Day 6 as it happened - Friday May 31

Alcaraz gets past Korda

As Moutet is wrapping up against Ofner, on Chatrier Carlos Alcaraz finishes off Sebi Korda 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-3 in 2 hours and 39 minutes.

The Spanish third seed will also be back on Sunday when he'll go up against either Ben Shelton or Felix Auger-Aliassime in the last 16.

Their third round match was stopped by rain on Friday night and will be finished on Saturday. They'll resume with FAA serving for the first set at 5-4.

Moutet sets up Sinner meeting

Corentin Moutet beats Sebastian Ofner on Lenglen 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 to book a spot in the fourth round in Paris for the first time in his career. The lefty is one of two French players still going in the singles. Varvara Gracheva plays Irina-Camelia Begu in the women's third round on Saturday.

Moutet's reward is a shot at No.2 seed Jannik Sinner on Sunday. It will be the second time he's played in the fourth round at a major after reaching the last 16 in New York in 2022.

Best of Day 6

If you've missed any of Friday's action sit back and enjoy our recap of Day 6 in Paris. It's been FUN 🤩

Moutet madness on Lenglen

Corentin Moutet is conducting the French crowd on Lenglen like he's in charge of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The lefty is milking every last drop of support from his passionate capacity fan club and it looks like he's heading into the last 16, up 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 2-0 against Austria's Sebastian Ofner.

Ons in press

And here's what Ons Jabeur had to say about her passage into the last 16, thanks to a straight-sets win over Leylah Fernandez.

Iga in press

Hear what defending champion Iga Swiatek had to say after her straight-sets win over Marie Bouzkova on Friday, a victory that put her back in the fourth round in Paris.

Alcaraz up two sets to love

Carlos Alcaraz wins a BIG second set tiebreak against Sebi Korda on Chatrier and it leaves the Spaniard in control and just a set away from the fourth round.

Alcaraz started the shootout with an enormous forehand winner up the line and he finished with another on his second set point to lead the American 6-4, 7-6(5).

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Moutet on the comeback trail

It could become a special night on Lenglen. A capacity crowd have been loving every minute of Corentin Moutet working his way back into his third round match with Sebastian Ofner. The Austrian took the first 6-3, only for the French lefty to work his way back into the match by stealing the second 6-4. He's now up an early break in the third and the crowd are going WILD. This is a serious test of Ofner's composure in a Davis Cup-style atmosphere.

>> LIVE SCORES

Two matches under the lights...

More rain means all matches on courts without a roof have been postponed for the evening. That means three men's singles matches will be held-over and finished on Saturday - Hurkacz-Shapovalov, Shelton v Auger-Aliassime and Dimitrov-Bergs.

Two matches are still going on the two main show courts. Carlos Alcaraz is up a set on Sebi Korda, while Sebastian Ofner leads Frenchman Corentin Moutet also by a set on Lenglen.

>> LIVE SCORES

Night session under way

Carlos and Sebi are ready to roll...

Tsitsipas smokeshow

No.9 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas produces another strong performance in Paris, this time to brush aside China's Zhang Zhizhen 6-3, 6-3, 6-1. The Greek is into round four where he'll play Italian Matteo Arnaldi on Sunday.

He's got a busy day on Saturday first though when he'll be on Court 7 twice to play men's doubles with his brother and then mixed doubles with his girlfriend Paula Badosa.

>> SATURDAY SCHEDULE

Night and Day at Roland-Garros

Time to join host Gigi Salmon in the RG studios for a round-up of Friday's tennis and build-up to the Chatrier night session when Carlos Alcaraz faces Sebi Korda. Watch below...

Shot of the day - Matteo magic

Italian Matteo Arnaldi produced the upset of the day when he outplayed sixth seed Andrey Rublev in straight sets. This is how he converted set point to steal the opener... 🔥

The night match cometh

Third seed Carlos Alcaraz and No.27 seed Sebi Korda are due to meet on Chatrier in just under an hour.

Here's a sneak peak of what to expect.

Men's matches to come

There are still six men's third round matches to finish tonight, with Italians Jannik Sinner and Matteo Arnaldi the only two into round four so far.

On Court Suzanne-Lenglen, ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas is in control against China's Zhang Zhizhen, up a set and a break.

