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Estonia's Anett Kontaveit has parted ways with coach Glenn Schaap and will begin a trial with Nigel Sears. Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit has ended a successful two-year run with coach Glenn Schaap, and will begin a three-month trial with Nigel Sears.

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Kontaveit won her first WTA title at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (2017) while working with Schaap and reached a total of three WTA finals. Kontaveit rose to her current perch at 24 in the world, where she currently sits.

"Working with Glenn certainly helped me achieve a much better physical form. He taught me to use my serve arsenal better. While working with him I learned to know and trust my own game and techniques,“ commented Kontaveit in a statement.

Kontaveit has already begun working with Sears and he will join her at ‘s-Hertogenbosch next week.

61-year-old Sears has formerly coached Amanda Coetzer, Barbara Schett, Daniela Hantuchova, Maria Kirilenko, Ana Ivanovic and Ekaterina Makarova.

Kontaveit had a fantastic spring, reaching the semis at Stuttgart and Rome and making the second week at Roland Garros before falling to Sloane Stephens.

The German ran out of steam today but he's pleased with how far he came and what might come next.

Alexander Zverev is bitterly disappointed that he couldn’t do more in his first Grand Slam quarterfinal on Tuesday in Paris. But the 21-year-old German is also buoyed by the belief that he is now ready to step up on the game’s biggest stages. Zverev won three straight five-setters in Paris and reached his first career quarterfinal at a major, answering a lot of questions about his ability to back up his exceptional results at the Masters 1000 events.

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Unfortunately on Tuesday Zverev paid the price of doing all that hard work in his last three matches and came up lame in the first set against Dominic Thiem. He suffered throughout the straight-sets defeat but was not at 100 percent and thus susceptible to the grinding game of Thiem over the course of the Austrian’s 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 win.

Did he think about pulling the plug after injuring his left hamstring early in the first set?

“I definitely thought about it,” Zverev told reporters, “but I didn’t want to pull out for the first time in my career in a Grand Slam quarterfinal.”

He added: “I knew I’m not going to win the match. There was no way for me. I could barely move. I couldn’t serve, I couldn’t really do anything. But I still wanted to finish the match and give the credit to Dominic—he deserves to be in the semifinals and [I wanted the match to] end on a loss and not on a retirement.”

Despite the loss, Zverev has taken a major step in his development, and he clearly took much solace from his three marathon wins earlier in the tournament.

"It showed I'm physically one of the strongest players," he said. "I can last very long. I can last five-set matches in a row, how I showed. Unfortunately an injury held me back.”

The next step is very much within reach, says Zverev, who at just 21 has only played 12 Grand Slams in his young career.

"This is a very positive week for me,” he said. “My first quarter. I lost to a great player. I was hurt a little bit. So who knows? Who knows what could have happened?"

The Serb things players should take part in the discussion about when to water the courts at Roland Garros. Novak Djokovic is finding his footing in 2018 after a long period of difficulty that saw him undergo elbow surgery, experience disarray with his coaching team and struggle with his form. The last thing he needs is to lose his footing on the red clay just when his game is coming together.

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That’s why he was upset when Court Philippe-Chatrier groundcrews elected not to water the court after the first set of his round of 16 victory over Fernando Verdasco on Sunday. Both Djokovic and Verdasco felt that the clay was slippery (and reportedly Rafael Nadal has said that he feels the clay was more slippery this year than in other seasons) and could have used some water, but they were not involved in the conversation about when to water the courts.

After the match Djokovic explained why he was frustrated with the decision.

“What I don’t like is that there is no participation of the players,” Djokovic told reporters. “So they don’t ask players—we are the ones who are playing and sliding and not sliding, so we can give them the most important feedback. It doesn’t seem like they care too much about our opinion, and that’s something I don’t like.”

You can hear the full press conference below:

@DjokerNole respect spoken for Verdasco and more – Congrats Nole https://t.co/R1Jp7KJqTA via @LiveSportsFM

— ❤️ Nole Fan (@suvonafarm) June 3, 2018

Djokovic had a calm discussion with the chair umpire early in the second set, and expressed similar views on court.

“If we reach the consensus that we should water or not, that’s okay with me." He said in press. "If majority decides that it shouldn’t be watered, I’ll be okay with the decision. But I think we deserve to be part of it.”

The German is getting ready for another five-setter ahead of his first ever major quarterfinal.

