PARIS (AP) - A look at the French Open on Friday:
Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 75 degrees (24 Celsius).
Men’s Seeded Winners: No. 2 Novak Djokovic, No. 4 Roger Federer, No. 5 Tomas Berdych, No. 8 Milos Raonic, No. 10 John Isner, No. 13 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 18 Ernests Gulbis.
Men’s Seeded Losers: No. 17 Tommy Robredo, No. 22 Jerzy Janowicz, No. 25 Marin Cilic, No. 29 Gilles Simon, No. 31 Dmitry Tursunov.
Women’s Seeded Winners: No. 7 Maria Sharapova, No. 8 Angelique Kerber, No. 14 Carla Suarez Navarro, No. 18 Eugenie Bouchard, No. 19 Samantha Stosur.
Women’s Seeded Losers: No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 9 Dominika Cibulkova, No. 31 Daniela Hantuchova.
Stat of the Day: 1 - Number of service breaks in Isner’s 7-6 (13), 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 7-5 victory over Robredo. Isner saved all 13 break points he faced and converted 1 of 6 that he earned.
Quote of the Day: “It’s an ouchy one.” - Tursunov, asked what sort of injury he was bothered by during his four-set loss to Federer.
On Court Saturday: No. 1 Rafael Nadal vs. Leonardo Mayer, No. 5 David Ferrer vs. No. 32 Andreas Seppi, No. 7 Andy Murray vs. No. 28 Philipp Kohlschreiber, No. 14 Fabio Fognini vs. No. 23 Gael Monfils; No. 4 Simona Halep vs. Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor, No. 5 Petra Kvitova vs. No. 27 Svetlana Kuznetsova; No. 6 Jelena Jankovic vs. No. 26 Sorana Cirstea, No. 11 Ana Ivanovic vs. No. 23 Lucie Safarova, No. 15 Sloane Stephens vs. No. 22 Ekaterina Makarova.
Saturday’s Forecast: Partly cloudy. High of 72 degrees (22 Celsius).
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