2016 French Open Day 7: Saturday, May 28 - Order of Play

[kskate2]

Philippe-Chatrier Court 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 3
Pauline Parmentier (FRA) vs. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) [8]

Women's Singles - Round 3
Serena Williams (USA) [1] vs. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) [26]

Men's Singles - Round 3
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [6]

Men's Singles - Round 3
Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] vs. Aljaz Bedene (GBR)

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Suzanne-Lenglen Court 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - Round 3
Alexander Zverev (GER) vs. Dominic Thiem (AUT) [13]

Women's Singles - Round 3
Venus Williams (USA) [9] vs. Alize Cornet (FRA)

Men's Singles - Round 3
David Goffin (BEL) [12] vs. Nicolas Almagro (ESP)

Women's Singles - Round 3
Monica Puig (PUR) vs. Madison Keys (USA) [15]

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Court 1 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 3
Elina Svitolina (UKR) [18] vs. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [14]

Men's Singles - Round 3
David Ferrer (ESP) [11] vs. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) [21]

Men's Singles - Round 3
Pablo Cuevas (URU) [25] vs. Tomas Berdych (CZE) [7]

Women's Singles - Round 3
Kiki Bertens (NED) vs. Daria Kasatkina (RUS) [29]

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Court 2 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 3
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) [12] vs. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) [22]

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) [1] / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) [1] vs. Denis Kudla (USA) / Julio Peralta (CHI)

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Julien Benneteau (FRA) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs. Vasek Pospisil (CAN) [7] / Jack Sock (USA) [7]

Women's Doubles - Round 2
Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) / Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) vs. Serena Williams (USA) / Venus Williams (USA)

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Court 3 11:00 AM

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) / Joao Sousa (POR) vs. Chris Guccione (AUS) / Andre Sa (BRA)

Women's Doubles - Round 2
Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) [3] / Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) [3] vs. Jocelyn Rae (GBR) / Anna Smith (GBR)

Men's Doubles - Round 3
Eric Butorac (USA) / Scott Lipsky (USA) vs. Lukasz Kubot (POL) [9] / Alexander Peya (AUT) [9]

Mixed Doubles - Round 1
Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) / Mate Pavic (CRO) vs. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) [3] / Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) [3]

Mixed Doubles - Round 1
Alize Cornet (FRA) / Jonathan Eysseric (FRA) vs. Olga Savchuk (UKR) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)

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Court 6 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 3
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) vs. Karin Knapp (ITA)

Men's Doubles - Round 2
David Guez (FRA) / Vincent Millot (FRA) vs. Jamie Murray (GBR) [4] / Bruno Soares (BRA) [4]

Mixed Doubles - Round 2
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) [4] / Florin Mergea (ROU) [4] vs. Martina Hingis (SUI) / Leander Paes (IND)

Men's Singles - Round 3
Borna Coric (CRO) vs. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) [14]

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Court 16 11:00 AM

Women's Doubles - Round 2
Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) / Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) vs. Darija Jurak (CRO) / Ana Konjuh (CRO)

Women's Doubles - Round 2
Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) / Laura Siegemund (GER) vs. Michaella Krajicek (NED) / Barbora Strycova (CZE)

Mixed Doubles - Round 2
Andreja Klepac (SLO) / Treat Huey (PHI) vs. Elena Vesnina (RUS) [5] / Bruno Soares (BRA) [5]

Mixed Doubles - Round 1
Tatjana Maria (GER) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) vs. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) / Rohan Bopanna (IND)

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Court 17 11:00 AM

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - ROUND 2
Andreja Klepac (SLO) [11] / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) [11] vs. Misaki Doi (JPN) / Naomi Osaka (JPN)

MEN'S DOUBLES - ROUND 2
Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) / David Marrero (ESP) vs. Radek Stepanek (CZE) [12] / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) [12]

MEN'S DOUBLES - ROUND 2
Daniel Nestor (CAN) [14] / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) [14] vs. Jonathan Erlich (ISR) / Colin Fleming (GBR)

MIXED DOUBLES - ROUND 2
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) [8] / Bob Bryan (USA) [8] vs. Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) / Henri Kontinen (FIN)

MIXED DOUBLES - ROUND 2
Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) [7] / Max Mirnyi (BLR) [7] vs. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)

 

[El Dude]

For the fun of it, here are my thoughts on each match and predictions.

