The phenomenon Carlos Alcaraz (6th), who had a few scares in the 2nd round, will have the honors of the night session on Friday at the Central de Roland-Garros, which will welcome Diane Parry for the second time. The 19-year-old Frenchwoman won her first-round match against defending champion Barbora Krejcikova on Monday on this court. This time she faces the American Sloane Stephens (64th), finalist in Paris in 2018 and winner of the US Open 2017.
Just before, Chatrier saw world number one Novak Djokovic win against Slovenian Aljaz Bedene (195th). In the evening, Alcaraz will meet the American Sebastian Korda, 30th in the world. Another survivor on the wire in the previous round, the German Alexander Zverev, 3rd in the world, will try to win his place for the round of 16 on the Suzanne Lenglen at the end of the day, just after the duel between Rafael Nadal and the Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp. Follow this sixth day of Roland-Garros live thanks to our special correspondents on site and all day long on Europe 1, the tournament’s official radio.
The main information:
– The French Diane Parry plays in the third rotation on the Central
– Diego Schwartzman and Novak Djokovic qualified
– The phenomenon Carlos Alcaraz expected in the night session
Djokovic in control
World number one Novak Djokovic quietly qualified for the round of 16 at Roland-Garros, beating Slovenian Aljaz Bedene, 195th in the world, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 on Friday. It is the 16th time in 17 participations and the 13th time in a row that the Serb has reached this stage of the competition, he who has already won twice at Porte d’Auteuil (2016, 2021), of which he is the champion in title.
As in his first two rounds, the Serb will not have had to work too hard to get rid of the Slovenian, whom he had already beaten three times in their previous confrontations.
Schwartzman crushes Dimitrov
Argentinian Diego Schwartzman, 16th in the world, dominated Friday in the 3rd round of Roland-Garros the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (21st), 6-3, 6-1, 6-2, and could face world number one Novak Djokovic in eighth of final. After a somewhat complicated start – he had to come back two sets behind against the Spaniard Jaume Munar in the second round – the semi-finalist of the 2020 edition is gaining momentum.
Anisimova benefits from the abandonment of Muchova
The semi-finalist of the 2019 edition, the American Amanda Anisimova, seeded 27, qualified for the round of 16 of the tournament after the retirement of the Czech Karolina Muchova, 81st in the world. The American will face either Swiss Belinda Bencic or Canadian Leylah Fernandez in the next round.