Day 3 as it happened - Tuesday May 28

Bublik rounds-off Day 3

Play comes to a close in Paris just a few minutes before midnight with Alexander Bublik winning in straight sets against qualifier Gregoire Barrere on Court Suzanne-Lenglen. The result sets him up with a Thursday match against Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff.

Badosa battles back

Former world No.2 Paula Badosa finishes off a thriller against Britain's Katie Boulter in front of a big Court 9 crowd, fighting back from a break down in both the second and third sets. The popular Spaniard eventually came through against the No.26 seed 4-6, 7-5, 6-4. She was a set and 4-2 down at one stage. Badosa will be back to play Yulia Putintseva who beat Sloane Stephens on Tuesday.

Media room moments

A light-hearted look at some of the press conferences the Roland-Garros winners have taken part in during the opening three days including what Alize Cornet was dreaming about on Monday night... 💭

Djokovic into R2

Just a touch after 11pm local time defending champion Novak Djokovic finishes off a straight-sets win over Pierre-Hugues Herbert on Chatrier. That second set tiebreak was the passage of play that allowed the top seed to take control of the match and he eventually went on to win 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-4 in 2 hours and 31 minutes. Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena will be the main waiting for him when he returns on Thursday.

Late-night reading...

Our team of writers has been busy reporting on some of the more significant of Tuesday's results and looking forward to Day 4 on Wednesday and which second round matches are jumping off the order of play.

Dan Imhoff takes us through Holger Rune's opening win over Brit Dan Evans
>> RUNE V EVANS - THINGS WE LEARNED

Alex Sharp tees up Kei Nishikori's contest with Ben Shelton on Day 4
>> KEI'S COMEBACK BALANCES RISK AND REWARD

Reem Abulleil has been talking to Naomi Osaka's coach Wim Fissette
>> CLAY IS PERFECT FOR DEVELOPING OSAKA'S GAME

Victoria Cheisa has hand-picked ten second round matches to look out for
>> POPCORN R2 MATCHES

Chris Oddo assessed the retiring Alize Cornet's career
>> AU REVOIR ALIZE

Alix Ramsay previews Wednesday's order of play
>> MATCH OF THE DAY SESSION

Djokovic up two sets to love

That wasn’t the most comfortable of sets for the world No.1 and he’ll be relieved to come through a second set tiebreak 7-3 to go ahead 6-4, 7-6 on French wildcard Pierre-Hugues Herbert.

The top seed was forced to serve to stay in the set twice at 4-5 and 5-6 before making a fast start in the shootout.

He needs one more set to book a spot in round two and has taken the sting out of the French crowd by winning that second set.

A treat in store

This is one not to miss: Iga Swiatek and Naomi Osaka are third up on Chatrier tomorrow.

With four Grand Slam titles apiece, both are familiar with the lofty heights at the top of the rankings. Iga's there at the moment, Naomi is making her way back. Alix Ramsay gives us her thoughts.

>> DAY 4 - MATCH OF THE DAY SESSION: CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS

Score updates...

We’re around 45 minutes into Novak Djokovic’s first match of the tournament and he’s a set to the good against Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4 on Chatrier.

On Court Suzanne-Lenglen Holger Rune has just wrapped up victory against Dan Evans 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

Across at Court Simonne-Mathieu Victoria Azarenka is hurrying to a win against Nadia Podoroska. The former world No.1 leads 6-1, 5-0.

And there’s a thriller playing out on Court 14 where David Goffin and Saturday’s French ATP Lyon champ Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard are locked at 2-2 in the fifth set.

>> LIVE SCORES

Novak's title defence under way

The third night session of the tournament is about to get under way as Novak Djokovic and Pierre-Hugues Herbert step onto Court Philippe-Chatrier for their first round match.

Djokovic is the defending champion, a former three-time winner here and this is where his bid for a 25th major begins – against the French wildcard and world No.142.

>> LIVE SCORES

Night and Day at RG

It’s time to start building up to the night match in Paris when three-time champion Novak Djokovic faces French wildcard Pierre-Hugues Herbert on Chatrier. They will walk at approximately 8.15pm local time.

Join presenter Gigi Salmon on the ‘Night and Day at Roland-Garros’ evening show below or on the official Roland-Garros YouTube channel from 8pm sharp.

Wednesday order of play

Tomorrow's schedule has dropped, the first day of second round matches in Paris.

In the day session on Court Philippe-Chatrier Caroline Garcia, Carlos Alcaraz and the Iga Swiatek-Naomi Osaka matches take centre stage.

The night session sees Jannik Sinner face French veteran Richard Gasquet.

