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French Open, Day Four Order of play: TV details, match of the day, potential upsets and more

Desmond Kane

Updated 25/05/2016 at 07:31 GMT

No rest for the winning. Andy Murray finds himself back out on Philippe Chatrier a day after he completed a taut five-set win over Radek Stepanek in the first round.

Andy Murray

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Not that Britain's number one will be complaining about back-to-back matches on successive days after coming within two points of suffering a first-round defeat to Stepanek, a qualifier ranked 129 in the world, who belied his 37 years and lowly standing in the game to almost oust the world number two.
Murray will hope for easier goings on against Mathias Bourgue, 22, a French qualifier who Murray has yet to play on tour.
Bourge is the world number 165 who received a wild card to the doubles draw of the French Open in 2014, and won his first match at a Grand Slam by beating Spain's Jordi Samper in straight sets to secure a meeting with the Scot.
Due to home interest, expect a bit of noise from the French crowd, but also expect Murray to enjoy a straight-sets win in careering into the last 32. He is third out on the main arena.
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The thrilling point that kept alive Andy Murray's bid for French Open glory

MATCH OF THE DAY

It is a real day for the Brits to excel at Roland Garros, and we believe Kyle Edmund against John Isner could be the match of the day with the prospect of a huge upset out on Court 14. It is the first time they have met on tour, but big John is giving away 10 years to Edmund, 21, who will certainly not lack the power to trouble the American.
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Kyle Edmund

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Edmund is also playing on his favourite surface on clay and enjoys a 114-36 career win-loss record on the surface. Isner lost to Lukas Rosol last week in Geneva, his first tournament after six weeks off, and struggled against Australian John Millman in the first round, coming through in four tight sets with the aid of 40 aces. Edmund has the ability to win this match.

POTENTIAL UPSET OF THE DAY

Having come within a game of ousting Serena Williams at Wimbledon, Watson should fancy herself to push former champion and two-times Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova to the limit when they come across each other first on Court Two. Kuznetosoa lives in Spain, and is used to clay.
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Heather Watson booked her place in the second round of the French Open (AP)

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She is also used to the Paris clay, which can be quite heavy and more demanding on the legs than other places where the ball flies faster through the air. The 13th seed lost to Justin Henin in the 2006 final, but beat compatriot Dinara Safina to lift the 2009 trophy. There is a real pedigree in Kuznetsova's play. Like Watson in the first round, she was forced to recover from losing the first set in her opening match.
Watson must be aggressive and show a variety of shot-making to place doubt into the Russian player's mind. But she certainly has the game to complete one of her most famous wins.

BRITWATCH

Apart from the three Brits in the singles, you can enjoy a bit of action from the women's doubles with Johanna Konta aiming to put the disappointment of defeat in the singles to Julia Görges on Tuesday behind her when she teams up with Maria Sanchez against Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears in the first round.

