Kyle Edmund was unable to join Johanna Konta in the third round of the French Open, retiring with an ongoing knee issue when two sets down to Pablo Cuevas.
Naomi Osaka continued to live dangerously as she recovered from a set and a break down for the second successive match before beating Victoria Azarenka.
Serena Williams had a more comfortable outing this time against Kurumi Nara and defending champion Simona Halep also won while Novak Djokovic eased to a straight-sets victory over lucky loser Henri Laaksonen.
Picture of the day
Fight. pic.twitter.com/iLMCwDEqSy
— NaomiOsaka大坂なおみ (@Naomi_Osaka_) May 30, 2019
Stat of the day
Simon says go home
Fallen seeds
Women: Aryna Sabalenka (11), Wang Qiang (16), Daria Kasatkina (21), Caroline Garcia (24), Hsieh Su-wei (25), Maria Sakkari (29)
Men: Diego Schwartzman (17), Fernando Verdasco (23), Gilles Simon (26), Kyle Edmund (28)
Who’s up next?
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— Johanna Konta (@JohannaKonta) May 29, 2019
Konta will hope to have recovered from a heavy cold when she takes on Slovakia’s Viktoria Kuzmova for a place in the fourth round.
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are also on the schedule, the former taking on 27th seed David Goffin and the latter facing 20-year-old Norwegian Casper Ruud.
An attractive-looking match pits in-form former champion Stan Wawrinka against Grigor Dimitrov while Karolina Pliskova and Sloane Stephens are the leading seeds in action on the women’s side.
