Thursday 26 May 2016 15:35, UK
Novak Djokovic continues his quest for a first French Open title on Thursday, while Rafael Nadal's bid for a 10th will also resume.
Both men kicked off their campaigns in Paris with routine straight-sets wins and it is difficult to see anything else in round two, with Djokovic up against Belgium's world number 161 Steve Darcis and Nadal facing little-known Argentine Facundo Bagnis, who is ranked at number 99.
Djokovic is bidding to win the only Grand Slam title he has not previously claimed, while Nadal is seeking a 10th title in the French capital, but a first since 2014.
The Spaniard has been back to his best on clay this season, winning at another of his favourite venues in Monte Carlo as well as a semi-final run in Madrid.
Both of the Williams sisters are also in action. Defending champion Serena faces Brazil's Teliana Pereira on Suzanne Lenglen Court and will be followed by her older sister when Venus takes on fellow American Louisa Chirico.
Three-time winner this season Dominic Thiem will be tested by Spanish clay-court specialist Guillermo Garcia-Lopez but there is no question about game of the day in the men's event.
Home favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga takes on perennial crowd favouite Marcos Baghdatis - we can expect a raucous Philippe Chatrier Court for what is sure to be an entertaining affair.
Those looking for something on the outside courts could do worse than head to Court No 14, where Bernard Tomic and talented Croatian teenager Borna Coric meet.
Tomas Berdych will have to be at his best to beat Tunisian clay-court specialist Malek Jaziri but it is the sort of match that the Czech usually comes through, so we are heading to the women's event for our shock result.
Eugenie Bouchard was a French Open semi-finalist in 2014 but injury and a loss of form have seen her slide down the rankings and she is unseeded for her match with Swiss star Timea Bacsinszky.
Bouchard has shown flashes of form recently and if she can find a consistency to go with that, she is more than capable of adding the eighth-seeded Bacsinszky to the growing list of casualties in the women's event.
After another Andy Murray scare, British number two Aljaz Bedene is in action - the only other British player left standing after Heather Watson and Kyle Edmund crashed out in round two on Wednesday.
Bedene faces Pablo Carreno Busta in the opening match of the day on Court No 6.
With the doubles events underway, fourth seeds Jamie Murray and his Brazilian partner Bruno Soares face Russian pair Evgeny Donsky and Andrey Kuznetsov in the first round, and Heather Watson teams up with the woman she beat in round one, Nicole Gibbs, to start their campaign.
Relive another Andy Murray slog - the Scot took five sets to beat French wild card Mathias Borgue.