ORDER OF PLAY

--- PLAY ON ALL COURTS STARTS AT 11AM LOCAL, 10AM BST ---
Philippe Chatrier
6-Simona Halep (Romania) v Zarina Diyas (Kazakhstan)
Myrtille Georges (France) v 4-Garbine Muguruza (Spain) Live on Eurosport 2
Mathias Bourgue (Fra) v 2-Andy Murray (Britain) Live on Eurosport 1
8-Milos Raonic (Canada) v Adrian Mannarino (France)
Suzanne Lenglen
Hsieh Su-wei (Taiwan) v 10-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)
Taro Daniel (Japan) v 3-Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) Live on Eurosport 1
Bjorn Fratangelo (U.S.) v 9-Richard Gasquet (France)
Caroline Garcia (France) v 2-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland)
Court One
5-Kei Nishikori (Japan) v Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia)
Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland) v 11-Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic)
16-Gilles Simon (France) v Guido Pella (Argentina)
Veronica Cepede Royg (Paraguay) v 19-Sloane Stephens (U.S.)
Court Two
(13) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) v Heather Watson (Gbr) Live on Eurosport 1
Teymuraz Gabashvili (Rus) v (19) Benoit Paire (Fra)
Serena Williams (USA) & Venus Williams (USA) v Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) & Yulia Putintseva (Kaz)
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) v (25) Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom)
Jonathan Erlich (Isr) & Colin Fleming (Gbr) v Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) & Benoit Paire (Fra)
Court Three
(27) Ivo Karlovic (Cro) v Jordan Thompson (Aus)
(21) Samantha Stosur (Aus) v Shuai Zhang (Chn)
Andrei Martin (Svk) v (29) Lucas Pouille (Fra)
Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) v Annika Beck (Ger)
Court Four
Xinyun Han (Chn) & Varvara Lepchenko (USA) v (9) Yi Fan Xu (Chn) & Saisai Zheng (Chn)
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spa) v Marco Trungelliti (Arg)
(16) Marcin Matkowski (Pol) & Leander Paes (Ind) v Aliaksandr Bury (Blr) & Denis Istomin (Uzb)
Darija Jurak (Cro) & Ana Konjuh (Cro) v Stephanie Foretz (Fra) & Amandine Hesse (Fra)
Court Five
Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (Fra) & Claire Feuerstein (Fra) v Maria Irigoyen (Arg) & Paula Kania (Pol)
Brian Baker (USA) & Marcus Daniell (Nzl) v Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) & Dmitry Tursunov (Rus)
(10) Julia Goerges (Ger) & Karolina Pliskova (Cze) v Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) & Kveta Peschke (Cze)
(8) Raquel Atawo (USA) & Abigail Spears (USA) v Johanna Konta (Gbr) & Maria Sanchez (USA)
Court Six
Shelby Rogers (USA) v Elena Vesnina (Rus),
(30) Jeremy Chardy (Fra) v Adam Pavlasek (Cze)
(17) Nick Kyrgios (Aus) v Igor Sijsling (Ned)
(30) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) v Polona Hercog (Slo)
Court Eight
Guillermo Duran (Arg) & Maximo Gonzalez (Arg) v (15) Feliciano Lopez (Spa) & Marc Lopez (Spa)
Arina Rodionova (Aus) & Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) v (4) Timea Babos (Hun) & Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz)
(11) Henri Kontinen (Fin) & John Peers (Aus) v Nicolas Almagro (Spa) & Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa)
Irina Falconi (USA) & Monica Puig (Pur) v (6) Andrea Hlavackova (Cze) & Lucie Hradecka (Cze)
Court 10
Clothilde De Bernardi (Fra) & Sherazad Reix (Fra) v Alize Cornet (Fra) & Magda Linette (Pol)
(11) Andreja Klepac (Slo) & Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) v Fiona Ferro (Fra) & Virginie Razzano (Fra)
Gregoire Barrere (Fra) & Quentin Halys (Fra) v Denys Molchanov (Ukr) & Dudi Sela (Isr)
Daria Gavrilova (Aus) & Elina Svitolina (Ukr) v Gabriela Dabrowski (Can) & Martinez Sanchez (Spa)
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spa) & Jiri Vesely (Cze) v Julien Benneteau (Fra) & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra)
Court 13
Nicole Melichar (USA) & Alicja Rosolska (Pol) v Chen Liang (Chn) & Yafan Wang (Chn)
Ricardas Berankis (Lit) & Lukas Rosol (Cze) v Marcelo Demoliner (Bra) & Marin Draganja (Cro)
(8) Raven Klaasen (Rsa) & Rajeev Ram (USA) v Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) & Mikhail Youzhny (Rus)
Gilles Muller (Lux) & Frederik Nielsen (Den) v Pablo Cuevas (Uru) & Marcel Granollers (Spa)
Court 14
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Cro) v Naomi Osaka (Jpn)
(23) Jack Sock (USA) v Dustin Brown (Ger)
(15) John Isner (USA) v Kyle Edmund (Gbr) Live on Eurosport
Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) v Johanna Larsson (Swe)
Court 15
Mikhail Elgin (Rus) & Malek Jaziri (Tun) v Julian Knowle (Aut) & Florian Mayer (Ger)
Madison Brengle (USA) & Tatjana Maria (Ger) v (13) Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) & Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa)
(10) Treat Huey (Phi) & Max Mirnyi (Blr) v Fabio Fognini (Ita) & Andreas Seppi (Ita)
Karin Knapp (Ita) & Mandy Minella (Lux) v Nao Hibino (Jpn) & Eri Hozumi (Jpn)
Court 16
Cagla Buyukakcay (Tur) v (24) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus)
(1) Martina Hingis (Swi) & Sania Mirza (Ind) v Daria Kasatkina (Rus) & Alexandra Panova (Rus)
Dusan Lajovic (Ser) v (22) Viktor Troicki (Ser), Asia Muhammed (USA) & Stephanie Vogt (Lie) v Anna-Lena Friedsam (Ger) & Laura Siegemund (Ger)
Court 17
Ivan Dodig (Cro) v Fernando Verdasco (Spa) Live on Eurosport 2
(27) Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) v Yanina Wickmayer (Bel)
(1) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra) & Nicolas Mahut (Fra) v Samuel Groth (Aus) & Bernard Tomic (Aus)
Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) & Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) v Mathilde Johansson (Fra) & Pauline Parmentier (Fra)
Court 18
Nadiia Kichenok (Ukr) & Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukr) v Oksana Kalashnikova (Geo) & Danka Kovinic (Mne)
Federico Del Bonis (Arg) & Andres Molteni (Arg) v John Millman (Aus) & Kenneth Skupski (Gbr)
Stephane Robert (Fra) & Alexandre Sidorenko (Fra) v (6) Rohan Bopanna (Ind) & Florin Mergea (Rom)
(14) Daniel Nestor (Can) & Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Pak) v Inigo Cervantes (Spa) & Paolo Lorenzi (Ita)
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HOW CAN I WATCH ON EUROSPORT?

Eurosport will broadcast the 2016 French Open live in the UK across Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2.
The tournament will also be available via Eurosport Player, which will provide comprehensive coverage of the French Open with LIVE feeds from all the match courts, allowing viewers to select their own matches – all available on multiple devices for a monthly subscription fee. Click here for full details.
Plus there will be comprehensive live scoring, video clips, news and features right here on eurosport.co.uk.
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