PARIS (Reuters) -Highlights of the third day at the French Open on Tuesday (times GMT):
0910 PLAY UNDERWAY
Play began under cloudy skies with the temperature at Roland Garros hovering around 15 degrees Celsius. Light showers are forecast at night.
Russian 11th seed Daniil Medvedev plays his first-round match against Briton Cameron Norrie on Court Simonne-Mathieu. Last year’s semi-finalist, 18-year-old Russian Mirra Andreeva takes on Cristina Bucsa on Court Suzanne-Lenglen.
Former runners-up Coco Gauff and Alexander Zverev will begin their quest for a first French Open crown and Novak Djokovic launches his bid to claim a 25th Grand Slam title.
FRENCH OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON TUESDAY (prefix number denotes seeding)
COURT PHILIPPE-CHATRIER (play begins at 1000 GMT)
Varvara Gracheva (France) v 31-Sofia Kenin (U.S.)
Olivia Gadecki (Australia) v 2-Coco Gauff (U.S.)
Mackenzie McDonald (U.S.) v Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Gael Monfils (France) v Hugo Dellien (Bolivia)
COURT SUZANNE-LENGLEN (play begins at 0900 GMT)
6-Mirra Andreeva (Russia) v Cristina Bucsa (Spain)
3-Alexander Zverev (Germany) v Learner Tien (U.S.)
Anca Todoni (Romania) v 3-Jessica Pegula (U.S.)
Mattia Bellucci (Italy) v 5-Jack Draper (Britain)
COURT SIMONNE-MATHIEU (play begins at 0900 GMT)
11-Daniil Medvedev (Russia) v Cameron Norrie (Britain)
25-Magdalena Frech (Poland) v Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)
Corentin Moutet (France) v Clement Tabur (France)
14-Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic) v Alycia Parks (U.S.)
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(Reporting by Shifa Jahan in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)
