Daily Times (Primos, PA)

AT A GLANCE

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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.

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