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Roland Garros: who plays who on Day 4

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Wednesday’s order of play
(All times BST)

Philippe Chatrier

11:45: Camila Giorgi (Ita) v (3) Jessica Pegula (US), (5) Caroline Garcia v Anna Blinkova, (1) Carlos Alcaraz (Spa) [1] v Taro Daniel (Jpn), Novak Djokovic (Srb) [3] v Marton Fucsovics (Hun)

Suzanne Lenglen

11:00: Roberto Carballes Baena (Spa) v Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) [5], Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) v Daria Kasatkina [9] , Iryna Shymanovich v Aryna Sabalenka [2], Lucas Pouille v Cameron Norrie (GB) [14]

Simonne Mathieu

11:00: Storm hunter (Aus) v Elina Svitolina (Ukr), Stan Wawrinka (Sui) v Thanasi Kokkinakis (Aus), Corentin Moutet (Fra) v Andrey Rublev [7], Leolia Jeanjean (Fra) v Elina Avanesyan

Court 4

11:00: Marcelo Melo (Bra) & John Peers (Aus) v William Blumberg (US) & Miomir Kecmanovic (Srb), Jonathan Eysseric (Fra) & Harold Mayot (Fra) v Yoshihito Nishikoya (Jpn) & Jiri Vesely (Cze), Latisha Chan (Tpe) & Hao-Ching Chan (Tpe) [14] v Aliona Bolsova (Spa) & Oksana Kalashnikova (Geo), Clara Burel (Fra) & Chloé Paquet (Fra) v Nicole Melichar-Martinez (US) & Ellen Perez (Aus) [6]

Court 5

11:00: Max Purcell (Aus) & Ben Shelton (US) v Julian Cash (GB) & Henry Patten (GB), Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Kaz) & Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (Mex) v Nathaniel Lammons (US) & Jackson Withrow (US) [16],

Court 6

10:00: (16) Tommy Paul (US) v Dominic Stephan Stricker (Swi), Selena Janicijevic (Fra) v Oceane Dodin (Fra), Emil Ruusuvuori (Fin) v Gregoire Barrere (Fra), Petra Martic (Cro) v (32) Shelby Rogers (US) & Jackson Withrow (US) [16], Victoria Azarenka & Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) v Kaia Kanepi (Est) & Tereza Mihailikova (Svk), Gabriela Dabrowski (Can) & Luisa Stefani (Bra) [8] v Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Ita) & Tatjana Maria (Ger)

Court 7

11:00: Elise Mertens (Bel) [28] v Camila Osorio (Col), Liudmila Samsonova [15] v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Tallon Griekspoor (Ned) v Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) [13], Lorenzo Musetti (Ita) [17] v Alexander Shevchenko

Court 8

11:00: Marc-Andrea Huesler (Sui) & Nicolas Jarry (Chi) v Marcelo Demoliner (Bra) & Andrea Vavassori (Ita), Patrik Niklas-Salminen (Fin) & Emil Ruusuvouri (Fin) v Gregoire Barrere (Fra) & Quentin Halys (Fra), Laura Siegmund (Ger) & Vera Zvonareva v Coco Gauff (US) & Jessica Pegula (US) [2], Alizé Cornet (Fra) & Diane Parry (Fra) v Elixane Lechemia (Fra) & Jessika Ponchet (Fra)

Court 9

11:00: Pierre-Hugues Herbet (Fra) & Nicolas Mahut (Fra) v Marcos Giron (US) & Mackenzie McDonald (US) v Diego Schwartzman (Arg) & Nuno Borges (Por), Sara Errani (Ita) v Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom) [27], Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) & Shelby Rogers (US) v Nuria Parrizas Diaz (Spa) & Sabrina Santamaria (US)

Court 10

11:00: Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) & Katerina Siniakova (Cze) [1] v Ulrikke Eikeri (Nor) & Eri Hozoumi (Jpn), Hugo Dellien (Bol) & Guido Pella (Arg) v Rajeev RAM (US) & Joe Salisbury (GB) [2] , Ana Bogdan (Rom) & Bernarda Pera (US) v Asia Muhamed (US) & Giuliana Olmos (Mex) [12], Alexa Guarachi (Chi) & Erin Routliffe (NZ) v Lauren Davis (US) & Claire Liu (US), Giuliana Olmos (Mex) & Neal Skupski (GB) [3] v Anna Danilina (Kaz) & Santiago Gonzalez (Mex)

