French Open day 4 fixtures and order of play: Serena Williams, Ankita Raina, Divij Sharan in action

Serena Williams continues her latest bid for an elusive 24th Grand Slam singles crown on Wednesday at a French Open now without two of the world’s top three-ranked women’s players.

The 39-year-old Williams has already seen two of her likeliest title challengers, who have both beaten her in major finals in recent years, either fail to start the tournament or pull out in unprecedented circumstances.

World number three Simona Halep, the 2018 Roland Garros champion who defeated Williams a year later in the Wimbledon final, withdrew before the event with injury.

The biggest story of the French Open so far has undoubtedly been world number two Naomi Osaka’s shock withdrawal.

Elsewhere, Daniil Medvedev will look to build on his first ever Roland Garros win while Indian players Ankita Raina and Divij Sharan are also in action in their respective doubles categories.

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).

Court Philippe CHATRIER

1 WS 2nd rd Harmony TAN (FRA) vs Marketa VONDROUSOVA (CZE) [20] followed by

2 MS 2nd rd Karen KHACHANOV (RUS) [23] vs Kei NISHIKORI (JPN) followed by

Not before 1600 hrs

3 WS 2nd rd Serena WILLIAMS (USA)[7] vs Mihaela…

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