Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem and Simona Halep continued to breeze through their matches at Roland Garros.
Halep gained emphatic revenge against the player who ended her title defence last summer, allowing Amanda Anisimova just one game, while Nadal defeated Stefano Travaglia and Thiem saw off Casper Ruud.
It was a good day for the last two French singles hopes, with wild card Hugo Gaston stunning Stan Wawrinka and Caroline Garcia upsetting Elise Mertens.
Picture of the day
The 36-point tiebreak in the third set of the match between Lorenzo Sonego and Taylor Fritz, won by Sonego, is the longest tiebreak in a men’s singles match in @rolandgarros history.
— ITF Media (@ITFMedia) October 2, 2020
Wide of the mark
NOPE ?#ITVTennis #RG20 pic.twitter.com/5eQYhJUpEb
— ITV Sport (@ITVSport) October 2, 2020
No Hawk-Eye needed for this double fault by Garcia.
Barty party
World No.1 watching on ?#AFLFinals pic.twitter.com/SbUw1UVXKG
— 7AFL (@7AFL) October 2, 2020
Ashleigh Barty chose not to defend her French Open title, instead staying at home in Australia. She does not appear to be missing Roland Garros too much, spending her Friday night, beer in hand, at the AFL Finals cheering on Richmond.
Fallen seeds
Women: Elise Mertens (16), Maria Sakkari (20), Amanda Anisimova (25), Ekaterina Alexandrova (27)
Men: Stan Wawrinka (16), Taylor Fritz (27), Casper Ruud (28)
Who’s next?
Stefanos Tsitsipas faces former British player Aljaz Bedene, who is back representing his native Slovenia, while Petra Kvitova meets exciting young Canadian Leylah Fernandez.
Former champion Garbine Muguruza is up against American Danielle Collins, and Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin plays Romania’s Irina Bara.