Gulbis v. Tsonga: Could be interesting, wtih Gulbis playing better of late and Tsonga struggling to put away Baghdatis. Tsonga is 3-2 against against Gublis, but hasn't beat him since 2009. I'm still going with Tsonga, but it will be a doozy, 3-2.

Cuevas v. Berydych: They've only met once, at Beijing last year with Cuevas winning. Giving Berdych's up-and-down play and Cuevas being a strong clay-courter, I'm going with Cuevas, 3-1.

Coric v. Bautista Agut: They've played three times, with Bautista Agut going 2-1 but Coric winning their last match. Agut has won their only two matches on clay and is the favorite, but I'm going with Coric in a long match, 3-2.

Djokovic v. Bedene: Is there any doubt? Novak 3-0.

Zverev v. Thiem: To me this is the jewel of the day, or at least the match I'm most interested in. Dominic is up 2-0, both matches coming this year and on clay, but both going to three sets. I expect him to beat Sascha Z, but it is nice to see these guys go at it again. It is one of the few young pup matchups that's happened, let along three times. Thiem wins 3-1.

Goffin v. Almagro: The battle of third tier (top 20) players, one present and one past. Almagro's won their only three matches, but the last was three years ago - Goffin is due. Goffin, 3-1.

Ferrer v. Lopez: Another interesting match - a battle of 34-year olds. David is up 9-6, including 5-0 on clay, with Lopez only winning a single set of twelve. Ferrer 3-0.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Apart from Novak's match, all other match-ups are fairly evenly poised and so this may finally be an interesting day of tennis matches.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Thiem with a couple more wins and some luck could be a top 10 player after this French Open, but I like his work horse build up to the top.

 

[mouse]

These Adidas outfits are disgusting

 

[mouse]

Massive hold of serve!

Thiem had 6 break points

 

[nehmeth]

Zverev up 4-1 in the tiebreaker. It's like watching an African documentary out there. Two Zebras and a Hippo. :snicker.

 

[arfff123]

Looks like zverev will take the first set

 

[arfff123]

Set point zverev

 

[nehmeth]

Glad Zverev finished the set on Thiem's serve. Fun tennis thus far.

 

[mouse]

One of the best sets ive seen this week

 

[nehmeth]

When Thiem got the break for 2-0, I thought the set was over. Zverev broke right back with some pretty big hitting. Well done.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

I still think Thiem pulls this out I think Zverev needs to do this in three. I think anything more than 3, and he loses.

 

[isabelle]

Thiem in big trouble, I didn't expect that at all

 

[nehmeth]

Down to best of three sets.

 

[herios]

Thiem in big trouble, I didn't expect that at all

check again

 

[isabelle]

Thiem in big trouble, I didn't expect that at all

check again

Thiem woke up...it's pretty interesting to see 2 rising stars fight

 

[herios]

Thiem in big trouble, I didn't expect that at all

check again

Thiem woke up...it's pretty interesting to see 2 rising stars fight

It is. It shows how one has more experience and can adjust like Thiem did after losing the set

 

[mouse]

Thiem is playing some excellent tennis

 

[Puppet Master]

Thiem moves so much better than Zverev it's almost unfair, so it's no surprise that he is losing on clay. I'd like to see them play at the US Open though, that would be one hell of a match. I want Theim or Gulbis in the semi. Screw Clownga, he is disgusting and would lose 5-0 up in the third set. Regardless who makes the semi, STAN YOU NEED TO SAVE TENNIS AGAIN.