On Court Simonne-Mathieu, Hubert Hurkacz is leading Denis Shapovalov by a set 6-3 and they're on serve deep in the second.

On Court 14, Grigor Dimitrov has just started against Belgian qualifier Zizou Bergs.

Later Carlos Alcaraz plays Sebi Korda in the night match on Chatrier and elsewhere Ben Shelton will take on Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Corentin Moutet goes up against Austrian No.1 Sebastian Ofner.

>> LIVE SCORES

Fourth round match-ups

All eight women's third round matches in the top half of the draw are done so we now know who'll face who on Sunday in that half (the bottom half of the draw plays Saturday). Sunday's fourth round contests will be:

[1] Swiatek v Potapova

Danilovic v [5] Vondrousova

[3] Gauff v Cocciaretto

Tauson v [8] Jabeur

>> SEE THE DRAWS

Iga's happy birthday

The results are coming thick and fast and Iga Swiatek becomes the seventh player into the women’s fourth round with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Czech Marie Bouzkova on Court Philippe-Chatrier. The Polish three-time RG champion will face Anastasia Potapova in the last 16. While Swiatek was taking care of business, Potapova was wrapping things up against China’s Xinyu Wang 7-5, 6-7(6), 6-4 on Court 14.

Jabeur marches on

Tunisian star Ons Jabeur is another into the second week after negotiating a tricky test against Leylah Fernandez from Canada. This was her reaction when she sealed a 6-4, 7-6(5) win on Lenglen. The eighth seed was a point from being forced into a decider late in the second. Jabeur, a three-time major finalist, plays Denmark's Clara Tauson in the fourth round on Sunday.

Iga heading for R4

Top seed and world No.1 Iga Swiatek's birthday celebrations are looking good at the moment as she takes a one-set lead against Czech Marie Bouzkova. The three-time RG champ is up an early break in the second too.

Elsewhere, congratulations to Denmark's Clara Tauson who is into the fourth round at a major for the first time after beating former runner-up Sofia Kenin 6-2, 7-5.

And another runner-up here in recent years, Marketa Vondrousova, cruised through against French wildcard Chloe Paquet 6-1, 6-3.

More Itali-an-alysis

This time it's Dan Imhoff who was casting an eye over second seed Jannik Sinner's win over Pavel Kotov on Chatrier. Read his assessment...

>> SINNER V KOTOV: THINGS WE LEARNED

Icing on the cake?

It's not a bad way to spend your 23rd birthday - a third round Grand Slam match on one of the biggest show courts in the world. World No.1 Iga Swiatek will be looking to put the icing on the cake with a win over Czech opponent Marie Bouzkova over the next couple of hours...

>> LIVE SCORES

Itali-an-alysis

Dan Imhoff gives us his thoughts on today's win for Matteo Arnaldi.

>> ARNALDI STUNS RUBLEV ON GOOD DAY FOR ITALIANS

Forza Italia, chapter 3

Second seed Jannik Sinner makes it a hat-trick of Italians through on Friday as he joins compatriots Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Matteo Arnaldi in the Paris fourth round. His win over Pavel Kotov on Chatrier makes it ten out of ten at the majors this year following his Australian Open title in January.

Scores update

Now that brief rain shower is behind us, play on the outside courts is back under way and there are four women’s third round matches live around Roland-Garros.

On Lenglen, Ons Jabeur and Leylah Fernandez are in the early stages of their meeting.

Down the far end of the venue on Court Simonne-Mathieu, French wildcard Chloe Paquet is starting against No.5 seed Marketa Vondrousova.

On Court 7 former finalist Sofia Kenin and Dane Clara Tauson are four games into the first set and over on Court 14 Xinyu Wang is well up on Anastasia Potapova with a 5-3 lead.

>> LIVE SCORES

Day 7 schedule released

The order of play for the third-round singles matches on Saturday is out.

It promises to be another action-packed day with play getting under way at 11:00 on Suzanne-Lenglen, where Varvara Gracheva will take to court in front of a home crowd to face Irina-Camelia Begu.

Also starting at 11:00, Simonne-Mathieu hosts No.7 seed Qinwen Zheng as she bids to make the fourth round here for a second time. But she’ll have to get past Elina Avanesyan first. 

