Serena Williams continues title quest; Medvedev, Zverev in action

Serena Williams on Sunday continues her quest for a 24th Major title in a French Open women’s draw where the seeds are falling by the wayside with every passing day while Daniil Medvedev looks to keep his impressive run going, playing his first fourth round match at Roland Garros.

The top three seeds, Ashleigh Barty, Naomi Osaka and Aryna Sabalenka all failed to get beyond the third round. In all, only four of the top 10 made the third round, the fewest in 20 years.

Serena, seeded seventh, plays Elena Rybakina for a place in the quarter-finals.

Medvedev had never won a match at Roland Garros before this year but reached the fourth round for the first time and will look to build on it. Also in action will be top-10 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, who reached the semi-final last year, and Alexander Zverev who will play Kei Nishikori in the night match.

Here’s are the key singles fixtures and the order of play. Seeds denoted in []. All matches start at 1100 hrs local time (1430…

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