Stefanos Tsitsipas, Ons Jabeur, Andrey Rublev and Coco Gauff all play on Lenglen on Day 4 of main draw tennis.

>> FULL WEDNESDAY ORDER OF PLAY

State of play...

Now we’ve got live tennis on all courts after a wet start to Tuesday, let’s take you through some of the more significant scores. On Lenglen, Dan Evans and 13th seed Holger Rune are in the early stages of their first round match.

Some winners this afternoon include Alex De Minaur, Arthur Rinderknech and Tomas Machac in the men’s draw while Petra Martic (pictured below), Elise Mertens, Arantxa Rus, Anna Blinkova and Elina Avanesyan are all into round two in the women’s singles.

Some of the names on court right now as we head into Tuesday evening include Madison Keys, Jan Lennard Struff and Taylor Fritz.

>> LIVE SCORES

Sabalenka sparkles

The No.2 seed was fizzing on Chatrier earlier today, employing her usual power hitting but also mixing in a variety of other shots to confound 19-year-old Erika Andreeva for the loss of just three games.

Chris Oddo gives us his thoughts on Sabalenka's dominant performance.

>> SABALENKA VS ANDREEVA: THINGS WE LEARNED

Djokovic vs Herbert promo

To get you in the mood ahead of the third evening session of the tournament, enjoy our Djokovic-Herbert promo below. They walk on court at approximately 8.15pm local time when the Serbian defending champion will begin his bid for a 4th Roland-Garros title and a 25th Grand Slam singles trophy.

Novak in the house

World No.1 Novak Djokovic is a couple of hours away from stepping back onto the Chatrier clay to face French wildcard Pierre-Hugues Herbert. The Serb top seed has just arrived at RG...

Kasatkina wins on Lenglen

No.10 seed and former semi-finalist Daria Kasatkina only needed a couple of sets to get past Poland's Magdalena Frech on Court Suzanne-Lenglen 7-5, 6-1. Next on that court under the roof Holger Rune will tackle British player Dan Evans.

Staying with the women's draw, the highlights of Aryna Sabalenka's victory over Erika Andreeva are now available. You can enjoy those below.

If it works...

Aryna Sabalenka's habit of signing her coach Jason Stacy's head before each match has turned into quite the ritual.

Dating back to this year's successful run to the Australian Open title, she first did it before her opening match against German qualifier Ella Seidel. She won that encounter and so who would rock the boat by changing things up?

"After I won, I told Jason, ‘Well, I guess it’s a routine right now.'"

Aryna into R2

Second seed Aryna Sabalenka outclassed Erika Andreeva 6-1, 6-2 under the Chatrier roof to get her first win on the board this year in Paris. As well as her trademark power, the world No.2 demonstrated some nice variety during 68 minutes on court. Good start to her tournament.

Cornet press conference

If you've been following the Alize Cornet goodbye story today here's what she said to the assembled press after she retired from tennis earlier. Read Chris Oddo's assessment of her career below.

>> AU REVOIR, ALIZE

Demon in a hurry

Alex de Minaur is two sets up in just over an hour having taken the second set 6-0 in his first round match against Alex Michelsen on Court Simonne-Matthieu. 

Maybe the Australian No.11 seed has somewhere to be, but he’s not hanging about. 

Sabalenka smokeshow

No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka is charging towards the second round on Chatrier. The world No.2 flew through the opening set 6-1 in half an hour under the roof against Erika Andreeva.

Zheng-Cornet highlights

If you missed some of the early action, Alize Cornet said an emotional goodbye to the sport when she lost the final match of her career to China's Qinwen Zheng on Chatrier. Check out the key moments from that one below.

We're on!

Play is under way on the outside courts. It's pretty grey out there but spirits are high.

On Court Simonne-Matthieu, Alex de Minaur is wasting no time and is 4-0 after 20 minutes against 19-year-old Alex Michelsen of the USA.

Over on Court 7, No.25 seed Elise Mertens has also made a fast start and is 4-0 up against Argentinian Maria Lourdes Carle.
We'll bring you news of other matches throughout the afternoon.

Win for Etcheverry

Tomas Martin Etcheverry sealed the win against 21-year-old Frenchman Arthur Cazaux with a 6-4 final set.

The Argentinian, a quarter-finalist here in 2023, must now wait to find out whether he'll be playing another Frenchman in Arthur Rinderknech, or world No.96 wildcard from Australia Adam Walton.

Rinkerknech currently leads Walton 3-1 on Court 6.

Ruud is thruu

Casper Ruud has secured his place in the second round with a straight sets win over Brazilian qualifier Felipe Meligeni Alves on Chatrier.

