Iga Swiatek starts action at the French Open today, with the likes of Coco Gauff, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner also set to be in attendance for another busy day of action at Roland Garros.
Women’s top woman Swiatek has soldiered on so far in her quest for a fourth French Open title and will face Anastasia Potapova first on Court Philippe-Chatrier before one of her rivals for the title, Gauff, takes on Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto .
Meanwhile, another Italian, Sinner, eased into the fourth round with a dominant 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win over Pavel Kotov and now faces home favorite Corentin Moutet in a fascinating late-night match in front of an undoubtedly boisterous French audience.
Alcaraz will also play, against 21st seed Felix Auger-Aliassime. The Spaniard, seeded third in the tournament, defeated Sebastian Korda in straight sets last time out after being pushed by Jesper de Jong in the previous round.
Follow the latest tennis scores and results from day eight at the French Open below.
French Open Day 8 updates
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The French Open continues with fourth round action on Day 8 at Roland Garros
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Women’s top seed Iga Swiatek is first in action on Court Philippe-Chatrier
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Coco Gauff, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will follow later
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Novak Djokovic finishes at 3am on day 7
French Open – Danilovic 4-6, 0-1* Vondrousova
11:03 , Chris Wilson
Danilovic has a great chance to win game two, but she hits her volley and it ends up past the byline for 40-40.
The Serbian gets the advantage, but it’s a great recovery from Vondrousova, who levels it before crashing a simple shot to give her opponent the advantage!
Lots of back and forth as both players exchange the advantage point.
French Open – Danilovic 4-6, 0-1* Vondrousova
10:58 , Chris Wilson
Vondrousova takes the first game after a tired shot from Danilovic lands.
The Serbian is clearly frustrated and seething after crashing a return into the net at the start of game two.
French Open – Danilovic 4-6, 0-0* Vondrousova
10:55 , Chris Wilson
With that match over, attention turns to Suzanne-Lenglen, where the fifth seed is currently one set up.
Vondrousova leads 30-0 in the first game.
(* indicates next to serving)
French Open – Iga Swiatek reaches the quarterfinals!
10:52 , Chris Wilson
The world number one storms to a victory in the last match and finishes 6-0, 6-0.
The top seed will face the winner of the ongoing match between Danilovic and Vondrousova – the Czech fifth seed having just won the first set of that match (4-6).
French Open wrap: Djokovic, Zverev and Medvedev claim victory on day seven
10:50 , Chris Wilson
Here is a summary of yesterday’s matches and results at Roland Garros, where Novak Djokovic was involved in the last finish in the history of the French Open, and there were clear victories for Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina, the women’s two and four seeds .
French Open wrap: Djokovic, Zverev and Medvedev claim victory on day seven
French Open – Iga Swiatek 6-0, 5-0* Anastasia Potapova
10:48 , Chris Wilson
An exciting battle to take a 5-4 lead in the first set of the other match, with Danilovic and Vondrousova trading the lead before the latter takes the lead!
What a comeback in this set so far – the fifth seed was down 4-1 at one point.
At Philippe-Chatrier, Swiatek has moved just within one game of the quarter-finals after another 40-0 outing.
French Open – Iga Swiatek 6-0, 6-3 Anastasia Potapova
10:45 am , Chris Wilson
Coco Gauff is warming up for her match against Elisabetta Cocciarretto, which starts at 11.15am BST at Philippe-Chatrier.
On the same court, Swiatek led 3-0 in the second set.
French Open – Women’s Singles Scores
10:40 , Chris Wilson
Swiatek takes the first game of the second set within two minutes, and despite a spicy return from Potapova in the second game, Swiatek also takes the second after a beautifully disguised shot.
In the other game, Vondrousova regained another two games to level the first set at 4-4 over Suzanne-Lenglen.
French Open – today’s order of play
10:40 , Chris Wilson
Below you will find the full order of play for today, including the various doubles matches, as well as the future dates for the next rounds.
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Below you will find everything you need to know.
French Open playing order and schedule today including Iga Swiatek
French Open – Women’s Singles Scores
10:32 , Chris Wilson
Swiatek won the first set 6-0 within twenty minutes. A dominant display from the world number one.
Danilovic has dropped another game and the score now stands at 4-2 in that match.
French Open – Women’s Singles Scores
10:28 , Chris Wilson
Very simple for the best players of the tournament so far. It looks like Swiatek will reach a 6-0 first set at this pace – it’s now 5-0, with just under 20 minutes played.
In the other match, Marketa Vondrousova has gone a game back, with the fifth seed now trailing Danilovic 4-1.
French Open – Women’s Singles Scores
10:22 , Chris Wilson
Danilovic took a 3-0 lead in the first set. Swiatek gives away a 40-0 lead in her third game, but closes it out after a nice backhand that only allows Potapova to get back into the net.
French Open – Women’s Singles
10:17 , Chris Wilson
Iga Swiatek won the first match against Potapova, while Danilovic won the first two in her match against Vondrousova.
The world number 1 comes from 30-15 behind and also wins the second game.
Today at the French Open – order of play
10:13 , Chris Wilson
Court Suzanne-Lenglen
The game started at 10am BST
Olga Danilovic (Serbia) vs 5-Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic)
Matteo Arnaldi (Italy) vs 9-Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
Clara Tauson (Denmark) vs 8-Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)
8-Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) vs. 10-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
Today at the French Open – order of play
10:08 , Chris Wilson
Court Philippe-Chatrier
The game starts around 10am BST
1-Iga Swiatek (Poland) v Anastasia Popatova (Russia)
3-Coco Gauff (USA) vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Italy)
21-Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) vs. 3-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
Corentin Moutet (France) vs 2-Jannik Sinner (Italy)
Novak Djokovic battles past Lorenzo Musetti in a 3am finish at the French Open
10:00 am , Lucas Baker
Novak Djokovic endured the last finish in French Open history against Lorenzo Musetti to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros.
The match of the world number one and defending champion was postponed until the early hours due to persistent rain, which led to the tournament being dubbed the ‘Drench Open’.
Djokovic eventually emerged victorious from the five-set ordeal at 3:08.
Novak Djokovic battles past Lorenzo Musetti in a 3am finish at the French Open
French Open playing order and match schedule today
09:51 , Lucas Baker
Iga Swiatek starts action at the French Open on Sunday, with the likes of Coco Gauff, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner also set to be present for another busy day of action at Roland Garros.
Swiatek, the top women’s player, has soldiered on so far in her quest for a fourth French Open title and will face Anastasia Potapova first on Court Philippe-Chatrier – just hours after Novak Djokovic’s meeting in the third round completed in a ridiculous finish at 3:00 – before one of her rivals for the title, Gauff, faced Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto.
Meanwhile, another Italian, Sinner, eased into the fourth round with a dominant 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win over Pavel Kotov and now faces home favorite Corentin Moutet in a fascinating late-night match in front of an undoubtedly boisterous French audience. Alcaraz will also play, against 21st seed Felix Auger-Aliassime. The Spaniard, seeded third in the tournament, comfortably defeated Sebastian Korda after a tough encounter last time out.
Here is the order of play and match schedule ahead of a great day eight of the French Open:
French Open playing order and schedule today including Iga Swiatek
French Open Day 8
Saturday June 1, 2024 4:44 PM , Sonia Twig
Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of day eight of the French Open.
Jannik Sinner comes into action early with Carlos Alcaraz, who will also play later.