French Open day three results: Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Ash Barty start with wins

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, the favourites in the men’s draw and women’s top seed Ashleigh Barty began their campaign with wins at the French Open on Tuesday.

Here are all the singles results from the day.

Results from day 3

Men’s 1st round:

Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Tennys Sandgren (USA) 6-2, 6-4, 6-2

Pablo Cuevas (URU) bt Lucas Pouille (FRA) 6-3, 6-1, 6-3

James Duckworth (AUS) bt Salvatore Caruso (ITA) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2

Ricardas Berankis (LTU) bt Ugo Humbert (FRA x29) 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4

Alex De Minaur (AUS x21) bt Stefano Travaglia (ITA) 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4)

Marco Cecchinato (ITA) bt Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4

Matteo Berrettini (ITA x9) bt Taro Daniel (JPN) 6-0, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

Federico Coria (ARG) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2

Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA) 7-5, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7/4)

Andreas Seppi (ITA) bt Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN x20) 6-3, 7-6 (10/8), 4-6, 6-4

Rafael Nadal (ESP x3) bt Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3)

Richard Gasquet (FRA) bt Hugo Gaston (FRA) 6-1, 6-4, 6-2

Mikael Ymer (SWE) bt Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) 6-4, 0-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2

Gael Monfils (FRA x14) bt Albert Ramos Vinolas (ESP) 1-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4, 6-4

Diego Schwartzman (ARG x10) bt Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) 6-2, 6-2, 6-3

Aljaz Bedene (SLO) bt Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2

Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 7-6 (7/3), 6-2, 2-6, 6-4

Aslan Karatsev (RUS x24) bt Jenson Brooksby (USA) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Facundo Bagnis (ARG) bt Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) 7-5, 6-3, 6-4

Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) bt Andrey Rublev (RUS x7) 6-3, 7-6 (8/6), 4-6, 3-6, 6-4

Women’s 1st rd

Ashleigh Barty (AUS x1) bt Bernarda Pera (USA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2

Magda Linette (POL) bt Chloe Paquet (FRA) 6-3, 6-3

Astra Sharma (AUS) bt Irina Maria Bara (ROM) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2

Ons Jabeur (TUN x25) bt Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 7-5, 6-2

Coco Gauff (USA x24) bt Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 7-6 (13/11), 6-4

Wang Qiang (CHN) bt Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5

Fiona Ferro (FRA) bt Liang En-shuo (TPE) 6-1, 1-6, 6-4

Jennifer Brady (USA x13) bt Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 6-3, 6-3

Karolina Pliskova (CZE x9) bt Donna Vekic (CRO) 7-5, 6-4

Varvara Lepchenko (USA) bt Zhang Shuai (CHN) 6-3, 6-3

Karolina Muchova (CZE x18) bt Andrea Petkovic (GER) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4

Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS x32) bt Venus Williams (USA) 6-3, 6-1

Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) bt Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2

Ann Li (USA) bt Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) 6-0, 6-1

Elina Svitolina (UKR x5) bt Oceane Babel (FRA) 6-2, 7-5

Maria Sakkari (GRE x17) bt Katarina Zavatska (UKR) 6-4, 6-1

Jasmine Paolini (ITA) bt Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 7-5, 6-1

Anett Kontaveit (EST x30) bt Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/5), 6-0

Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) bt Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 6-4, 6-0

Sloane Stephens (USA) bt Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4

Here’s the schedule and order of play for day three action.

Seeds denoted in []. All matches start at 1100 hrs local time (1430 hrs IST) except ones on the main court (1200 hrs local time / 1530 hrs IST).

Court Philippe CHATRIER

1 WS 1st rd Oceane BABEL (FRA) vs Elina SVITOLINA (UKR)[5] followed by

2 WS 1st rd Ashleigh BARTY (AUS) [1] vs Bernarda PERA (USA) followed by

(Not before 1600 hrs local time)

3 MS 1st rd Rafael NADAL (ESP) [3] vs Alexei POPYRIN (AUS) followed by

(Not before 2100 hrs local time)

4 MS 1st rd Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) [1] vs Tennys SANDGREN (USA)

Court Suzanne LENGLEN

1 WS 1st rd En-Shuo LIANG (TPE) vs Fiona FERRO (FRA) followed by

2 MS 1st rd Albert RAMOS-VINOLAS (ESP) vs Gael MONFILS (FRA)[14]

3 MS 1st rd Hugo GASTON (FRA) vs Richard GASQUET (FRA)

4 WS 1st rd Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [9] vs Donna VEKIC (CRO)

Court Simonne MATHIEU

1 MS 1st rd Ricardas BERANKIS (LTU) vs Ugo HUMBERT (FRA)[29] followed by

2 WS 1st rd Anna Karolina SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK) vs Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA)