The two-time Roland-Garros finalist will now face either Alejandro Davidovich Fokina or Valentin Vacherot. 

And here’s a nugget for you: at Bastad in 1995, Meligeni Alves’ uncle Fernando Meligeni beat Ruud's father (and coach) Christian for one of his three titles 🤩

Encore!

The rain has meant we’ve been short on actual tennis today, but if you’re having withdrawal symptoms, here’s a bit of a recap of what happened yesterday at Roland-Garros. 

The story of the day was undoubtedly Rafa’s first round meeting with Alexander Zverev on Chatrier. The 14-time trophy winner here has hinted that this may have been his last appearance but is keeping us all guessing. Even so, some of his contemporaries on the men’s and women’s tour have had plenty to say about the King of Clay, as have some who have faced him in the finals at Roland-Garros.

>> SHOT OF THE DAY: RAFAEL NADAL
>> GALLERY: BEST OF RAFA AT RG2024

In other action, Iga Swiatek made a storming start to her campaign, as did Jannik Sinner and Coco Gauff. 

Late into the evening Gael Monfils thrilled the crowds on Chatrier with a win against Thiago Seyboth Wild, while over on Court Simonne-Matthieu Daniil Medvedev booked his place in the second round (and a match-up with Miomir Kecmanovic) with victory over Germany’s Dominik Koepfer.

>> ALL THE SCORES
>> GALLERY: BEST OF DAY 2

Play at 4pm?

A quick update on the weather. It's much drier around the grounds now and we're hearing from our friends on Roland-Garros Radio (click the radio icon at the top of the page or app to tune in) that we could have tennis on the outside courts at 4pm 🤞

Etcheverry bossing Cazaux

Things were looking pretty good for home hope Arthur Cazaux when he took the opening set against 28th seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry on Lenglen only for the Argentine to slowly take control of the match.

The 24-year-old South American has smoked his way through sets two and three to lead 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 to put himself a set away from a second round meeting with either another Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech or Aussie Adam Walton.

Ruud ruling the roost

Casper Ruud has taken the first set 6-3 on Chatrier against Felipe Meligeni Alves.

The Norwegian won his first four service games to love, and is currently 2-0 up in the second set.

>> ALL THE SCORES

Over on Lenglen...

No.28 seed and 2023 quarter-finalist Tomas Martin Etcheverry has taken the second set to level up against French world No.77 Arthur Cazaux. 

Cazaux sped to an early lead against the Argentine in his bid to make the Roland-Garros second round for the third time of asking. 

A match-up against either Arthur Rinderknech or Australian qualifier Adam Walton awaits the winner.

>> MEN'S SINGLES DRAW

Next up Ruud

No. 7 seed Casper Ruud takes to Chatrier fresh from lifting the silverware in Geneva last week.

He faces Brazilian qualifier Felipe Meligeni Alves for a place in the second round and a match-up against either Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina or Monagesque qualifier Valentin Vacherot. 

>> ALL THE SCORES

Cornet appreciation

How's this for a send-off?

It's all in the bounce

The Ping Pong Pan Challenge is back...

Cornet waves goodbye

The tears start to flow for Alize Cornet on Court Philippe-Chatrier as the enormity of the occasion starts to sink in. Her 6-2 6-1 defeat to China’s 7th seed Qinwen Zheng brings the curtain down on a career spanning two decades since she first appeared in Paris as a 15-year-old wildcard in 2005.

Today’s first round appearance means the Frenchwoman ends her career holding one of the most impressive Open Era records in the sport - she says goodbye to tennis having played a staggering 69 consecutive Grand Slam singles draws, a run that began in Australia in 2007.

Twice having enjoyed adventures to the fourth round here at Roland-Garros, the 34-year-old won six WTA trophies, reached a career-best ranking of 11 and enjoyed a Grand Slam best effort of a quarter-final finish in Australia in 2022.

The right-hander also had the knack of springing a surprise against top players, and none was more dramatic than her win over Serena Williams at Wimbledon in 2014. She beat another world No.1 – Iga Swiatek – on Wimbledon’s grass two years ago to snap the Pole’s 37-match win streak.

Zheng up a set

Playing the last tournament of her career, French wildcard Alize Cornet is finding it tough going against Qinwen Zheng, who reached her first Grand Slam final in Australia in January. The Chinese seventh seed quickly finished off the first set 6-2.

Over on Lenglen the second match of the day is under way with Frenchman Arthur Cazaux trying to use some decent crowd support to get past Argentine 28th seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry. They're in the early stages...