Court 11

11:00: Irina Khromacheva & Linda Noskova (Cze) v Alexandra Panova & Yana Sizikova, Jasmine Paolini (Ita) & Martina Trevisan (Ita) v Alicia Barnett (GB) & Olivia Nicholls (GB), Enzo Couacaud (Fra) & Arthur Rinderknech (Fra) v Yuki Bhambri (Ind) & Saketh Myneni (Ind), Sadio Doumbia (Fra) & Fabien Reboul (Fra) v Rohan Bopanna (Ind) & Matthew Ebden (Aus) [6]

Court 12

11:00: Arthur Fils (Fra) v Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (Fra), Theo Arribage (Fra) vs Luca Sanchez (Fra), Mayar Sherif (Egy) v Anastasia Potapova [24], Matteo Arnaldi (Ita) v Denis Shapovalov (Can) [26], Kevin Kraweitz (Ger) & Tim Puetz (Ger) [11] v Nikola Cacic (Srb) & Dusan Lajovic (Srb)

Court 13

11:00: Sebastian Ofner (Aut) v Sebastian Korda (US) [24], Karolina Muchova (Cze) v Nadia Podoroska (Arg), Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) [19] v Juan Pablo Varillas (Per), Magdalena Frech (Pol) v Kamilla Rakhimova

Court 14

11:00: Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) [17] v Peyton Stearns (US), Lorenzo Sonego (Ita) v Ugo Humbert (Fra), Sloane Stephens (US) v Varvara Gracheva, Luca Van Assche (Fra) v Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spa) [29]

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Zverev scratches 7-year itch with return to Shanghai SF

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Alexander Zverev on Thursday made a long-sought after return to the Shanghai Masters semi-finals, booking his first final four at the event since 2019, defeating Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-4.

The 2027 year-end No. 1 last got this far as the Covid pandemic began to surface in China in 2019. The event was not played 2020-2022, with the German making modest progress here over the past three editions since resumption.

After winning his 62nd match of the season, the 29-year-old was pleased with his performance.

“I think it was a huge step up. From just being on the court I felt both of us were playing really well. 

“I was, a lot of the time, outhitting Alex, which is difficult to do from the baseline because he is so fast and he loves this kind of court speed here. 

“I felt good and I’m happy with the step up from the past couple of matches.”

Zverev advanced in 78 minutes, sending over 10 aces as he defeated the Australian for the ninth time in their 13 matches.

Added the reigning Roland Garros and Flushing Meadows Grand Slam champion: “I’ve been handling pressure quite okay this year. In a way you play a bit more relaxed.

“Once Jannik (SInner) unfortunately announced he won’t play for the rest of the year, I’m 4,000 points ahead of everyone else, so I trust myself enough that I’m going to win [enough matches].

Zverev will play for the final to wrap up the Asian swing as he takes on Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who advanced when  Arthur Gea quit their quarter-final with injury.

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Zverev celebrates No. 1 status with Shanghai QF

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Alexander Zverev marked his new status as sure-thing year-end No. 1 by reaching the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday by posting a fighting 7-6 (6), 4-6, 7-6 (1) victory over Alexander Bublik..

The 29-year-old German whose two Grand Slam titles this season and the absence of injured Jannik Sinner helped him into the top spot for the first time, needed to save four early set points and deal with an ank;e issue on his journey into the last eight.

Zverev moved through in just under two and three-quarter hours to set up a match with last week’s Beijing finalist Alex de Minaur, The Australian booked his spot over Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-4.

Zverev will be playing in his 40th quarter-final in a Masters 1000 and is on the hunt for an eighth trophy this season.

He said his ankle was giving problems – but not enough to affect the match outcome.”It was kind of understandable because I have been playing a lot of tennis, which is kind of a good sign because I have been playing well.

“I’m starting to feel my body more and more but happy to get through. It was a difficult match because he has been playing amazing tennis,” he said after coming from a break down in the deciding set.

De Minaur has bounced back nicely in Shanghai after quitting the Tokyo final against Carlos Alcaraz with an adductor muscle injury.

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Mind over matter as Stef advances in Shanghai

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Stefanos Tsitsipas willed himself to a 401st Tour win on Monday, with the Greek advancing to the Shanghai Masters 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, over world No. 12 Taylor Fritz to reach the fourth round.

The win leaves the Greek with a 5-2 record against the American in a series dating back nine years.

The cerebral Tsitsipas credited the victory to some simple mental gymnastics.

“I was manifesting today’s match and trying to put myself in a victorious situation,” he said. 

“I’ve always had big fights against him. Some of my biggest matches were played facing him on the other side of the court. I had to up my level.

“Once I started doing that, a lot of doors were open and I was really able to unleash my biggest potential out there.”

The match ended on an unusual note as the ball twice fell from the pocket of Fritz, causing each of the points in question to  be replayed.

Tsitsipas missed on three match points in the mistake-marred game  but secured the fightback victory a game later after  two and a quarter hours.

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