French Open order of play Day 9: Serena Williams v Maria Sharapova looms over day

ByEurosport

Updated 03/06/2018 at 18:42 GMT

Here is the order of play for the main showcourts on the ninth day of the French Open (play begins at 1000 GMT). You can watch every ball of the French Open live on Eurosport.

Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova

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MONDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS

Simona HALEP (ROU) [1] vs Elise MERTENS (BEL) [16]
Rafael NADAL (ESP) [1] vs Maximilian MARTERER (GER)
Serena WILLIAMS (USA) vs Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) [28]
Marin CILIC (CRO) [3] vs Fabio FOGNINI (ITA) [18]

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MATCH OF THE DAY

Serena WILLIAMS (USA) vs Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) [28]

Serena Wiliams takes on Maria Sharapova on Court Philippe Chatrier in the match which will probably dominate most of the day's coverage. Williams is unseeded but is almost always the better player when she encounters Sharapova. Things are complicated as Sharapova slowly comes back from her drugs back, and Williams from her maternity absence. There's no little needle, so expect plenty of commitment.

POTENTIAL UPSET OF THE DAY

Marin CILIC (CRO) [3] vs Fabio FOGNINI (ITA) [18]

Marin Cilic has been quietly progressing through the rounds, and could be Rafael Nadal's only serious contender for the title in Paris. Fognini, though, presents a challenge, having negotiated his way past Kyle Edmjnd, one of the toughest of the lower ranked players in the tournament this year.

Court Philippe Chatrier

Play starts at 10am on all courts

Simona HALEP (ROU) [1] vs Elise MERTENS (BEL) [16]

Rafael NADAL (ESP) [1] vs Maximilian MARTERER (GER)

Serena WILLIAMS (USA) vs Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) [28]

Marin CILIC (CRO) [3] vs Fabio FOGNINI (ITA) [18]

Court Suzanne-Lenglen

Diego SCHWARTZMAN (ARG) [11] vs Kevin ANDERSON (RSA) [6]

Angelique KERBER (GER) [12] vs Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [7]

John ISNER (USA)[9] vs Juan Martin DEL POTRO (ARG) [5]

Garbiñe MUGURUZA (ESP) [3] vs Lesia TSURENKO (UKR)

Court 1

Feliciano LOPEZ (ESP) & Marc LOPEZ (ESP) [12] vs Henri KONTINEN (FIN) & John PEERS (AUS) [3]

Timea BABOS (HUN) & Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) [1] vs Nicole MELICHAR (USA) & Kveta PESCHKE (CZE) [13]

Steve JOHNSON (USA) & Jack SOCK (USA)vs Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA) & Nicolas MAHUT (FRA) [6]

Court 4

Jesper DE JONG (NED) vs Daniel MICHALSKI (POL)

Alexa NOEL (USA) [4] vs Iga SWIATEK (POL

Yanki EREL (TUR) or George LOFFHAGEN (GBR) vs Deney WASSERMANN (NED)

Maria Lourdes CARLE (ARG) [12] vs Gergana TOPALOVA (BUL)

Baptiste ANSELMO (FRA) & Emilien VOISIN (FRA)vs Tristan BOYER (USA) & George LOFFHAGEN (GBR)

Court 5

Hong Yi Cody WONG (HKG) vs Qinwen ZHENG (CHN) [11]

Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP) vs Jack DRAPER (GBR)

Yuki NAITO (JPN) [10] vs Katie VOLYNETS (USA)

Eleonora MOLINARO (LUX) [6] vs Elina AVANESYAN (RUS)

Chloe BECK (USA) & Taisya PACHKALEVA (RUS) vs Dalayna HEWITT (USA) & Peyton STEARNS (USA)

Court 6

Diane PARRY (FRA) vs Elisabetta COCCIARETTO (ITA) [9]

Harold MAYOT (FRA) vs Chun Hsin TSENG (TPE) [4]

Sebastian BAEZ (ARG) [1] vs Naoki TAJIMA (JPN)