           Alexander Zverev              told reporters on Sunday in Paris that he’s expecting another five-setter when he faces  Dominic   Thiem  in quarterfinal action on Tuesday.

More #RG18: Stephens Storms into QF | Serena Throws Book at Maria | Day 9 Roland Garros Schedule

And if his expectations are met, the 21-year-old German says he’ll be ready.

“I’m not concerned,” said Zverev. “Mentally definitely not, because I’m in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam—if you’re mentally fatigued than something is wrong with you.”

Zverev says that stamina won’t be a problem either.

“Physically obviously it’s not easy to play back-to-back-to-back five-set matches,” Zverev said. “But I’ll manage it somehow, I’ll do everything I can to recover. … And I’ll make sure to be ready in two day’s time.”

The World No.3 has achieved several career firsts this week in Paris, and removed a few monkeys from his back. He defeated a Top 50 player for the first time at a major in the third round when he defeated Damir Dzumhur (he was previously 0-7), and on Sunday he booked a spot in his first Grand Slam quarterfinal (in his 12th major) with his 4-6, 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 over Russia’s Karen Khachanov.

"I'm very happy about being in the quarter-finals here, going the hard way, going long distance every single time and showing myself,showing everybody, that I can play for as long as I need to," said Zverev.

On Tuesday the stakes will be higher when Zverev faces one of the best clay-courters in the world in Thiem. The Austrian, into a third straight quarterfinal at Roland Garros after defeating Kei Nishikori in four sets on Sunday, fell to Zverev in this year’s Madrid final but owns the 4-2 lifetime edge over his rival.

Thiem also took their only meeting at a major in 2016 when he defeated Zverev in four sets in the third round at Roland Garros. Four of their previous six meeting have gone to a deciding third set, but the pair have never gone the distance in a best-of-five format.

Playing 18 sets in four matches at the most grueling Grand Slam is certainly not a good plan, but it seems to have worked for Zverev until now. He’ll certainly not lack belief after what he’s gone through in Paris. Zverev came to Roland Garros on a three-match losing streak in five-setters at the majors. Now he is the eighth player in Roland Garros history to ever win three straight consecutive five-setters.

Alexander Zverev becomes 8th man in Open Era to win 3 straight matches in 5 sets at @RolandGarros.
* Alexander Zverev 2018
* @TRobredo 2013
* @Gael_Monfils 2006
* @AlbertCostilla 2003
* @GugaKuerten 1997
* @RichardKrajicek 1993
* Eliot Teltscher 1979
* Rolf Gehring 1978

— ATP Media Info (@ATPMediaInfo) June 3, 2018

If Zverev has his way, by Tuesday night he’ll have become the first player in ATP history to have won four straight five-setters at a major. It’s hard to fathom that this was a player labelled for underperforming at the majors and lacking the physicality to excel in the best-of-five matches.

Things change fast in the what-have-you-done-for-me-lately world of high stakes tennis.

Zverev is well on his way to establishing himself as a clutch performer at the majors now. And he’s still got more to prove.

“I’m expecting another five-set match,” said Zverev. “I’ll get myself ready for that.”

Day 9 of Roland Garros features Simona Halep, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams on Chatrier

Court Philippe-Chatrier
Play starts at 11am
Simona HALEP (ROU) [1] vs Elise MERTENS (BEL) [16]
Not before 12pm
Daria KASATKINA (RUS) [14] vs Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [2]
To be completed: Kasatkina leads 7-6(5) 3-3
Rafael NADAL (ESP) [1] vs Maximilian MARTERER (GER)
Serena WILLIAMS (USA) vs Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) [28]
Marin CILIC (CRO) [3] vs Fabio FOGNINI (ITA) [18]

Court Suzanne-Lenglen
Play starts at 11am
Diego SCHWARTZMAN (ARG) [11] vs Kevin ANDERSON (RSA) [6]
Angelique KERBER (GER) [12] vs Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [7]
John ISNER (USA)[9] vs Juan Martin DEL POTRO (ARG) [5]
Garbiñe MUGURUZA (ESP) [3] vs Lesia TSURENKO (UKR)

Court 1
Play starts at 11am
Feliciano LOPEZ (ESP) & Marc LOPEZ (ESP) [12] vs Henri KONTINEN (FIN) & John PEERS (AUS) [3]
Timea BABOS (HUN) & Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) [1] vs Nicole MELICHAR (USA) & Kveta PESCHKE (CZE) [13]
Steve JOHNSON (USA) & Jack SOCK (USA) vs Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA) & Nicolas MAHUT (FRA) [6]

