Highlights: French Open day six

[October 02, 2020]    PARIS (Reuters) - Highlights of the sixth day at the French Open, the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, on Friday (all times GMT):

General view of Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas in action during his first round match against Spain's Jaume Munar REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

1039 SWIATEK SENDS BOUCHARD PACKING

Poland's Iga Swiatek eased past Canadian wildcard Eugenie Bouchard 6-3 6-2 to book a spot in the fourth round of the French Open.

0910 PLAY UNDER WAY AT ROLAND GARROS

U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem began his third-round clash against Norwegian 28th seed Casper Ruud on Court Philippe Chatrier.

The temperature was hovering around 15 degrees Celsius and showers are forecast throughout the day.

Defending champion Rafa Nadal faces unseeded Italian Stefano Travaglia later in the day.

(Reporting by Arvind Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Davis)

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