French Open Day Eight

Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 1, 2025 Italy's Jasmine Paolini reacts during her fourth round match against Ukraine's Elina Svitolina REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

UPDATED Jun 01, 2025, 06:40 PM

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PARIS - Highlights of the eighth day at the French Open on Sunday (times GMT):

0910 PLAY UNDER WAY

Play began under partly cloudy skies with the temperature hovering around 20 degrees Celsius.

Last year's runner-up, Italian Jasmine Paolini seeded fourth, takes on Ukrainian 13th seed Elina Svitolina in the women's fourth round on Court Philippe-Chatrier.

Women's top seed Aryna Sabalenka and men's defending champion Carlos Alcaraz are both facing American opponents.

Four-times champion Iga Swiatek will take on Elena Rybakina later on Philippe-Chatrier.

FRENCH OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON SUNDAY (prefix number denotes seeding):

COURT PHILIPPE-CHATRIER (Play begins at 0900 GMT)

4-Jasmine Paolini (Italy) v 13-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)

12-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) v 5-Iga Swiatek (Poland)

13-Ben Shelton (U.S.) v 2-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)

8-Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) v 10-Holger Rune (Denmark)

COURT SUZANNE-LENGLEN (Play begins at 0900 GMT)

25-Alexei Popyrin (Australia) v 12-Tommy Paul (U.S.)

19-Liudmila Samsonova (Russia) v 8-Zheng Qinwen (China)

1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v 16-Amanda Anisimova (U.S.)

15-Frances Tiafoe (U.S.) v Daniel Altmaier (Germany)

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