On Chatrier, Elena Rybakina begins against Elise Mertens at 12:00, before No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka faces best buddy Paula Badosa. 

And once the sun goes down and the lights come up, Novak Djokovic and Lorenzo Musetti will take to Chatrier in a reprise of their 2021 fourth round showdown. 

>> FULL SINGLES ORDER OF PLAY FOR DAY 7

Another happy Italian

Matteo Arnaldi is through to the fourth round of Roland-Garros for the first time, following compatriot Elisabetta Cocciaretto who went through earlier today.

Will they be joined by Jannik Sinner? He is currently two sets up against Pavel Kotov on Chatrier.

Sinner going strong

With Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Matteo Arnaldi already into the fourth round today, another Italian - world No.2 Jannik Sinner - is well on his way to joining them. The second seed leads Pavel Kotov 6-4, 6-4 on Chatrier.

Forza Italia as Arnaldi puts Rublev out

It’s been a good day for the Italian fans on Lenglen who have just seen Matteo Arnaldi outplay sixth seed Andrey Rublev in straight sets to move into the fourth round here for the first time.

Arnaldi edged a tight first set on a breaker before Rublev lost his head in the second. The Italian world No.35 broke in the seventh game of the third and closed out the match in style 7-6(6), 6-2, 6-4.

"I played the best tennis in my life for sure," Arnaldi told the crowd.

He’ll play China’s Zhang Zhizhen or Stefanos Tsitsipas in the last 16 on Sunday.

Coco keeps things moving

Earlier today on Chatrier, Coco Gauff put in a commanding performance against Dayana Yastremska to move into the second week of RG24.

The 20-year-old now faces Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto in her bid for a second Grand Slam title.

Alex Sharp gives us his thoughts on the match.

>> GAUFF PUSHES THROUGH FOR SECOND WEEK IN PARIS

Doubling up

In her last (and 20th) Roland-Garros, France’s Alize Cornet bowed out of the singles and has now said goodbye in women’s doubles too, as she and compatriot Fiona Ferro lost in the first round to Anna Blinkova and Arantxa Rus. 

We’ve got one more chance to see Cornet though as she’s paired with Nicolas Mahut for the mixed doubles. 

Another player we can’t quite say goodbye to is Andy Murray. The 37-year-old was knocked out in the first round by Stan Wawrinka but is back on Court 13 later today with Dan Evans to take on Sebastian Baez and Thiago Seyboth Wild. 

Brits Katie Boulter and Heather Watson are in action on Court 6 and are currently a set down, but were fighting back against Hao-Ching Chan and Veronika Kudermetova when rain interrupted play.

>> MEN’S AND WOMEN’S DOUBLES DRAWS

>> LIVE SCORES

Rublev in trouble

Over on Lenglen, we could have an upset brewing where young Italian Matteo Arnaldi has taken the first set against sixth seed Andrey Rublev 7-6(6).

Second seed Jannik Sinner is now on Chatrier against Pavel Kotov, who has beaten Cameron Norrie and Stan Wawrinka en route to round three.

>> LIVE SCORES

Qualifier Danilovic makes it six wins in Paris

For the second successive day, young Serb qualifier Olga Danilovic has produced a quite incredible fightback, this time to beat Donna Vekic for a place in the fourth round at a Grand Slam for the first time in her career.

Just 24 hours after recovering from a set and 5-3 down against Danielle Collins, Danilovic battled into the last 16 with a 0-6, 7-5, 7-6(8) victory after 3 hours and 8 minutes on Court Simonne-Mathieu.

Twice Vekic served for the match deep in the third and held a 6-2 lead in the deciding breaker, but the lefty dug in to demonstrate incredible mental strength.

Danilovic will get a day to recover on Saturday before playing either fifth seed Marketa Vondrousova or French wildcard Chloe Paquet in the last 16.

Alcaraz vs Korda tonight

Carlos Alcaraz and Sebastian Korda take to Chatrier this evening for the Day 6 night session.

Neither player is a stranger to the second week here in Paris - Alcaraz was a semi-finalist last year and Korda reached the fourth round in 2020 - and the prize for victory tonight is a fourth-round meeting with either Ben Shelton or Felix Auger-Aliassime.

It's going to be a good one.

Alix Ramsay gives us a preview of what to expect.

