-Andrey Rublev (Russia) v Matteo Arnaldi (Italy)

31-Leylah Fernandez (Canada) v 8-Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)

Zhizhen Zhang (China) v 9-Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)

Today at the French Open – order of play

Court Philippe-Chatrier

Play begins at 11am BST

3-Coco Gauff (U.S.) v 30-Dayana Yastremska (Ukraine)

Pavel Kotov (Russia) v 2-Jannik Sinner (Italy)

1-Iga Swiatek(Poland) v Marie Bouzkova (Czech Republic)

27-Sebastian Korda (U.S.) v 3-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)

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Andy Murray and Dan Evans begin doubles bid at French Open

Andy Murray and Dan Evans will turn their focus to doubles at the French Open after their first-round singles defeats at Roland Garros.

Murray fell to a comprehensive three-set defeat against Stan Wawrinka on the opening day of the tournament, while Evans was soundly beaten by 13th seed Holder Rune on Tuesday.

The pair received a wildcard invitation to compete in the doubles competition and face South American duo Sebastian Baez and Thiago Seyboth Wild in the first round.

Baez, seed 20th in the singles draw, came through a five-set match against Gustavo Heide, while Seyboth Wild fell to defeat against local favourite Gael Monflis.

Murray has hinted that he would like to compete in the Paris Olympics before retiring and will hope to make his case for a spot in the doubles format alongside Evans or Joe Salisbury.

French Open bans alcohol after spitting incident

Meanwhile, French Open chiefs have banned alcohol from the stands following an incident involving David Goffin, in which the Belgian player claimed he was spat at during a raucous victory over Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.

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French Open bans alcohol from stands after spitting incident

Today at the French Open

Coco Gauff takes on Dayana Yastremska in the third round of the French Open today as the American third seed continues her bid to win a second grand slam.

Men’s No 2 seed Jannik Sinner, women’s world No 1 Iga Swiatek and two-time grand slam champion Carlos Alcaraz are also scheduled to play on Court Philippe-Chartrier. Andy Murray returns to the clay following his first-round singles exit to take part in the men’s doubles, paired alongside fellow Briton Dan Evans. Murray and Evans are slated fourth on Court 13 where they are set to take on South American duo Sebastian Baez and Thiago Seyboth Wild.

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