FRENCH OPEN AT A GLANCE

LOOKAHEAD TO WEDNESDAY

The star-studded top half of the men’s bracket moves into the second round on Day 4at Roland Garros, with Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz all on the schedule. Defending champion Djokovic faces Alex Molcan at Court Suzanne Lenglen, 13-time champion Nadal will close the day in Court Philippe Chatrier in the night session by facing Corentin Moutet, and 19-year-old Alcaraz, who is seeded sixth and leads the tour with four titles in 2022, meets Albert Ramos-Vinolas at Court Simonne-Mathieu. No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev is also due to play, taking on Sebastian Baez in Chatrier in the afternoon. The most intriguing women’s matchup will follow in the main stadium: 2019U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu against Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Belinda Bencic.

WEDNESDAY’S FORECAST

Partly cloudy. High of 70degrees. TUESDAY’S KEY RESULTS Women’s First Round: No. 3 Paola Badosa beat Fiona Ferro 6-2, 6-0; No. 7Aryna Sabalenka beat Chloe Paquet 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; No. 11Jessica Pegula beat Qiang Wang 6-2, 6-4; No. 19Simona Halep beat Nastasja Schunk 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.

Men’s First Round: No. 2Daniil Medvedev beat Facundo Bagnis 6-2, 6-2, 6-2; No. 8Casper Ruud beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-7(8), 7-6(4), 6-2, 7-6(0); Holger Rune beat No. 14

Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-1, 7-6(4).

STAT OF THE DAY

Consecutive first-round victories at Grand Slam tournaments for No. 8seed Karolina Pliskova, a two-time major finalist who came back to beat Tessah Andrianjafitrimo 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“At this point, it’s just funny. You’re 0-6somewhere, it just becomes comical. I make quarters of Slams. I beat good guys in Slams. It’s not like I’m a guy who doesn’t do well in big events.” — No. 24seed Frances Tiafoe of the U.S., who earned his first French Open victory in seven appearances by defeating Benjamin Bonzi of France 7-5, 7-5, 7-6(5).