Court 4
Play starts at 11am
Jesper DE JONG (NED) vs Daniel MICHALSKI (POL)
Alexa NOEL (USA) [4] vs Iga SWIATEK (POL)
Yanki EREL (TUR) or George LOFFHAGEN (GBR) vs Deney WASSERMANN (NED)
Maria Lourdes CARLE (ARG) [12] vs Gergana TOPALOVA (BUL)
Baptiste ANSELMO (FRA) & Emilien VOISIN (FRA) vs Tristan BOYER (USA) & George LOFFHAGEN (GBR)

Court 5
Play starts at 11am
Hong Yi Cody WONG (HKG) vs Qinwen ZHENG (CHN) [11]
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP) vs Jack DRAPER (GBR)
Yuki NAITO (JPN) [10] vs Katie VOLYNETS (USA)
Eleonora MOLINARO (LUX) [6] vs Elina AVANESYAN (RUS)
Chloe BECK (USA) & Taisya PACHKALEVA (RUS) vs Dalayna HEWITT (USA) & Peyton STEARNS (USA)

Court 6
Play starts at 11am
Diane PARRY (FRA) vs Elisabetta COCCIARETTO (ITA) [9]
Harold MAYOT (FRA) vs Chun Hsin TSENG (TPE) [4]
Sebastian BAEZ (ARG) [1] vs Naoki TAJIMA (JPN)
Mariam DALAKISHVILI (GEO) or Clara BUREL (FRA) [13] vs Sofya LANSERE (RUS)
Harold MAYOT (FRA) & Valentin ROYER (FRA) vs Nick HARDT (DOM) & Filip Cristian JIANU (ROU) [7]
Mylene HALEMAI (FRA) & Manon LEONARD (FRA) vs Joanna GARLAND (TPE) & En-Shuo LIANG (TPE) [4]

Court 7
Play starts at 11am
Eri HOZUMI (JPN) & Makoto NINOMIYA (JPN) vs Gabriela DABROWSKI (CAN) & Yifan XU (CHN) [5]
Anna-Lena GROENEFELD (GER) & Robert FARAH (COL) [8] vs Abigail SPEARS (USA) & Juan Sebastian CABAL (COL)
G.DABROWSKI (CAN ) / M.PAVIC (CRO) [1] or A.SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE ) / E.ROGER-VASSELIN (FRA) vs K.MLADENOVIC (FRA ) / A.MUSIALEK (FRA) or D.SCHUURS (NED ) / M.MIDDELKOOP (NED)

Court 8
Play starts at 11am
Alexey ZAKHAROV (RUS) vs Clement TABUR (FRA) [12]
Oksana SELEKHMETEVA (RUS) vs Mylene HALEMAI (FRA)
Cori GAUFF (USA) [16] vs Sada NAHIMANA (BDI)
Joao Lucas REIS DA SILVA (BRA) vs Jaimee Floyd ANGELE (FRA)
Sergey FOMIN (UZB) Tao MU (CHN) vs Facundo DIAZ ACOSTA (ARG) & Thiago Agustin TIRANTE (ARG)

Court 9
Play starts at 11am
Loudmilla BENCHEIKH (FRA) vs Moyuka UCHIJIMA (JPN)
Antoine CORNUT-CHAUVINC (FRA) vs Aidan MCHUGH (GBR) [13]
Jiri LEHECKA (CZE) or Stefan PALOSI (ROU) vs Valentin ROYER (FRA) or Sebastian KORDA (USA) [2]
Himari SATO (JPN) or Andreea PRISACARIU (ROU) vs Olympe LANCELOT (FRA) or Xiyu WANG (CHN) [8]
Jack DRAPER (GBR) & Rinky HIJIKATA (AUS) vs Aidan MCHUGH (GBR) & Timofey SKATOV (KAZ) [3]

Court 12
Play starts at 11am
Yshai OLIEL (ISR) vs Carlos LOPEZ MONTAGUD (ESP)
Caty MCNALLY (USA) vs Lulu SUN (SUI) [14]
Filip Cristian JIANU (ROU) or Carlos SANCHEZ JOVER (ESP) vs Kyrian JACQUET (FRA) or Drew BAIRD (USA) [16]
Francesca CURMI (MLT) & Melania DELAI (ITA) vs Ana MAKATSARIA (GEO) & Alexa NOEL (USA) [7]
Sebastian BAEZ (ARG) & Thiago SEYBOTH WILD (BRA) [1] vs Sebastian KORDA (USA) & Emilio NAVA (USA)
Caty MCNALLY (USA) & Iga SWIATEK (POL) vs Sada NAHIMANA (BDI) & Maria Gabriela RIVERA CORADO (GUA)