Mariam DALAKISHVILI (GEO) or Clara BUREL (FRA) [13] vs Sofya LANSERE (RUS)

Harold MAYOT (FRA) & Valentin ROYER (FRA) vs Nick HARDT (DOM) & Filip Cristian JIANU (ROU) [7]

Mylene HALEMAI (FRA) & Manon LEONARD (FRA) vs Joanna GARLAND (TPE) & En-Shuo LIANG (TPE) [4]

Court 7

Eri HOZUMI (JPN) & Makoto NINOMIYA (JPN) vs Gabriela DABROWSKI (CAN) & Yifan XU (CHN) [5]

Anna-Lena GROENEFELD (GER) & Robert FARAH (COL) [8] vs Abigail SPEARS (USA) & Juan Sebastian CABAL (COL)

G.DABROWSKI (CAN ) / M.PAVIC (CRO) [1] or A.SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE ) / E.ROGER-VASSELIN (FRA) vs K.MLADENOVIC (FRA ) / A.MUSIALEK (FRA) or D.SCHUURS (NED ) / M.MIDDELKOOP (NED)

Court 8

Alexey ZAKHAROV (RUS) vs Clement TABUR (FRA) [12]

Oksana SELEKHMETEVA (RUS) vs Mylene HALEMAI (FRA)

Cori GAUFF (USA) [16] vs Sada NAHIMANA (BDI)

Joao Lucas REIS DA SILVA (BRA) vs Jaimee Floyd ANGELE (FRA)

Sergey FOMIN (UZB) & Tao MU (CHN) vs Facundo DIAZ ACOSTA (ARG) & Thiago Agustin TIRANTE (ARG)

Court 9

Loudmilla BENCHEIKH (FRA) vs Moyuka UCHIJIMA (JPN)

Antoine CORNUT-CHAUVINC (FRA) vs Aidan MCHUGH (GBR) [13]

Jiri LEHECKA (CZE) or Stefan PALOSI (ROU) vs Valentin ROYER (FRA) or Sebastian KORDA (USA) [2]

Himari SATO (JPN) or Andreea PRISACARIU (ROU) vs Olympe LANCELOT (FRA) or Xiyu WANG (CHN) [8]

Jack DRAPER (GBR) & Rinky HIJIKATA (AUS) vs Aidan MCHUGH (GBR) & Timofey SKATOV (KAZ) [3]

Court 12

Yshai OLIEL (ISR) vs Carlos LOPEZ MONTAGUD (ESP)

Caty MCNALLY (USA) vs Lulu SUN (SUI) [14]

Filip Cristian JIANU (ROU) or Carlos SANCHEZ JOVER (ESP) vs Kyrian JACQUET (FRA) or Drew BAIRD (USA) [16]

Francesca CURMI (MLT) & Melania DELAI (ITA) vs Ana MAKATSARIA (GEO) & Alexa NOEL (USA) [7]

Sebastian BAEZ (ARG) & Thiago SEYBOTH WILD (BRA) [1] vs Sebastian KORDA (USA) & Emilio NAVA (USA)

Caty MCNALLY (USA) & Iga SWIATEK (POL) vs Sada NAHIMANA (BDI) & Maria Gabriela RIVERA CORADO (GUA)

Court 14

Adrian ANDREEV (BUL) [7] vs Arthur CAZAUX (FRA)

En-Shuo LIANG (TPE)[1] vs Dalayna HEWITT (USA)

Emma RADUCANU (GBR) or Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS) vs Viktoriya KANAPATSKAYA (BLR) or Clara TAUSON (DEN) [5]

Maxence BEAUGE (FRA) & Antoine CORNUT-CHAUVINC (FRA) vs Juan Manuel CERUNDOLO (ARG) & Tyler ZINK (USA)

Gabriella PRICE (USA) & Moyuka UCHIJIMA (JPN) vs Viktoriya KANAPATSKAYA (BLR) & Oksana SELEKHMETEVA (RUS)

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