French Open, day 5 results: Djokovic, Federer, birthday-boy Nadal win; Barty retires hurt

Novak Djokovic, birthday boy Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer all reached the French Open third round on Thursday as the race for the women’s title was thrown wide open after world number one Ashleigh Barty limped out.

Here are the results on Thursday, the fifth day of the 2021 tournament at Roland Garros (x denotes seeding):

Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4

Ricardas Berankis (LTU) bt James Duckworth (AUS) 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-0

Marco Cecchinato (ITA) bt Alex De Minaur (AUS x21) 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1

Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) bt Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 7-5, 6-3, 6-2

Matteo Berrettini (ITA x9) bt Federico Coria (ARG) 6-3, 6-3, 6-2

Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-4, 7-5, 7-5

Dominik Koepfer (GER) bt Taylor Fritz (USA x30) 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4

Roger Federer (SUI x8) bt Marin Cilic (CRO) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2

Rafael Nadal (ESP x3) bt Richard Gasquet (FRA) 6-0, 7-5, 6-2

Cameron Norrie (GBR) bt Lloyd Harris (RSA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2

Jannik Sinner (ITA x18) bt Gianluca Mager (ITA) 6-1, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3

Mikael Ymer (SWE) bt Gael Monfils (FRA x14) 6-0, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3

Diego Schwartzman (ARG x10) bt Aljaz Bedene (SLO) 6-4, 6-2, 6-4

Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) bt Aslan Karatsev (RUS x24) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 6-1

Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) bt Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO x28) 6-4, 6-2, 6-4

Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) bt Facundo Bagnis (ARG) 7-5, 7-6 (7/1), 6-4

Women

2nd rd

Magda Linette (POL) bt Ashleigh Barty (AUS x1) 6-1, 2-2 - retired

Ons Jabeur (TUN x25) bt Astra Sharma (AUS) 6-2, 6-4

Coco Gauff (USA x24) bt Wang Qiang (CHN) 6-3, 7-6 (7/1)

Jennifer Brady (USA x13) bt Fiona Ferro (FRA) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5

Sloane Stephens (USA) bt Karolina Pliskova (CZE x9) 7-5, 6-1

Karolina Muchova (CZE x18) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 6-3, 6-4

Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) bt Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS x32) 6-2, 6-3

Elina Svitolina (UKR x5) bt Ann Li (USA) 6-0, 6-4

Sofia Kenin (USA x4) bt Hailey Baptiste (USA) 7-5, 6-3

Jessica Pegula (USA x28) bt Tereza Martincova (CZE) 6-3, 6-3

Maria Sakkari (GRE x17) bt Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 6-2, 6-3

Elise Mertens (BEL x14) bt Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

Marta Kostyuk (UKR) bt Zheng Saisai (CHN) 6-3, 6-4

Varvara Gracheva (RUS) bt Camila Giorgi (ITA) 7-5, 1-6, 6-2

Anett Kontaveit (EST x30) bt Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 6-2, 6-0

Iga Swiatek (POL x8) bt Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 6-1, 6-1

Here’s the order of play in the main courts. Seeds denoted in []. All matches start at 1100 hrs local time (1430 hrs IST) except ones on the main court (1200 hrs local time / 1530 hrs IST). Other times mentioned are local timings.

Court Philippe CHATRIER

1 WS 2nd round Ashleigh BARTY (AUS) [1] vs Magda LINETTE (POL) followed by

2 WS 2nd round Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [9] vs Sloane STEPHENS (USA) followed by

Not before 16h00

3 MS 2nd round Marin CILIC (CRO) vs Roger FEDERER (SUI) [8] followed by

Not before 21h00

4 MS 2nd round Rafael NADAL (ESP) [3] vs Richard GASQUET (FRA)

Court Suzanne LENGLEN

1 WS 2nd round Ann LI (USA) vs Elina SVITOLINA (UKR)[5] followed by

2 MS 2nd round Mikael YMER (SWE) vs Gael MONFILS (FRA)[14] followed by

Not before 14h30

3 MS 2nd round Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) [1] vs Pablo CUEVAS (URU)