Rain finally played a factor at Roland Garros on Saturday, halting third-round play and postponing several matches. That means there’s a full slate of French Open matches on Sunday, with big names like Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Garbine Muguruza in action.
French Open 2017: Times, TV schedule, matches and live stream for Day 8 at Roland Garros
Rain delayed play at the French Open on Saturday, so there’s a full slate of games on Sunday.
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Play on Sunday will begin bright and early at 5 a.m. ET with television coverage on the Tennis Channel in the United States. That time comes out to an 11 a.m. start time in Paris. Coverage will run on the Tennis Channel until 12 p.m., at which point NBC will pick up coverage for approximately three hours.
An online stream of the day’s courts and matches will be available via the NBC Sports website and NBC Sports app on smart devices.
Djokovic, the defending champion and second seed, will take on Albert Ramos-Vinolas on the day. Ramos-Vinolas is the 19th seed. Djokovic has been playing very well after some up-and-down play this year.
Nadal will take on Roberto Bautista Agut, the No. 17 seed. Nadal is the favorite pick among experts given his strong play on the clay surface and despite injuries in recent years.
Muguruza, the fourth seed and defending champion for the women, will face the 13th-seeded Kristina Mladenovic on Sunday. The highest-remaining seed on the women’s side, No. 2 Karolina Pliskova, will take on Carina Witthoeft.
American Venus Williams, the 10th seed, will take on No. 30 Timea Bacsinszky.
Men’s eighth seed Kei Nishikori leads Hyeon Chung two sets to one, but the fourth set is 0-3 in his opponent’s favor as they are set to resume on Sunday. No. 15 Gael Monfils and No. 24 Richard Gasquet had their match postponed as well, though they were still in the first set when it happened.
On the women’s side, there were no in-progress matches when rain stopped play, but there were three that hadn’t started which will take place on Sunday. The match between Pliskova and Witthoeft is one of those.
Below is all you need to know to watch the action on Sunday as well as the full list of singles matches for both brackets.
How to watch the French Open
Date: Sunday, 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. 2 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 19 Albert Ramos-Vinolas
No. 4 Rafael Nadal vs. No. 17 Roberto Bautista Agut
No. 5 Milos Raonic vs. No. 20 Pablo Carreno Busta
No. 6 Dominic Thiem vs. Horacio Zeballos
No. 8 Kei Nishikori vs. Hyeon Chung — to finish, 7-5, 6-4, 6-7(5), 0-3
No. 15 Gael Monfils vs. No. 24 Richard Gasquet — to finish, 6-5
No. 21 John Isner vs. Karen Khachanov — to finish, 6-7(1)
Women’s Singles
No. 2 Karolina Pliskova vs. Carina Witthoeft
No. 4 Garbine Muguruza vs. No. 13 Kristina Mladenovic
No. 5 Elina Svitolina vs. Magda Linette
No. 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. No. 11 Caroline Wozniacki
No. 10 Venus Williams vs. No. 30 Timea Bacsinszky
No. 17 Anastasija Sevastova vs. Petra Martic
No. 23 Samantha Stosur vs. Jelena Ostapenko
Veronica Cepede Royg vs. Mariana Duque-Marino
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