AT A GLANCE

WHAT’S COMING UP SUNDAY?

Among the most-anticipated matchups on Day 1will be No. 2seed Aryna Sabalenka, a 25-year-old from Belarus who won the Australian Open in January, against Marta Kostyuk, a 20-year-old from Ukraine, Kostyuk, who is ranked 39th, won her first WTA title in March at Austin, Texas, and reached the fourth round at Roland Garros in 2021. Kostyuk has been refusing to shake hands after matches with opponents from Russia or Belarus during the war in Ukraine. “If she hates me, OK. I can’t do anything about that. There is going to be people who loves me; there is going to be people who hates me,” Sabalenka said. “If she hates me, I don’t feel anything like that (toward) her.” Other matches include No. 3Jessica Pegula vs. 2022Australian Open runner-up Danielle Collins in an allAmerican showdown; No. 8Maria Sakkari vs. Karolina Muchova; No. 24Sebastian Korda vs. Mackenzie McDonald.

WHEN DO THEY PLAY?

Play begins at 11a.m. local time in

Paris, which is 5a.m. EDT; that’s when Sabalenka-Kostyuk will start in the main stadium. Sakkari-Muchova is second on Court Suzanne Lenglen, so that might get underway at around 8a.m. EDT. That’s also when Korda-McDonald could be starting on Court 6. Pegula-Collins is last on Court 2, so that should be much later, perhaps

noon EDT.

HOW TO WATCH

Tennis Channel, NBC, Peacock.

BETTING GUIDE

Defending champion Iga Swiatek is a significant moneyline favorite for the women’s championship at Roland Garros, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, listed at minus-140. Next up are Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina, both at plus-650. Then comes a big drop-off: 2021champion Barbora Krejcikova is listed at plus-2500. In the men’s bracket, top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz is a small favorite, listed at plus155, ahead of 22-time major champion Novak Djokovic at plus-230. Holger Rune has moved up a spot to the third-best odds, at plus-850, just ahead of Daniil Medvedev at plus-900.

THE NUMBER TO KNOW

6: Total number of Grand Slam titles won by the 127men in the bracket at Roland Garros not named Novak Djokovic; he has 22all by himself.

THE QUOTE TO KNOW

“When he announced that he’s going to have the last season of his career, I felt part of me is leaving with him too, if you know what I mean.” — Djokovic, speaking about Nadal.