3 MS 1st rd Matteo BERRETTINI (ITA) [9] vs Taro DANIEL (JPN)

4 WS 1st rd Carla SUAREZ NAVARRO (ESP) vs Sloane STEPHENS (USA)

Court 4

1 MD 1st rd Ariel BEHAR (URU) / Gonzalo ESCOBAR (ECU) vs Kevin KRAWIETZ (GER) / Horia TECAU (ROU) [9] followed by

2 MD 1st rd Alexander BUBLIK (KAZ) / Andrey GOLUBEV (KAZ) vs Sadio DOUMBIA (FRA) / Fabien REBOUL (FRA)

3 MD 1st rd Wesley KOOLHOF (NED) / Jean-julien ROJER (NED) [11] vs Filip KRAJINOVIC (SRB) / Dusan LAJOVIC (SRB)

4 MD 1st rd Andres MOLTENI (ARG) / Frederik NIELSEN (DEN) vs Ivan DODIG (CRO) / Filip POLASEK (SVK) [5]

Court 5

1 MD 1st rd Henri KONTINEN (FIN) / Edouard ROGER-VASSELIN (FRA) [12] vs Marcelo AREVALO (ESA) / Matwe MIDDELKOOP (NED)

followed by

2 MD 1st rd Romain ARNEODO (MON) / Benoit PAIRE (FRA) vs Marc LOPEZ (ESP) / Jurgen MELZER (AUT)

3 MD 1st rd Simone BOLELLI (ITA) / Maximo GONZALEZ (ARG) vs Taylor FRITZ (USA) / Mackenzie MCDONALD (USA)

4 MD 1st rd Hubert HURKACZ (POL) / Szymon WALKOW (POL) vs Marcel GRANOLLERS (ESP) Horacio ZEBALLOS (ARG) [4]

Court 6

1 MS 1st rd Alex DE MINAUR (AUS) [21] vs Stefano TRAVAGLIA (ITA) followed by

2 MS 1st rd Facundo BAGNIS (ARG) vs Benjamin BONZI (FRA)

3 WS 1st rd Magda LINETTE (POL) vs Chloé PAQUET (FRA)

4 WS 1st rd Coco GAUFF (USA)[24] vs Aleksandra KRUNIC (SRB)

Court 7

1 WS 1st rd Anastasija SEVASTOVA (LAT) vs Jennifer BRADY (USA)[13] followed by

2 MS 1st rd Adrian MANNARINO (FRA) vs Aljaz BEDENE (SLO)

3 MS 1st rd Diego SCHWARTZMAN (ARG) [10] vs Yen-Hsun LU (TPE)

4 WS 1st rd Andrea PETKOVIC (GER) vs Karolina MUCHOVA (CZE) [18]

Court 8

1 WS 1st rd Yulia PUTINTSEVA (KAZ) vs Ons JABEUR (TUN) [25] followed by

2 MS 1st rd Jenson BROOKSBY (USA) vs Aslan KARATSEV (RUS) [24]

3 WS 1st rd Qiang WANG (CHN) vs Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE)

4 MD 1st rd Jamie MURRAY (GBR) / Bruno SOARES (BRA) [7] vs Luke BAMBRIDGE (GBR) / Dominic INGLOT (GBR)

Court 9

1 WS 1st rd Ann LI (USA) vs Margarita GASPARYAN (RUS) followed by

2 WS 1st rd Barbora KREJCIKOVA (CZE) vs Kristyna PLISKOVA (CZE)

3 MS 1st rd Philipp KOHLSCHREIBER (GER) vs Fernando VERDASCO (ESP)

4 MD 1st rd Nicholas MONROE (USA) / Frances TIAFOE (USA) vs Lukasz KUBOT (POL) / Marcelo MELO (BRA) [8]

Court 10

1 WS 1st rd Jasmine PAOLINI (ITA) vs Stefanie VOEGELE (SUI) followed by

2 MD 1st rd Rohan BOPANNA (IND) / Franko SKUGOR (CRO) vs Nikoloz BASILASHVILI (GEO) Andre BEGEMANN (GER)

3 MD 1st rd Jeremy CHARDY (FRA) / Fabrice MARTIN (FRA) [13] vs Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA) / Tommy PAUL (USA)

4 MD 1st rd Ken SKUPSKI (GBR) / Neal SKUPSKI (GBR) vs Juan Sebastian CABAL (COL) / Robert FARAH (COL) [2]

Court 11

1 MS 1st rd Mikael YMER (SWE) vs Roberto CARBALLES BAENA (ESP) followed by

2 WS 1st rd Anett KONTAVEIT (EST) [30] vs Viktorija GOLUBIC (SUI)

3 MS 1st rd Kevin ANDERSON (RSA) vs Soonwoo KWON (KOR)

Court 12

1 WS 1st rd Irina BARA (ROU) vs Astra SHARMA (AUS) followed by

2 MS 1st rd Salvatore CARUSO (ITA) vs James DUCKWORTH (AUS)

3 MS 1st rd Federico CORIA (ARG) vs Feliciano LOPEZ (ESP)

Court 13

1 MS 1st rd Yasutaka UCHIYAMA (JPN) vs Marco CECCHINATO (ITA) followed by

2 MS 1st rd Andreas SEPPI (ITA) vs Felix AUGER-ALIASSIME (CAN) [20]

3 WS 1st rd Varvara LEPCHENKO (USA) vs Shuai ZHANG (CHN)

Court 14

1 WS 1st rd Maria SAKKARI (GRE) [17] vs Katarina ZAVATSKA (UKR) followed by

2 MS 1st rd Jan-Lennard STRUFF (GER) vs Andrey RUBLEV (RUS) [7]

3 WS 1st rd Ekaterina ALEXANDROVA (RUS) [32] vs Venus WILLIAMS (USA) followed by

Not before 1700 hrs local time

4 MS 1st rd Lucas POUILLE (FRA) vs Pablo CUEVAS (URU)

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