The third round of the 2017 French Open will wrap up on Saturday with top seed Andy Murray will be in action. Murray will have his toughest opponent yet, in the 29th-seeded Juan Martin del Potro.
French Open 2017: Times, TV schedule, matches, and live stream for Saturday at Roland Garros
Andy Murray will face his toughest competition at Roland Garros in the form of Juan Martin del Potro on Saturday.
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Saturday’s action begins at 5 a.m. ET with television coverage on the Tennis Channel in the United States. That coverage will run through noon, at which point NBC will take over for three hours.
A live stream of all courts will be available online via NBC Sports, accessible online via website or the NBC Sports app on various devices.
Murray needed four sets to beat his second-round opponent, Martin Klizan, and has not played his best tennis recently. Murray has some recent history with del Potro, falling to him in the Davis Cup and beating him in the Olympics.
He called those matches tough and draining.
“But he also will remember those matches,” Murray said. “They weren’t easy for him, either, they were tough. I will try to make it the same for him again on Saturday.”
Stan Wawrinka, the third seed for the men, has his first seeded opponent in No. 28 Fabio Fognini on Saturday. Wawrinka has been playing quite well in the tournament.
Other top-10 seeds for the men include Marin Cilic, the seventh seed, and Kei Nishikori, the eighth seed. They will not be taking on seeded competition, however, with Cilic set to take on Feliciano Lopez and Nishikori facing Hyeon Chung.
On the women’s side, Karolina Pliskova, Simona Halep, Elina Svitolina, and Agnieszka Radwanska will all be in action. They’re all top-10 seeds and they all have looked good on the clay of Roland Garros this year.
Of those, Halep is the most intriguing. She’s the third seed and will be the only one of the group taking on a seeded opponent, facing No. 26 Daria Kasatkina. Halep has never won a Grand Slam, but she’s a popular pick this year and will be favored in this match.
Below is all you need to know to watch the action on Saturday, and below that is a list of singles matches for both the men and women’s singles brackets.
How to watch the French Open
Date: Saturday, June 3
Location: Stade Roland Garros, Paris
Time: 5 a.m. ET
TV: Tennis Channel (5 a.m.), NBC (noon)
Online Streaming: NBC Sports
Men’s Singles
No. 1 Andy Murray vs. No. 29 Juan Martin del Potro
No. 3 Stan Wawrinka vs. No. 28 Fabio Fognini
No. 7 Marin Cilic vs. Feliciano Lopez
No. 8 Kei Nishikori vs. Hyeon Chung
No. 15 Gael Monfils vs. No. 24 Richard Gasquet
No. 21 John Isner vs. Karen Khachanov
No. 22 Pablo Cuevas vs. Fernando Verdasco
Kyle Edmund vs. Kevin Anderson
Women’s Singles
No. 2 Karolina Pliskova vs. Carina Witthoeft
No. 3 Simona Halep vs. No. 26 Darya Kasatkina
No. 5 Elina Svitolina vs. Magda Linette
No. 9 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Alize Cornet
No. 11 Caroline Wozniacki vs. Catherine Bellis — to finish, 6-2, 2-5
No. 14 Elena Vesnina vs. No. 21 Carla Suarez-Navarro
No. 17 Anastasija Sevastova vs. Petra Martic
No. 28 Caroline Garcia vs. Su-Wei Hsieh
Veronica Cepede Royg vs. Mariana Duque-Marino
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