French Open order of play and the first day schedule
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Kamilla Rakhimova.Italian Open winner Jasmine Paolini is another player who could go well over the next fortnight on the back of that remarkable triumph in Rome, with men’s eighth seed Lorenzo Musetti also underway from the Italian contingent.The French Open runs till 8 June with rivals Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner intending to satisfy in a grand slam final for the very first time and restore hostilities.Here’s the opening day order of play.French Open order of play(Sunday 25 Might)all times BST Court Philippe-Chatrier (from 11am)(
1)Aryna Sabalenka (Blr )vs Kamilla Rakhimova(Rus) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(Rus)vs(8 )Qinwen Zheng(Chn) (8)Lorenzo Musetti (Ita )vs Yannick Hanfmann (Ger) not before 7.15 pm(
13)Ben Shelton(USA )vs Lorenzo Sonego(
Ita)Suzanne Lenglen (from 10am)
Zeynep Sonmez(
Tur)vs (13)Elina Svitolina (Ukr)
( 31) Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (Fra)vs Zizou Bergs (Bel)
(15)Frances Tiafoe (U.S.A.) vs Roman Safiullin (Rus)
( 4) Jasmine Paolini (Ita) vs Yue Yuan (Chn)
Simonne Mathieu (from 10am) Elmer Moller (Den)
vs (12)
Tommy Paul (USA) (11) Diana Shnaider (Rus)
vs Anastasiia Sobolieva (Ukr) (18)
Donna Vekic (Cro) vs Anna Blinkova (Rus)
( 21) Tomas Machac (Cze) vs Quentin Halys(Fra)Court 6(from 10am )( 28)
Peyton Stearns (USA) vs Eva Lys (Ger)
Alexandra Eala (Phi) vs Emiliana Arango (Col)
Valentin Royer (Fra) vs Roberto Carballes Baena (Medical Spa) Kyrian Jacquet (Fra) vs Nuno Borges (Por)
Court 7 (from 10am)
Petra Kvitova (Cze) vs Viktorija Golubic(
Swi)Reilly Opelka(U.S.A. )vs Rinky Hijikata (Aus)
Leyre Romero Gormaz(Health Spa )vs Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah(Fra)Eduardo Nava (USA) vs Botic Van de Zandschulp(
Ned)
Court 8 (from 10am)Kamil Majchrzak (Pol)
vs Hamad Medjedovic(Ser) Lucrezia Stefanini(Ita)vs
Jil Belen Teichmann (Swi) Fabian Marozsan(Hun)vs Luca Nardi (Ita)
Olga Danilovic (Ser) vs (27)Leylah Fernandez (Can)
Court 9 (from 10am)
Victoria Mboko (Can) vs Lulu Sun (Nzl)
Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) vs Destanee Aiava (Aus)
Vit Kopriva (Cze) vs Thiago Monteiro(Bra)Jenson Brooksby (USA) vs Jaime Faria (Por)
Court 12 (from 10am)
Marton Fucsovics (Hun) vs Tristan Schoolkate(
Aus)Thiago Agustin Tirante( Arg)vs Damir Dzumhur(Bih)Iva Jovic (USA) vs Renata Zarazua (Mex)
Court 13 Laura Siegemund (Ger)
vs Anna Bondar(Hun)
Pablo Carreno-Busta(Spa )vs Francisco Comesana (Arg)
Benjamin Hassan (Lbn) vs Matteo Gigante (Ita)
Anastasia Potapova (Rus)
vs(29 )Linda Noskova(Cze)Court 14 (from 10am)
Mariano Navone (Arg) vs (28)Brandon Nakashima(U.S.A.
)( 32) Alex Michelsen (U.S.A.)
vs Francisco Cerundolo (Arg) Nina Stojanovic (Ser)
vs (16)
Amanda Anisimova (USA) (26) Marta Kostyuk (Ukr)
vs Sara Bejlek (Cze)