The French Open at Roland Garros will get underway on Sunday, and though none of the absolute biggest names will be in action, there will be plenty to watch. Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams will all play on a different day, but with people like Kei Nishikori, Milos Raonic and Simona Halep playing on Sunday, it should be an exciting opener to the second major of the season.
French Open 2016: TV schedule and matches for Sunday at Roland Garros
Kei Nishikori and Garbine Muguruza headline the players on the court for the opening day at Roland Garros.
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Women’s No. 4 seed Garbine Muguruza will be the highest-seeded player to see the clay on Sunday, and she will be facing unseeded Anna Karolina Schmiedlova. Halep, the tournament’s sixth seed, will face Nao Hibino in her matchup. Other top-seeded women include Petra Kvitova, Lucie Safarova and Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 10th, 11th and 13th seeds, respectively.
Nishikori made it as far as the quarterfinals last year, becoming the first Japanese man to reach that round at Roland Garros in 82 years. But he ultimately fell to home favorite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a five-set match. He will be taking on Simone Bolelli in his opening round matchup. Raonic, the eighth seed, faces a tricky opener against Janko Tipsarevic. Other top men in action on the day include John Isner, Nick Kyrgios and Benoit Paire, the No. 15, 17 and 19 seeds, respectively.
Television coverage of the day begins at 4 a.m. ET on the Tennis Channel. Their coverage will run through 3 p.m., with NBC also picking up coverage at 1 p.m. Online streaming is available at NBC Sports Live Extra and the Tennis Channel.
Below are all of Sunday’s opening round matches containing seeded players, with a full schedule available here.
Men’s Singles
No. 5 Kei Nishikori vs. Simone Bolelli
No. 8 Milos Raonic vs. Janko Tipsarevic
No. 15 John Isner vs. John Millman
No. 17 Nick Kyrgios vs. Marco Cecchinato
No. 19 Benoit Paire vs. Radu Albot
No. 22 Viktor Troicki vs. Grigor Dimitrov
No. 23 Jack Sock vs. Robin Haase
No. 27 Ivo Karlovic vs. Albert Montanes
No. 30 Jeremy Chardy vs. Leonardo Mayer
Women’s Singles
No. 4 Garbine Muguruza vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
No. 6 Simona Halep vs. Nao Hibino
No. 10 Petra Kvitova vs. Danka Kovinic
No. 11 Lucie Safarova vs. Vitalia Diatchenko
No. 13 Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Yaroslava Shvedova
No. 17 Karolina Pliskova vs. Shelby Rogers
No. 19 Sloane Stephens vs. Margarita Gasparyan
No. 24 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
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