Court 14
Play starts at 11am
Adrian ANDREEV (BUL) [7] vs Arthur CAZAUX (FRA)
En-Shuo LIANG (TPE)[1] vs Dalayna HEWITT (USA)
Emma RADUCANU (GBR) or Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS) vs Viktoriya KANAPATSKAYA (BLR) or Clara TAUSON (DEN) [5]
Maxence BEAUGE (FRA) & Antoine CORNUT-CHAUVINC (FRA) vs Juan Manuel CERUNDOLO (ARG) & Tyler ZINK (USA)
Gabriella PRICE (USA) & Moyuka UCHIJIMA (JPN) vs Viktoriya KANAPATSKAYA (BLR) & Oksana SELEKHMETEVA (RUS)

Round of 16 action begins on Sunday in Paris, with Novak Djokovic, Dominic Thiem, Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens headlning Chatrier. Court Philippe-Chatrier
Play starts at 11am
Madison KEYS (USA) [13] vs Mihaela BUZARNESCU (ROU) [31]
Dominic THIEM (AUT) [7] vs Kei NISHIKORI (JPN) [19]
Anett KONTAVEIT (EST) [25] vs Sloane STEPHENS (USA) [10]
Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) [20] vs Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) [30]

Court Suzanne-Lenglen
Play starts at 11am
Karen KHACHANOV (RUS) vs Alexander ZVEREV (GER) [2]
Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [26] vs Yulia PUTINTSEVA (KAZ)
David GOFFIN (BEL)[8] vs Marco CECCHINATO (ITA)
Daria KASATKINA (RUS) [14] vs Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [2]

Court 1
Play starts at 11am
Sorana CIRSTEA (ROU) & Sara SORRIBES TORMO (ESP) vs Hao-Ching CHAN (TPE) & Zhaoxuan YANG (CHN) [8]
Maximo GONZALEZ (ARG) & Nicolas JARRY (CHI) vs Calvin HEMERY (FRA) & Stephane ROBERT (FRA)
Robin HAASE (NED) & Matwe MIDDELKOOP (NED) vs Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA) & Nicolas MAHUT (FRA) [6] To be completed: Haase/Middelkoop lead 5-4
Venus WILLIAMS (USA) & Serena WILLIAMS (USA) vs IC.BEGU (ROU ) / Q.WANG (CHN) or A.KLEPAC (SLO ) / MJ.MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP) [3]

Court 18
Play starts at 11am
Shuai ZHANG (CHN) & John PEERS (AUS) vs Nicole MELICHAR (USA) & Alexander PEYA (AUT)
Juan Sebastian CABAL (COL) & Robert FARAH (COL) [5] vs Wesley KOOLHOF (NED) & Artem SITAK (NZL)
Barbora KREJCIKOVA (CZE) & Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE) [6] vs Kiki BERTENS (NED) & Johanna LARSSON (SWE) [9]
Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) & Alexis MUSIALEK (FRA) vs Demi SCHUURS (NED) & Matwe MIDDELKOOP (NED)

Court 4
Play starts at 11am
Yuki NAITO (JPN) [10] vs Margaryta BILOKIN (UKR)
Juan Manuel CERUNDOLO (ARG) [14] vs Joao Lucas REIS DA SILVA (BRA)
Naoki TAJIMA (JPN) vs Marko MILADINOVIC (SRB)
Olympe LANCELOT (FRA) vs Xiyu WANG (CHN) [8]
Himari SATO (JPN) vs Andreea PRISACARIU (ROU)

Court 5
Play starts at 11am
Natasha SUBHASH (USA) vs Gergana TOPALOVA (BUL)
Cannon KINGSLEY (USA) vs Jonas FOREJTEK (CZE)
Caty MCNALLY (USA) vs Francesca CURMI (MLT)
Peyton STEARNS (USA) vs Kamilla RAKHIMOVA (RUS)
Gabriella PRICE (USA) vs Joanna GARLAND (TPE)

