French Open, day 1 review: Sabalenka speaks out against the war, Kostyuk is still unhappy, Evans is out

James Gray looks back at the opening day of the 2023 French Open, live from Paris.

French Open order of play, day 2

(All courts start at 10am BST unless stated)

Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10.45am)

• Karolina Pliskova (16) vs Sloane Stephens
• Novak Djokovic (3) vs Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Caroline Garcia (5) vs Wang Xiyu
• (Not before 7.15pm) Jannik Sinner (8) vs Alexandre Muller

Court Suzanne Lenglen

• Benoit Paire vs Cameron Norrie (14)
• Elina Avanesyan vs Belinda Bencic (12)
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) vs Flavio Cobolli
• Petra Kvitova (10) vs Elisabetta Cocciaretto

Court Simonne Mathieu

• Kayla Day vs Kristina Mladenovic
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (10) vs Fabio Fognini
• Elina Svitolina vs Martina Trevisan (26)
• Arthur Fils vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29)

Court 14

• Kaia Kanepi vs Madison Keys (20)
• Stan Wawrinka vs Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Tatjana Maria vs Beatriz Haddad Maia (14)
• (Not before 4pm) Luca Van Assche vs Marco Cecchinato

Court 7

• Brandon Nakashima vs Denis Shapovalov (26)
• Yulia Putintseva vs Maryna Zanevska
• Filip Krajinovic vs Frances Tiafoe (12)
• Jelena Ostapenko (17) vs Tereza Martincova

Court 6

• Ilya Ivashka vs Alex De Minaur (18)
• Marketa Vondrousova vs Alycia Parks
• Dominic Thiem vs Pedro Cachin
• Veronika Kudermetova (11) vs Anna Karolina Schmiedlova

Court 4

• Caty McNally vs Ana Bogdan
• Christopher O'Connell vs Taro Daniel
• Hamad Medjedovic vs Marcos Giron
• Nao Hibino vs Anna-Lena Friedsam

Court 5

• Shang Juncheng vs Juan Pablo Varillas
• Rebecca Marino vs Diana Shnaider
• Peyton Stearns vs Katerina Siniakova
• Zhang Zhizhen vs Dusan Lajovic

Court 8

• Dayana Yastremska vs Donna Vekic (22)
• Alexei Popyrin vs Aslan Karatsev
• Aliona Bolsova vs Kristina Kucova
• Daniel Altmaier vs Marc-Andrea Huesler

Court 9

• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Linda Fruhvirtova
• Jack Draper vs Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Botic Van De Zandschulp (25) vs Thiago Agustin Tirante
• Anna Blinkova vs Ysaline Bonaventure

Court 12

• Anett Kontaveit vs Bernarda Pera
• Roberto Bautista Agut (19) vs Wu Yibing
• Borna Coric (15) vs Federico Coria
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (23) vs Viktoriya Tomova

Court 13

• Bernabe Zapata Miralles (32) vs Diego Schwartzman
• Varvara Gracheva vs Dalma Galfi
• Jiri Lehecka vs Jan-Lennard Struff (21)
• Simona Waltert vs Elizabeth Mandlik

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