French Open 2018 schedule: Order of play on Saturday with Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams
RAFAEL NADAL and Serena Williams are at the centre of the schedule for the seventh day of French Open action as the tournament reaches middle Saturday.
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Nadal, who featured on Suzanne Lenglen on Thursday, is back on Philippe Chatrier with a match that was unlikely to be scheduled anywhere else.
The Spaniard takes on home favourite Richard Gasquet, the No 27 seed who has never beaten his good friend Nadal in their 15 competitive meetings: the Frenchman hasn’t even won a set off him in 10 years.
But the pair will have to wait for two women’s matches to be completed first with both Garbine Muguruza and Maria Sharapova trying to book their place in the second week.
Over on Lenglen, Kyle Edmund will look to continue his breakthrough 2018 with a win over Fabio Fognini before “wildcard” Williams, third on court, takes on No 11 seed Julia Goerges.
Meanwhile, No 1 seed Simona Halep has been relegated all the way out to Court 18 for her clash with Germany’s Andrea Petkovic.
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French Open 2018 - Saturday’s order of play
Court Philippe Chatrier
Play starts at 10am
Garbine MUGURUZA (ESP) [3] vs Samantha STOSUR (AUS)
Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) [28] vs Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [6]
Rafael NADAL (ESP) [1] vs Richard GASQUET (FRA) [27]
Albert RAMOS-VINOLAS (ESP) [31] vs Juan Martin DEL POTRO (ARG) [5]
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Play starts at 10am
Fabio FOGNINI (ITA) [18] vs Kyle EDMUND (GBR) [16]
Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU) vs Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [7]
Julia GOERGES (GER) [11] vs Serena WILLIAMS (USA)
John ISNER (USA) [9] vs Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA)
Court 1
Play starts at 10am
Mischa ZVEREV (GER) vs Kevin ANDERSON (RSA) [6]
Marin CILIC (CRO) [3] vs Steve JOHNSON (USA)
Angelique KERBER (GER) [12] vs Kiki BERTENS (NED) [18]
Timea BABOS (HUN) & Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) [1] vs Nao HIBINO (JPN) & Oksana KALASHNIKOVA (GEO)
Court 18
Play starts at 10am
Magdalena RYBARIKOVA (SVK) [19] vs Lesia TSURENKO (UKR)
Diego SCHWARTZMAN (ARG) [11] vs Borna CORIC (CRO)
Simona HALEP (ROU) [1] vs Andrea PETKOVIC (GER)