(Reuters) -Highlights of the fourth day at the French Open on Wednesday (times GMT):
0910 PLAY UNDER WAY
Play began under cloudy skies, with the temperature at Roland Garros around 18 degrees Celsius. There are chances of light showers in the afternoon.
Polish defending champion Iga Swiatek faces Britain’s Emma Raducanu in her second-round clash, while Belarusian top seed Aryna Sabalenka takes on Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann.
Men’s second seed Carlos Alcaraz faces Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan and seventh seed Casper Ruud plays Portugal’s Nuno Borges.
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FRENCH OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON WEDNESDAY (prefix number denotes seeding)
COURT PHILIPPE-CHATRIER (play begins at 1000 GMT)
4-Jasmine Paolini (Italy) v Ajla Tomljanovic (Australia)
Fabian Marozsan (Hungary) v 2-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
Emma Raducanu (Britain) v 5-Iga Swiatek (Poland)
Emilio Nava (U.S.) v 10-Holger Rune (Denmark)
COURT SUZANNE-LENGLEN (play begins at 0900 GMT)
Emiliana Arango (Colombia) v 8-Zheng Qinwen
7-Casper Ruud (Norway) v Nuno Borges (Portugal)
31-Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (France) v Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Jil Teichmann (Switzerland)
COURT SIMONNE-MATHIEU (play begins at 0900 GMT)
8-Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) v Daniel Elahi Galan (Colombia)
Anna Bondar (Hungary) v 13-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)
Matteo Gigante (Italy) v 20-Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
12-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) v Iva Jovic (U.S.)
(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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