PARIS (Reuters) -Highlights of the eighth day at the French Open on Sunday (times GMT):
0910 PLAY UNDER WAY
Play began under partly cloudy skies with the temperature hovering around 20 degrees Celsius.
Last year’s runner-up, Italian Jasmine Paolini seeded fourth, takes on Ukrainian 13th seed Elina Svitolina in the women’s fourth round on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
Women’s top seed Aryna Sabalenka and men’s defending champion Carlos Alcaraz are both facing American opponents.
Four-times champion Iga Swiatek will take on Elena Rybakina later on Philippe-Chatrier.
FRENCH OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON SUNDAY (prefix number denotes seeding):
COURT PHILIPPE-CHATRIER (Play begins at 0900 GMT)
4-Jasmine Paolini (Italy) v 13-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)
12-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) v 5-Iga Swiatek (Poland)
13-Ben Shelton (U.S.) v 2-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
8-Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) v 10-Holger Rune (Denmark)
COURT SUZANNE-LENGLEN (Play begins at 0900 GMT)
25-Alexei Popyrin (Australia) v 12-Tommy Paul (U.S.)
19-Liudmila Samsonova (Russia) v 8-Zheng Qinwen (China)
1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v 16-Amanda Anisimova (U.S.)
15-Frances Tiafoe (U.S.) v Daniel Altmaier (Germany)
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(Reporting by Shifa Jahan in Bengaluru)
