Roland-Garros: here it's Parry, Nadal, Djokovic and the night of Alcaraz... Ask for the program for Friday May 27

The 3rd round of Roland-Garros begins this Friday with only one Frenchwoman (and zero Frenchmen) on the courts.

Diane Parry will have the honors of Central against the American Stephens.

Rafael Nadal will visit the Suzanne-Lenglen court to face the Dutchman Van De Zandschulp.

The Parisian night will be marked by a very tempting clash between the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and the American Sebastian Korda...

Parry at all costs

No need to check ten times in case you missed a Blue in singles.

Only Diane Parry, 19, one of the great tricolor stories of this Roland-Garros, is on the day's program.

The Parisian will play in the third rotation on the Philippe-Chatrier court against the experienced American Sloane Stephens, 29 years old and 64th in the world, former finalist of the tournament in 2018. The step is high but not inaccessible when we released the winner of the previous edition (Barbora Krejcikova) in the 1st round!

“It's going to be a complicated match, because she has a lot of experience in this kind of Grand Slam tournament, explains Parry.

But it's already my best result in a Grand Slam, it makes me want to go far in this tournament, to continue to win matches..."

🇨🇵 Leolia Jeanjean (26 years old / n°227)

🇨🇵 Diane Parry (19 years old / n°97)

First French qualified for the 3rd round of #RolandGarros, MAGNIFICENT 🤩 pic.twitter.com/uTnFwKPmMf

— Universe Tennis 🎾 (@UniversTennis) May 26, 2022

This way nostalgia

Happy owners of a ticket for the Simonne-Mathieu court.

From 11 am, they will be able to attend one of the shocks of the 3rd round between Grigor Dimitrov (n° 18) and Diego Schwartzman (n° 15).

Two veterans of the circuit who have beautiful remains.

The Bulgarian aesthete, 31, hasn't hung around the courts since the start of the week, with two corrections inflicted on the American Giron (6-1, 6-1, 6-1) and the Croatian Coric ( 6-0, 6-4, 6-3).

The Argentinian moped, 29, had a little more trouble getting started, including a match to return against the Spaniard Munar (2-6, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6- 2, 6-2).

During the recent Madrid tournament, Dimitrov had severely beaten his opponent (6-0, 6-3).

On to Round 3 💯 @rolandgarros pic.twitter.com/d4slLcF578

— Grigor Dimitrov (@GrigorDimitrov) May 25, 2022

Star Wars

What could be better than a night session for a match that is likely to make some sparks?

Spanish prodigy Carlos Alcaraz faces American Sebastian Korda, one of only three players to beat him this season (along with Berrettini and Nadal) and the only one on clay (in Monte-Carlo).

Bombarded big favorite of the tournament by many observers (and most of his rivals, very happy to put pressure on him), the world No. 6 is not very serene at the start of the fortnight.

To the point that he came close to leaving in the second round against his compatriot Ramos Vinolas, who still wonders how he wasted his match point… Korda, for his part, had little difficulty in getting rid of Richard Gasquet.

🇺🇸 Moving on!

No.27 @SebiKorda beats Richard Gasquet in straight sets, 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-3!#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/OdYWLxeXKH

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 25, 2022

The Game Masters

To watch, the remote duel between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.

The Serb takes on Slovenian Bedene on Central as the Spaniard plays against Dutchman Van De Zandschulp.

So far, all the signals are green for the two headliners of the men's draw, who could meet in the quarter-finals...

📊 They have won at least 300 Grand Slam matches:

🇨🇭 Roger Federer - 369 wins

🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic - 325 wins

🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal - 300 wins

There you go.

This is the list.

🤷‍♀️

📸 Getty Images via AFP pic.twitter.com/AfovMu6P4E

— Game, Set and Maths (@JeuSetMaths) May 25, 2022

The program

Court Philippe-Chatrier (from noon): Belinda Bencic (SUI/14) - Leylah Fernandez (CAN/17);

Novak Djokovic (SRB/1) - Aljaz Bedene (SLO) Sloane Stephens (EU) - Diane PARRY.

Not before 8:45 p.m.: Sebastian Korda (EU) - Carlos Alcaraz (ESP / 6)

Court Suzanne-Lenglen (from 11:00 a.m.): Amanda Anisimova (EU/27) - Karoline Muchova (RTC);

Coco Gauff (EU/18) - Kaia Kanepi (EST);

Botic van de Zandschulp (PBS/26) - Rafael Nadal (ESP/5);

Alexander Zverev (GER/3) - Brandon Nakashima (EU).

Court Simonne-Mathieu (from 11 a.m.): Grigor Dimitrov (BUL/18) - Diego Schwartzman (ARG/15);

Angelique Kerber (ALL/21) - Aliaksandra Sasnovich;

Victoria Azarenka (BLR/15) - Jil Teichmann (SUI/23);

Cameron Norrie (GBR/10) - Karen Khachanov (21).