The second round of the 2014 French Open will begin Wednesday, and there are plenty of top seeds still in play. There will be fewer big names than usual after an upset-filled first round -- players like Li Na and Stanislas Wawrinka fell to unseeded opponents -- but Day 4 will feature one of the sport’s biggest names when men’s No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic takes on unseeded Jeremy Chardy.
French Open 2014: Matches and TV schedule for Wednesday at Roland Garros
Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams will be in action for Day 4 of the 2014 French Open.
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Djokovic handled his Round 1 opponent, Joao Sousa, in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. Chardy also handily won his first match, besting Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver, 7-5, 6-2, 6-2. Later, No. 4 Roger Federer will take on unseeded Diego Sebastian Schwartzman. No. 6 Tomas Berdych and No. 13 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will also be playing.
For the women, No. 1 seed Serena Williams will be taking on Garbine Muguruza. Williams benefited greatly from Tuesday’s proceedings. No. 2 Li Na, perhaps her top competition in the tournament, was eliminated. Williams now has a clearer path to a title, but there’s still plenty of tennis left to play. No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 7 Maria Sharapova and No. 20 Alizé Cornet will also be in action for the women.
Television coverage of the day’s matches will begin at 5 a.m. ET on ESPN2. That coverage will run through 10 a.m., at which point you’ll have to tune in to the Tennis Channel, which will have coverage until 7 p.m. Matches get underway at 5 a.m., which is 11 a.m. in France.
The official site of Roland Garros will also have live coverage.
Here’s a list of some of the more notable matchups, with a full schedule at the Roland Garros site:
Men’s Singles
No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. Jeremy Chardy
No. 4 Roger Federer vs. Diego Sebastian Schwartzman
No. 6 Tomas Berdych vs. Aleksandr Nedovyesov
No. 13 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Jurgen Melzer
No. 27 Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Benoit Paire
No. 29 Gilles Simon vs. Alejandro Gonzalez
Women’s Singles
No. 1 Serena Williams vs. Garbine Muguruza
No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Karolina Pliskova
No. 7 Maria Sharapova vs. Tsvetana Pironkova
No. 20 Alizé Cornet vs. Taylor Townsend
No. 29 Venus Williams vs. Anna Schmiedlova
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