Court 6
Play starts at 11am
Nick HARDT (DOM) vs Hugo GASTON (FRA) [5]
Eleonora MOLINARO (LUX) [6] vs Manon LEONARD (FRA)
Sebastian BAEZ (ARG) [1] vs Mathys ERHARD (FRA)
Sofya LANSERE (RUS) vs Clara BUREL (FRA) [13]
Valentin ROYER (FRA) vs Sebastian KORDA (USA) [2]

Court 7
Play starts at 11am
Vania KING (USA) & Franko SKUGOR (CRO) vs Latisha CHAN (TPE) & Ivan DODIG (CRO) [2]
Marcelo AREVALO (ESA) & Jamie CERRETANI (USA) vs Oliver MARACH (AUT) & Mate PAVIC (CRO) [2]
Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO) & Irina KHROMACHEVA (RUS) vs Lara ARRUABARRENA (ESP) & Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO)
Gabriela DABROWSKI (CAN) & Mate PAVIC (CRO) [1] vs Andrea SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE) & Edouard ROGER-VASSELIN (FRA)

Court 8
Play starts at 11am
Rayane ROUMANE (FRA) vs Wojciech MAREK (POL)
Katie VOLYNETS (USA) vs Yasmine MANSOURI (FRA)
Cori GAUFF (USA)[16] vs Stefania ROGOZINSKA DZIK (POL)
Deney WASSERMANN (NED) vs George LOFFHAGEN (GBR)
Kyrian JACQUET (FRA) vs Drew BAIRD (USA)[16]
Simona WALTERT (SUI) vs Salma DJOUBRI (FRA)

Court 9
Play starts at 11am
Maria Lourdes CARLE (ARG) [12] vs Elsa JACQUEMOT (FRA)
Trey HILDERBRAND (USA) vs Jaimee Floyd ANGELE (FRA)
Tristan BOYER (USA)[11] vs Luka PAVLOVIC (FRA)
Andrew FENTY (USA) vs Admir KALENDER (CRO)
Alice TUBELLO (FRA) vs Taisya PACHKALEVA (RUS)
Maria Gabriela RIVERA CORADO (GUA) vs Daniela VISMANE (LAT)

Court 12
Play starts at 11am
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA) vs Uisung PARK (KOR)
Ana Paula MELILO (BRA) vs Lulu SUN (SUI) [14]
Arnaud BOVY (BEL) vs Rinky HIJIKATA (AUS)
Lenka STARA (SVK) vs Mariam DALAKISHVILI (GEO)
Filip Cristian JIANU (ROU) vs Carlos SANCHEZ JOVER (ESP)

Court 14
Play starts at 11am
Thiago Agustin TIRANTE (ARG) vs Thiago SEYBOTH WILD (BRA)[8]
Tao MU (CHN) vs Nicolas MEJIA (COL)[9]
Rudolf MOLLEKER (GER) [3] vs Brandon NAKASHIMA (USA)
Facundo DIAZ ACOSTA (ARG) [15] vs Yanki EREL (TUR)
Emma RADUCANU (GBR) vs Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS)

Court 15
Play starts at 11am
Elina AVANESYAN (RUS) vs Adrienn NAGY (HUN)
Mateus ALVES (BRA) vs Philip HENNING (RSA)
Dalibor SVRCINA (CZE) [10] vs Ray HO (TPE)
Leylah Annie FERNANDEZ (CAN) [15] vs Nika RADISIC (SLO)
Varvara GRACHEVA (RUS) vs Xinyu WANG (CHN) [2]
Lea MA (USA) vs Ana MAKATSARIA (GEO)

Court 16
Play starts at 11am
Timofey SKATOV (KAZ) [6] vs Mateo BARREIROS REYES (BRA)
Ana GELLER (ARG) vs Sada NAHIMANA (BDI)
Sergey FOMIN (UZB) vs Ondrej STYLER (CZE)
Jiri LEHECKA (CZE) vs Stefan PALOSI (ROU)
Viktoriya KANAPATSKAYA (BLR) vs Clara TAUSON (DEN) [5]

To be announced
Not before 6pm
Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO) & Santiago GONZALEZ (MEX) vs Andreja KLEPAC (SLO) & Jean-Julien ROJER (NED) [5]

Leo delivered some pretty nice groundies, but it was Nadal who, once again, prevailed. Rafael Nadal didn’t break much of a sweat in taking down Richard Gasquet in straight sets on Saturday, but that’s okay. Enter ball kid Leo. The young man was introduced by Marion Bartoli during Nadal’s post-match interview and Nadal said he’d be happy to have a hit with the young lad.

