For the third night running it was the men on parade in the night game. And national treasure that she is, Alizé Cornet said farewell to professional tennis life. Night feverThe review's coming over all 50/50. For the third night running it was the men who were given pride of place for the night match. This time it was top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic against the local hero Pierre-Hugues Herbert. None of the women's ties of the day were deemed box-office enough by the French tennis
The feature match today sees world No.1 and defending champion Iga Swiatek take on former world No.1 Naomi Osaka on Court Philippe-Chatrier. It will be the third time they have met but with the Japanese star only returning this year there is little doubt who is favourite.
Great Britain’s singles involvement in Paris came to a sorry end on Tuesday night, as Katie Boulter threw away a winning position to leave the collective tally at zero wins from six attempts. Six and out, a cricketer might say, with all the batters back in the hutch.