>> DAY 6 - UNDER THE LIGHTS: THAT WINNING SMILE

Coco into second week

Despite a brief wobble towards the end of her third round match against Dayana Yastremska, American Coco Gauff moved back into the fourth round with a solid 6-2, 6-4 win in the first match of the day on Chatrier.

The third seed was ahead a set and 5-2 but eventually finished the job to book a date with unseeded Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the last 16 on Sunday.

ASMRG is back

Shut your eyes, sit back and listen to an oh-so-relaxing "pain au chocolat."

Cocciaretto into R4

It's a day to remember for Italian world No.51 Elisabetta Cocciaretto, who beats Liudmila Samsonova 7-6(4), 6-2 on Lenglen.

Fourth round INCOMING!

Career milestone?

Making the fourth round of a major – that’s the last 16 of a 128-draw – is always a big milestone. There are eight players hoping to do that for the first time today in Paris.

Pavel Kotov, Zhang Zhizhen and Zizou Bergs are all one match win away from that breakthrough achievement in the men’s.

And in the women’s draw Elisabetta Cocciaretto, wildcard and world No.136 Chloe Paquet, Olga Danilovic, Anastasia Potapova and Clara Tauson are eyeing a Grand Slam last 16 spot for the first time.

Catch some ZZZs

The first man from China to break into the top 100, and now the first to reach the third round of a Grand Slam, Zhang Zhizhen is out there at the front of men's tennis in his homeland.

Chris Oddo finds out more about Chinese megastar 'Triple Z'.

>> GET TO KNOW 'ZZZ' ZHANG ZHIZHEN

Under way on Chatrier

Third seed Coco Gauff and Ukraine's No.30 seed Dayana Yastremska have got things started on Court Philippe-Chatrier for their third round clash.

Gauff was a finalist here in 2022, and while Yastremska made the semi-finals at the Australian Open at the start of the year, this is her deepest run here in Paris.

>> WOMEN'S SINGLES DRAW

>> LIVE SCORES

Must-see Round 3

The line-up for Round 3 is complete and it's full of top-drawer match-ups across both the men's and women's singles.

Victoria Chiesa has cast her eye over the draws and gives us her picks of some of the best.

>> POPCORN MATCHES OF ROUND 3

Rune-Cobolli highlights

In case you missed this match late last night, the highlights are well worth a few minutes of your time. Rune came back from 0-5 in the deciding breaker to somehow scramble into the third round.

Singles under way

The first two of 16 singles on Friday's schedule are under way with Lenglen and Simonne-Mathieu now with live tennis.

Liudmila Samsonova and Elisabetta Cocciaretto are in the early stages on Lenglen, while Donna Vekic is up 3-0 on qualifier Olga Danilovic on the greenhouse-enclosed Court Simonne-Mathieu.

It's Coco Gauff against Dayana Yastremska at 12 noon on Chatrier.

>> LIVE SCORES

Late-night results

With 55 matches to get through there were some late second round finishes at Roland-Garros on Thursday.

France's Varvara Gracheva made short work of her match against the USA's Bernarda Pera, completing her 6-1, 6-3 victory in under an hour to set up a meeting with Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu. Watch the highlights here.

The story was different for No.7 seed Casper Ruud, however. He needed more than four hours to get past Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, closing out the match 7-6(5), 1-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Ruud now faces Tomas Martin Etcheverry

Early start

From the slightly earlier start time of 10am today there are 12 courts under way with men’s and women’s doubles.

The first singles matches start at 11am on Court Suzanne-Lenglen and Court Simonne-Mathieu.

Coco Gauff and Dayana Yastremska get the Court Philippe-Chatrier show under way at 12 noon.

>> LIVE SCORES

Diving into Day 6

Hello and welcome to Roland-Garros on Day 6 of main draw action at the second Grand Slam of the year.

After a whopper of a day yesterday when 55 - YES, FIFTY-FIVE - singles matches were completed, things are more straightforward today.

There are 16 third round singles matches on the schedule - eight men’s and eight women’s - then another 16 on Saturday before the fourth round kicks off on Sunday. 

There are also some great doubles matches lined up on Friday, including an appearance from Andy Murray later today when he teams with fellow-Brit Dan Evans.

Have a look at the order of play below and we’ll be with you throughout the day...

>> FRIDAY ORDER OF PLAY