>> LIVE SCORES

Rybakina ready to rule?

She did it once before at Wimbledon in 2022, and the Kazakh's first-round victory against Greet Minnen had all the hallmarks of a title contender.

Alex Sharp takes a look at the match, the world No.4's performance, and what it says about her prospects at Roland-Garros 2024.

>> RYBAKINA V MINNEN: THINGS WE LEARNED

Rybakina through

No.4 seed Elena Rybakina moved through to the second round in just 73 minutes on Court Suzanne-Lenglen, beating Belgium's Greet Minnen 6-2, 6-4 to set up a meeting with either Angelique Kerber or Arantxa Rus.

Asked about the need to adjust her play to the day's damp conditions, she seemed unfazed. "That's tennis" she replied.

>> ALL THE RESULTS

Mixing it up

The mixed doubles are always a great favourite at the Slams and there’ll be a hint of romance in the air when play gets going on Wednesday. 

Tennis sweethearts Stefanos Tsitsipas and Paula Badosa – or ‘Tsitsidosa’ to fans –  get their campaign under way against Japan’s Ena Shibahara and the USA’s Nathaniel Lammons, while Ugo Humbert and girlfriend Tessah Andrianjafitrimo have the daunting task of facing No.1 seeds Australians Ellen Perez and Matthew Ebden. 

>> CHECK OUT THE FULL MIXED DOUBLES DRAW

Chatrier under way

Time to focus on the main show court here – Court Philippe-Chatrier – as Tuesday’s programme gets under way at 12 noon local.

First up it’s Frenchwoman Alize Cornet – playing the last tournament of her career – taking on Chinese No.7 seed Qinwen Zheng in what will be an emotional goodbye if Cornet doesn't get the win.

Later, No.7 seed Casper Ruud and women’s second seed Aryna Sabalenka feature on that court and tonight Novak Djokovic begins his bid for a 25th major when he plays French wildcard Pierre-Hugues Herbert.

>> UNDER THE LIGHTS: DJOKOVIC V HERBERT

Fingers crossed for sunshine 

If the skies clear, the men’s doubles will get started today. 

Rohan Bopanna, who in January at age 43 became the oldest world No.1 in men’s tennis, partners with Australia’s Matthew Ebden as No.2 seeds to take on Marton Fucsovics and Emil Ruusuvuori. 

There’s an all-French pairing of Richard Gasquet and Hugo Gaston scheduled for the start of play on Court 3, and No.3 seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury hope to get their campaign under way on Court 2. 

We’ll keep you posted, but in the meantime check out the full men’s doubles draw. 

Rybakina rolling

No.4 seed in the women's draw Elena Rybakina has taken control on Lenglen after a slow start against Belgian Greet Minnen.

The former Wimbledon champion lost the first two games before rattling off six on the bounce to take the opener 6-2. Currently that's the only match on court (under the new Lenglen roof) as rain continues to fall in Paris...

A quick catch-up

There were a few late finishers last night you may have missed.  

Gael Monfils thrilled the crowds on Chatrier, getting past Brazil’s Thiago Seyboth Wild in four rollercoaster sets. 

And it was well after midnight on Court Simonne-Matthieu when Daniil Medvedev put the finishing touches on his victory over Dominik Koepfer. Check out the highlights.

>> ALL THE RESULTS

Listen to Roland-Garros Radio

Another quick shout-out to our friends working hard to keep fans around the world up-to-date with ball-by-ball commentary, news, results and interviews from first ball until last every day in Paris on the official radio service.

The team is led by experienced British broadcaster Gigi Salmon who also presents the 'Night and Day at Roland-Garros' show at 8pm local time on the official Roland-Garros YouTube channel each day.

Look for the radio button at the top of the website and app, click on that icon and away you go - you can stay connected throughout the day.

>> ROLAND-GARROS YOUTUBE

And we're off...

It's currently drizzling here in Paris ☔ and the courts are still covered. 

We’ll bring you all the updates when play starts, but with two show courts under cover we’re still in for an action-packed day of tennis. 

Getting started right now under the roof of Suzanne-Lenglen are No.4 seed Elena Rybakina who faces Belgium’s Greet Minnen. 

Bonjour!

Welcome to Day 3 of Roland-Garros 2024. 

It’s the final day of the first round of men’s and women’s singles – with the likes of No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka and French fan favourite Alize Cornet taking to Court Philippe-Chatrier. 

Men’s No.1 seed Novak Djokovic headlines tonight's evening session, meeting wildcard Pierre-Hugues Herbert. 

>> ORDER OF PLAY – TUESDAY 28 May
>> MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SINGLES DRAWS