Arthur Fils withdrew from the French Open on Friday due to an unspecified injury, per the Associated Press. While the exact issue that forced him to pull out of the tournament wasn't revealed, he spoke about back pain after defeating Jaume Munar on Thursday.

The second show court at Roland Garros is a rocket booster for French players and a washing machine for their opponents.

Among the big names playing on Friday is the Queen of Clay, Iga Swiatek. The Polish star has won three straight championships at Roland-Garros and has looked like she has what it takes to make it fourth.

In the women's draw, World No. 2 Coco Gauff will play 18-year-old Tereza Valentova, who, just a year ago, won the junior Grand Slam final at Roland-Garros, while No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula will face 24-year-old American Ann Li.

Roland Garros is bracing for a surreal Saturday evening when the biggest noise around the French Open might come not from the courts, but from the nearby Parc des Princes, where tens of thousands of Paris St Germain fans will gather to watch their team contest the Champions League final against Inter Milan.

La campeona defensora Iga Swiatek se unió el viernes a la número uno mundial Aryna Sabalenka en la cuarta ronda del Abierto de Francia. Ninguna

Jack Draper seals a dramatic night-session win over Gael Monfils with a kiss. The Fonseca Effect: Crowds circle the surging Brazilian teen at an already packed Roland Garros. Richard Gasquet, 38, and Stan Wawrinka, 40, commemorate another year in Paris. For Gasquet, it was his last.

By Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS (Reuters) -World number one Jannik Sinner sent Frenchman Richard Gasquet into retirement with a 6-3 6-0 6-4 hammering in the battle of generations at the French Open on Thursday to ease into the third round.