French Open 2023: Day 2 order of play – Favourites Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz begin title quest

Alcaraz, the 2022 US Open Champions is widely being touted as the next big thing in Tennis. In the absence of his compatriot Rafael Nadal, the 20-year-old would be aiming to keep his lead at the top of the Men’s ATP Ranking by winning his second major title.

Djokovic, on the other hand, is the only one from the original ‘Big 3’ participating at the French Open 2023. The Serbian ace is eyeing for his record-extending 23rd Grand Slam title.

Here’s the order of play for Day 2 of the French Open 2023

French Open 2023: May 29 Order of Play

Court Philippe-Chatrier

Women’s Singles – [16] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) vs Sloane Stephens (USA) – (From 2:30PM IST)

Men’s Singles – [3] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA)

Women’s Singles – [5] Caroline Garica (FRA) vs Xiyu Wang (CHN)

Men’s Singles – [8] Jannik Sinner (ITA) vs Alexandre Muller (FRA) – Not before 8:15PM IST

Court Suzanne-Lenglen

Men’s Singles – [WC] Benoit Paire (FRA) vs [14] Cameron Norrie (GBR) – (From 2:30PM IST)

Women’s Singles – LL] Elina Avanesyan vs [12] Belinda Bencic (SUI)

Men’s Singles – [1] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) vs [Q] Flavio Cobolli (ITA)

Women’s Singles – [10] Petra Kvitova (CZE) vs Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA)

Court Simonne-Mathieu

Women’s Singles – [Q] Kayla Day (USA) vs [WC] Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) – (From 2:30PM IST)

Men’s Singles – [10] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA)

Women’s Singles – Elina Svitolina (UKR) vs [26] Martina Trevisan (ITA)

Men’s Singles – [WC] Arthur Fils (FRA) vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)

Here are some of the fixtures to watch out on the other courts:

Court 14

Kaia Kanepi vs Madison Keys (20) (From 2:30PM IST)

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) (From 2:30PM IST)

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) (From 2:30PM IST)

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