AT A GLANCE
LOOKAHEAD
Serena Williams faces a dangerous opponent in her third-round match: fellow American Danielle Collins, who reached the quarterfinals last year before losing to Sofia Kenin. Williams narrowly beat Collins in their only previous meeting. American Madison Keys, a semifinalist at Roland Garros in 2018, faces former No. 1Victoria Azarenka. Four American men will be in action, including No. 31-seeded John Isner and No. 32Reilly Opelka. Isner will face No. 5Stefanos Tsitsipas.
FRIDAY’S FORECAST
Rain. High of 71degrees
THURSDAY’S KEY RESULTS Women’s Second Round:
Magda Linette beat No. 1Ash Barty 6-1, 2-2, ret.; No. 4Sofia Kenin beat Hailey Baptiste 7-5, 6-3; No. 5Elina Svitolina beat Ann Li 6-0, 6-4; No. 8Iga Swiatek beat Rebecca Peterson 6-1, 6-1; Sloane Stephens beat No. 9Karolina Pliskova 7-5, 6-1; No. 13Jennifer Brady beat Fiona Ferro 6-4, 2-6, 7-5; No. 24Coco Gauff beat Wang Qiang 6-3, 7-6(1). Men’s Second Round: No. 1Novak Djokovic beat Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 6-2, 6-4; No. 3Rafael Nadal beat Richard Gasquet 6-0, 7-5, 6-2; No. 8Roger Federer beat Marin Cilic 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-2; No. 9Matteo Berrettini beat Federico Coria 6-3, 6-3, 6-2; No. 10Diego Schwartzman beat Aljaz Bedene 6-4, 6-2, 6-4; No. 18Jannik Sinner beat Gianluca Mager 6-1, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.
STAT OF THE DAY
Three: Number of times in the professional era the top two seeded women departed in the first two rounds at Roland Garros, as happened this week.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“How many matches have I played recently? Not many, so I didn’t have rhythm.” — Roger Federer to the chair umpire, after receiving a time violation.