French Open day six
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PARIS, May 29 : Highlights of the sixth day at the French Open on Friday (times GMT):
1336 ANDREEVA THROUGH TO LAST 16
Last year's semi-finalist Russian Mirra Andreeva brushed aside Czech Marie Bouzkova 6-4 6-2 to reach the fourth round.
1154 RUBLEV EDGES BORGES
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Former quarter-finalist Andrey Rublev was tested by Portugal's Nuno Borges, but the Russian 11th seed stayed cool in the tiebreaks to win 7-5 7-6(2) 7-6(2) in the third round.
1134 SWIATEK BEATS COMPATRIOT LINETTE
Four-times French Open champion Iga Swiatek cruised past fellow Polish player Magda Linette 6-4 6-4 to set up a fourth-round clash with Ukrainian 15th seed Marta Kostyuk.
1049 KOSTYUK THROUGH TO FOURTH ROUND
Ukrainian 15th seed Marta Kostyuk stormed into the fourth round with a 6-4 6-3 win over Swiss Viktorija Golubic. Kostyuk next faces four-times champion Iga Swiatek or Magda Linette.
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0908 PLAY UNDER WAY
Play began in warm conditions at Roland Garros, with temperatures around 29 degrees Celsius in Paris and expected to peak at about 33 degrees amid a high-temperature warning from public weather service Meteo France.
Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev are in third-round action in the men's singles, while four-times winner Iga Swiatek faces compatriot Magda Linette in the women's draw.
ORDER OF PLAY ON FRIDAY (prefix number denotes seeding):
COURT PHILIPPE CHATRIER (play begins at 1000 GMT)
Magda Linette (Poland) v 3-Iga Swiatek (Poland)
8-Mirra Andreeva (Russia) v 27-Marie Bouzkova (Czech Republic)
28-Joao Fonseca (Brazil) v 3-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Quentin Halys (France) v 2-Alexander Zverev (Germany)
COURT SUZANNE LENGLEN (play begins at 0900 GMT)
Nuno Borges (Portugal) v 11-Andrey Rublev (Russia)
Jil Teichmann (Switzerland) v 10-Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic)
7-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) v Tamara Korpatsch (Germany)
15-Casper Ruud (Norway) v 24-Tommy Paul (U.S.)
COURT SIMONNE MATHIEU (play begins at 0900 GMT)
15-Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) v Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland)
Alex Michelsen (U.S.) v 27-Rafael Jodar (Spain)
8-Alex De Minaur (Australia) v 26-Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic)
Peyton Stearns (U.S.) v 11-Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)
(Compiled by Aadi Nair and Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru)
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