Here’s how it shook out:

He can never get enough. @RafaelNadal practices with ball boy post match. #RG18 pic.twitter.com/Qhqt3m1GlP

— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) June 2, 2018

We’re sure a lot of you will argue with Marion Bartoli’s assessment that Leo is Nadal’s biggest fan, but we must say, the young man acquitted himself nicely against the King of Clay. And here is today's impromptu French lesson: Ball kid = ramasseur de balles!

See the full video below… .

Léo, ballkid, had a nice moment with @RafaelNadal !
Après sa victoire contre Richard Gasquet, Rafa Nadal a joué avec Léo, ramasseur de balles ! 💫❤️#RG18 pic.twitter.com/HDNz5bdFs5

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 2, 2018

Muguruza, Sharapova and Nadal to feature on Chatrier on Saturday. Court Philippe-Chatrier
Play starts at 11am
Garbiñe MUGURUZA (ESP) [3] vs Samantha STOSUR (AUS)
Not before 12pm
Lucas POUILLE (FRA) [15] vs Karen KHACHANOV (RUS) To be completed: Khachanov leads 6-3 7-5 1-1
Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) [28] vs Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [6]
Rafael NADAL (ESP) [1] vs Richard GASQUET (FRA) [27]
Albert RAMOS-VINOLAS (ESP) [31] vs Juan Martin DEL POTRO (ARG) [5]

Court Suzanne-Lenglen
Play starts at 11am
Fabio FOGNINI (ITA) [18] vs Kyle EDMUND (GBR) [16]
Not before 12pm
David GOFFIN (BEL) [8] vs Gael MONFILS (FRA) [32] To be completed: Goffin leads 6-7(6) 6-3 3-2
Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU) vs Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [7]
Julia GOERGES (GER) [11] vs Serena WILLIAMS (USA)
John ISNER (USA) [9] vs Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA)

Court 1
Play starts at 11am
Petra KVITOVA (USA) [8] vs Anett KONTAVEIT (EST) [25]
Mischa ZVEREV (GER) vs Kevin ANDERSON (RSA) [6]
Marin CILIC (CRO) [3] vs Steve JOHNSON (USA)
Angelique KERBER (GER) [12] vs Kiki BERTENS (NED) [18]

Court 18
Play starts at 11am
Camila GIORGI (ITA) vs Sloane STEPHENS (USA) [10]
Diego SCHWARTZMAN (ARG) [11] vs Borna CORIC (CRO)
Simona HALEP (ROU) [1] vs Andrea PETKOVIC (GER)

Court 3
Play starts at 11am
Raven KLAASEN (RSA) & Michael VENUS (NZL) [10] vs Nikola MEKTIC (CRO) & Alexander PEYA (AUT) [8]
Not before 12pm
Jamie MURRAY (GBR) & Bruno SOARES (BRA) [4] vs Maximo GONZALES (ARG) & Nicolas JARRY (CHI) To be completed: Gonzalez/Jarry lead 3-2
Timea BABOS (HUN) & Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) [1] vs Nao HIBINO (JPN) & Oksana KALASHNIKOVA (GEO)
Anna-Lena GROENEFELD (GER) & Robert FARAH (COL) [8] vs Alla KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS) & Nikola MEKTIC (CRO)

Court 6
Play starts at 11am
Raquel ATAWO (USA) & Anna-Lena GROENEFELD (GER) [11] vs Eri HOZUMI (JPN) & Makoto NINOMIYA (JPN)
Kaitlyn CHRISTIAN (USA) & Carina WITTHOEFT (GER) vs Gabriela DABROWSKI (CAN) & Yifan XU (CHN) [5]
L.KUBOT (POL ) & M.MELO (BRA) [1] vs Rohan BOPANNA (IND) & Edouard ROGER-VASSELIN (FRA) [13]
Gabriela DABROWSKI (CAN) & Mate PAVIC (CRO) [1] vs Pauline PARMENTIER (FRA) & Gergoire BARRERE (FRA) To be completed: Parmentier/Barrere lead 6-4 1-4

Court 7
Play starts at 11am
Magdalena RYBARIKOVA (SVK) [19] vs Lesia TSURENKO (UKR)
Maximilian MARTERER (GER) vs Jurgen ZOPP (EST)
Daria GAVRILOVA (AUS) [24] vs Elise MERTENS (BEL) [16]

