Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

French Open glance

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SATURDAY’S WINNERS Seeded winners in the men’s third round: No. 1 Andy Murray, No. 3 Stan Wawrinka, No. 7 Marin Cilic. Seeded winners in the women’s third round: No. 3 Simona Halep, No. 11 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 21 Carla Suarez Navarro, No. 28 Caroline Garcia.

SATURDAY’S LOSERS Seeded losers in the men’s third round: No. 22 Pablo Cuevas, No. 28 Fabio Fognini, No. 29 Juan Martin del Potro. Seeded losers in the women’s third round: No. 9 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 14 Elena Vesnina, No. 26 Daria Kasatkina. RAIN SUSPENSION­S Because of a downpour, play was suspended for the day in the early evening. Three men’s singles matches were halted in progress; four women’s matches never got started.

STAT OF THE DAY 1994 — The last time three French women reached the fourth round at Roland Garros. This year, Garcia, Alize Cornet and Kristina Mladenovic made it.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “His grunt, it’s a very manly grunt.” — Murray, joking after his victory over del Potro.

LOOKING AHEAD TODAY Matches involving Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic highlight a packed Day 8 schedule created by all of the rain postponeme­nts. If Nadal (against No. 17 Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain) and Djokovic (against No. 19 Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain) win, they would each tie Roger Federer for the most French Open quarterfin­al berths in the profession­al era with 11. Defending champion Djokovic and nine-time champion Nadal would also move closer to a head-to-head semifinal showdown. Other fourth-round men’s matches are No. 5 Milos Raonic vs. No. 20 Pablo Carreno Busta, and No. 6 Dominic Thiem vs. 65th-ranked Horacio Zeballos. The women’s schedule also is a mix of third- and fourth-rounders. Meetings for quarterfin­al spots include seven-time major champion Venus Williams against No. 30 Timea Bacsinszky, former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki against 2009 French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, and defending champion Garbine Muguruza against No. 13 Mladenovic.

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