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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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