Court 9
Play starts at 11am
Jennifer BRADY (USA) & Vania KING (USA) vs Kateryna BONDARENKO (UKR) & Aleksandra KRUNIC (SRB)
Daniele BRACCIALI (ITA) & Andreas SEPPI (ITA) vs Henri KONTINEN (FIN) & John PEERS (AUS) [3]
Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) & Samantha STOSUR (AUS) vs Andrea SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE) & Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [2]
Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU) & Qiang WANG (CHN) vs Andreja KLEPAC (SLO) & María José MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP) [3]

Court 14
Play starts at 11am
Leonardo MAYER (ARG) & Joao SOUSA (POR) vs Feliciano LOPEZ (ESP) & Marc LOPEZ (ESP) [12]
Latisha CHAN (TPE) & Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS (USA) [4] vs Irina BARA (ROU) & Mihaela BUZARNESCU (ROU)
Barbora KREJCIKOVA (CZE) & Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE) [6] vs Tatjana MARIA (GER) & Heather WATSON (GBR)
Abigail SPEARS (USA) & Juan Sebastian CABAL (COL) vs Yifan XU (CHN) & Olivier MARACH (AUT) [3]

To be assigned
Not before 6pm
R.obin HAASE (NED) & Matwe MIDDELKOOP (NED) vs Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA) & Nicolas MAHUT (FRA) [6] To be completed: Herbert/Mahut lead 5-4

Fabio Fognini thinks the Next Gen ATP is BS.
You won’t see Fabio Fognini using the hashtag #NextGenATP on his Twitter page. The Italian aired out his surly views on how the ATP is marketing their next generation and, in his opinion, giving rising stars preferential treatment over tried and true veterans of the tour like himself.

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“This Next Gen thing is BS, I didn’t like all the attention that this initiative has attracted.’ Fognini candidly said in Italian after his second-round win over Sweden’s Elias Ymer.

The Italian brought up a curious scheduling call by Roland Garros from earlier in the week to make his point.

“Years ago Rafa was winning Paris at 18, now we have Shapovalov who is 25 in the world, he is improving a lot but he plays the first match on Suzanne Lenglen and the second on Court 1,” he said, referring to the schedule that many on social media had questioned when it came out earlier in the week. “When I see the order of play I am stunned at seeing that Muguruza-Kuznetsova, for example, play somewhere else.”

The Italian, who will face Great Britain’s Kyle Edmund in third-round action on Saturday, feels the ATP should just let the fans decide who they prefer to watch. But the flipside of the equation is this: ATP’s #NextGenATP initiative has done a fantastic job of getting the young players exposure that they may not have been able to get previously.

With the game's greats all approaching their mid-thirties and beyond the tour recognized the need to create a bond between the fans and the players who will take their place.

Fognini doesn't see the need.

“The ATP does many good things, but I don’t agree with this one, I don’t understand this Next Gen thing,” Fognini added. “I don’t agree to all this attention given to these young players. They play well, [Karen] Khachanov, [Andrey] Rublev, [Sascha] Zverev, [Denis] Shapovalov, they all play well, But there is such a frenzy about them, I don’t like it, I don’t agree.”

Blockbuster clashes all around. It's the Day 6 order of play at Roland Garros. Court Philippe-Chatrier
Play starts at 11am
Damir DZUMHUR (BIH) [26] vs Alexander ZVEREV (GER) [2]
Pauline PARMENTIER (FRA) vs Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [2]
Lucas POUILLE (FRA) [15] vs Karen KHACHANOV (RUS)
Camila GIORGI (ITA) vs Sloane STEPHENS (USA)[10]

Court Suzanne-Lenglen
Play starts at 11am
Madison KEYS (USA) [13] vs Naomi OSAKA (JPN) [21]
Roberto BAUTISTA AGUT (ESP) [13] vs Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) [20]
David GOFFIN (BEL) [8] vs Gael MONFILS (FRA) [32]
Petra KVITOVA (CZE) [8] vs Anett KONTAVEIT (EST) [25]

Court 1
Play starts at 11am
Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) [30] vs Grigor DIMITROV (BUL) [4]
Mihaela BUZARNESCU (ROU) [31] vs Elina SVITOLINA (UKR) [4]
Dominic THIEM (AUT) [7] vs Matteo BERRETTINI (ITA)
Robin HAASE (NED) & Matwe MIDDELKOOP (NED) vs Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA) & Nicolas MAHUT (FRA) [6]

