Alcaraz, Sinner, Swiatek and Gauff take the field; Argentines debut in doubles

Between drizzle and drizzle the action of Roland Garros, that this Friday will be a rest for the Argentine singles players who are still alive in the second Grand Slam of the season. Francisco Cerúndolo (6-2, 7-6 and 6-0 to Filip Misolic) and Tomás Etcheverrand (3-6, 6-7, 6-1, 5-0 and retirement of Arthur Rinderknech) are in the third round and will take the court again on Saturday. But the day will have some candidates for the title such as Coco Gauff, Jannik Sinner, Every Swiatek y Carlos Alcarazwho will take over the action on the center court.

First, at 7:00 in Argentina (12 noon in Paris), Gauff she will face the Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska. Next, Sinner He will seek against the Russian Pavel Kotov to continue putting pressure on Novak Djokovic in the fight for world number 1. In the third turn, Swiatek, the defending champion, will face the Czech Marie Bouzkova. And at night (8:15 p.m. local time) Alcaraz will be measured in one of the most attractive matches of the day against the American Sebastian Korda.

In turn, in the Suzanne Lenglenthe other covered court in the Bois de Boulogne, the presence of Andrey Rublev and of Stefanos Tsisipas. The Russian will clash with the Italian Matteo Arnaldi in the second round, following Samsonova vs. Cocciaretto, while the Greek will do the same on the night in Paris with the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang. Furthermore, in a duel of Grand Slam finalists, Ons Jabeur will play with Leylah Fernández.

While, There will be action for the Argentines in doubles. After several postponements, the man from Mar del Plata Horacio Zeballos and spanish Marcel Granollers They will take to the court to defend the “1” in the world ranking and try to win their first Grand Slam title. Their rivals, starting at 6:15 (Argentine time), will be the locals Adrian Mannarino and Fabrice Martin.

They will also debut Machi González y Andres Moltenithe eighth seeds, against the British Lloyd Glasspool and the Dutch Jean-Julien Rojer, while Guido Andreozzi He will face, together with the Australian Rinky Hijikata, the Colombian Nicolás Barrientos and the Portuguese Francisco Cabral.

You can also see Navone-Carballés Baena vs. Arevalo-Pavic y Baez-Seyboth Wild vs. Evans-Murray. The two Argentines were eliminated on Thursday in singles and will seek revenge.

• Hubert Hurkacz (POL/8°) vs. Denis Shapovalov (CAN)
• Zizou Bergs (BEL) vs. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL/10°)
• Ben Shelton (USA/15th) vs. Félix Auger Aliassime (CAN/21°)
• Clara Tauson vs. Sofia Kenin (USA)