Court 18
Play starts at 11am
Daria KASATKINA (RUS) [14] vs Maria SAKKARI (GRE)
Kei NISHIKORI (JPN) [19] vs Gilles SIMON (FRA)
Marco CECCHINATO (ITA) vs Pablo CARRENO BUSTA (ESP) [10]

Court 3
Play starts at 11am
Sorana CIRSTEA (ROU) & Sara SORRIBES TORMO (ESP) vs Svetlana KUZNETSOVA (RUS) & Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE)
Marcelo AREVALO (ESA) & Jamie CERRETANI (USA) vs Federico DELBONIS (ARG) & Benoit PAIRE (FRA)
Calvin HEMERY (FRA) & Stephane ROBERT (FRA) vs Julio PERALTA (CHI) & Horacio ZEBALLOS (ARG) [15]
Lukasz KUBOT (POL) & Marcelo MELO (BRA) [1] vs R.CARBALLES BAENA (ESP) & G.GARCIA-LOPEZ (ESP) or F.FOGNINI (ITA) & S.BOLELLI (ITA)
Jamie MURRAY (GBR) & Bruno SOARES (BRA) [4] vs Maximo GONZALEZ (ARG) & Nicolas JARRY (CHI)

Court 6
Play starts at 11am
Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) & Divij SHARAN (IND) vs Oliver MARACH (AUT) & Mate PAVIC (CRO) [2]
Taylor TOWNSEND (USA) & Renata VORACOVA (CZE) vs Kiki BERTENS (NED) & Johanna LARSSON (SWE) [9]
A.BLINKOVA (RUS) & L.HRADECKA (CZE) or M.RYBARIKOVA (SVK) & V.KUZMOVA (SVK) vs Nicole MELICHAR (USA) & Kveta PESCHKE (CZE) [13]
Gabriela DABROWSKI (CAN) & Mate PAVIC (CRO) [1] vs Pauline PARMENTIER (FRA) & Gregoire BARRERE (FRA)

Court 7
Play starts at 11am
Yulia PUTINTSEVA (KAZ) vs Qiang WANG (CHN)
Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE) vs Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [26]
Venus WILLIAMS (USA) & Serena WILLIAMS (USA) vs Sara ERRANI (ITA) & Kirsten FLIPKENS (BEL)
Andrea SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE) & Edouard ROGER-VASSELIN (FRA) vs Chloe PAQUET (FRA) & Benoit PAIRE (FRA)

Court 8
Play starts at 11am
Makoto NINOMIYA (JPN) & Ben MCLACHLAN (JPN) vs Latisha CHAN (TPE) & Ivan DODIG (CRO) [2]
Pablo CUEVAS (URU) & Marcel GRANOLLERS (ESP) [11] vs Steve JOHNSON (USA) & Jack SOCK (USA)
Juan Sebastian CABAL (COL) & Robert FARAH (COL) [5] vs Guido PELLA (ARG) & Diego SCHWARTZMAN (ARG)
Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU) & Qiang WANG (CHN) vs Petra MARTIC (CRO) & Maria SAKKARI (GRE)

Court 9
Play starts at 11am
Nikoloz BASILASHVILI (GEO) & John MILLMAN (AUS) vs Nikola MEKTIC (CRO) & Alexander PEYA (AUT) [8]
Nadiia KICHENOK (UKR) & Anastasia RODIONOVA (AUS) [16] vs Yingying DUAN (CHN) & Aliaksandra SASNOVICH (BLR)
Anabel MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP) & Arantxa PARRA SANTONJA (ESP) vs Hao-Ching CHAN (TPE) & Zhaoxuan YANG (CHN) [8]
Mihaela BUZARNESCU (ROU) & Henri KONTINEN (FIN) vs Yifan XU (CHN) & Oliver MARACH (AUT) [3]

Court 14
Play starts at 11am
Darija JURAK (CRO) & Donna VEKIC (CRO) vs Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO) & Irina KHROMACHEVA (RUS)
Viktorija GOLUBIC (SUI) & Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB) vs L.ARRUABARRENA (ESP) & K.SREBOTNIK (SLO) or E.MERTENS (BEL) & D.SCHUURS (NED) [12]
Timea BABOS (HUN) [7] & Rohan BOPANNA (IND) vs Shuai ZHANG (CHN) & John PEERS (AUS)
Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO) & Santiago GONZALEZ (MEX) vs Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) & Divij SHARAN (IND)