Thrilling Victories and Rain Delays Dominate French Open Day Six

On the sixth day of the French Open, Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the fourth round by defeating Sebastian Korda. Rain disrupted several matches, and notable players like Stefanos Tsitsipas, Iga Swiatek, and Coco Gauff progressed further. Olga Danilovic's dramatic win against Donna Vekic highlighted a day of intense competition.

Highlights of the sixth day at the French Open on Friday (times GMT): 2115 ALCARAZ BREEZES PAST KORDA

Wimbledon champion and third seed Carlos Alcaraz made light work of American Sebastian Korda 6-4 7-6(5) 6-3 to reach the fourth round. "Sebastian is a great player. A really good ball striker. It's difficult to play him but I wasn't worried at all. I know what I'm capable of, my skills," the Spaniard said.

1949 RAIN STOPS PLAY ON OUTSIDE COURTS Matches on the outside courts have been suspended due to rain. Third-round matches featuring Hubert Hurkacz v Denis Shapovalov, Ben Shelton v Felix Auger-Aliassime and Grigor Dimitrov v Zizou Bergs will resume on Saturday.

1800 TSITSIPAS STRIDES INTO FOURTH ROUND Former finalist and Greek ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas brushed aside China's Zhizhen Zhang 6-3 6-3 6-1 to reach the fourth round where he will face Italy's Matteo Arnaldi, who ousted Russian sixth seed Andrey Rublev earlier on Friday.

1633 SWIATEK BEATS BOUZKOVA Defending champion and top seed Iga Swiatek of Poland defeated Czech Marie Bouzkova 6-4 6-2 to reach the fourth round, where she will face Russia's Anastasia Potapova.

1604 JABEUR REACHES FOURTH ROUND Tunisian eighth seed and last year's quarter-finalist Ons Jabeur beat Canadian 31st seed Leylah Fernandez 6-4 7-6(5) to set up a fourth-round clash with Denmark's Clara Tauson.

1537 VONDROUSOVA WINS EASILY AGAINST PAQUET Wimbledon champion and Czech fifth seed Marketa Vondrousova brushed aside French wildcard Chloe Paquet 6-1 6-3 to reach the fourth round where she will face Serbia's Olga Danilovic.

Paquet, 29, was the only wildcard entrant in the women's singles tournament who progressed beyond the first round. 1435 SINNER BEATS KOTOV

Australian Open champion and Italian second seed Jannik Sinner beat Russia's Pavel Kotov 6-4 6-4 6-4 to reach the fourth round, as matches on the outer courts and Court Simonne-Mathieu resumed after rain subsided. 1345 RAGING RUBLEV FALLS TO ARNALDI

Sixth seed Andrey Rublev suffered a 7-6(6) 6-2 6-4 third-round defeat to Italy's Matteo Arnaldi with the frustrated Russian slamming his racket to the ground, kicking his bench and shouting at himself during an error-filled performance. Rublev is the second seeded player to lose to the 23-year-old Italian, with Arnaldi knocking out 29th seed Arthur Fils in the first round.

1255 RAIN INTERRUPTS PLAY Matches on Court Simonne-Mathieu and the outer courts have been suspended due to rain.

The next scheduled match on Court Simonne-Mathieu is the third-round clash between Czech fifth seed Marketa Vondrousova and French wildcard Chloe Paquet. 1217 DANILOVIC STUNS VEKIC WITH DRAMATIC TIEBREAK VICTORY

Serbian qualifier Olga Danilovic overcame a first-set bagel to defeat Croat Donna Vekic 0-6 7-5 7-6(8) in a nail-biting encounter that lasted three hours and eight minutes to advance to the last 16. Vekic served for the match twice in the final set but Danilovic's resilience led to a thrilling tiebreak triumph.

"I don't know what to say I have no word, thank you for supporting me in this match," Danilovic said. "I am enjoying my time here but I don't even know how I won this match I was down so many times." "There have been so many rain delays but the folks that come to watch, merci beaucoup... I love clay I love Paris, going through (for the first time) means the world to me."

1144 GAUFF MARCHES ON INTO ROUND FOUR U.S. Open Champion Coco Gauff beat Dayana Yastremska 6-2 6-4. The Ukrainian tried to put up a fight after Gauff went a break up at 4-2 in the second set but the American battled on and sealed victory in her bid to win a second grand slam title.

"I definitely could have closed it out on my serve (earlier)but I got a little bit unlucky. It is definitely tough to keep mental stability and I get mad," Gauff said. "But I am glad to go through, close it out in my second match point." Gauff will face Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the last 16.

1050 COCCIARETTO CRUISES INTO LAST 16 Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, 23, beat Russian 17th seed Liudmila Samsonova 7-6(4) 6-2 to reach the last 16 of a Grand Slam for the first time.

“I think I played unbelievable the first game... after that I was over-thinking," Cocciaretto said. "I said to myself: play with the heart and not with the brain... I tried to stay in the game and to fight... I’m really really happy to play in this court and be in the fourth round for the first time. It’s unbelievable for me right now.” READ MORE

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PLAY UNDER WAY AT 0909 GMT Play began under cloudy skies at Roland Garros, with the temperature lingering around 14 degrees Celsius (57.2°F).

Russian 17th seed Liudmila Samsonova plays Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto on Court Suzanne-Lenglen and Serbian Olga Danilovic faces Croatian Donna Vekic on Court Simonne-Mathieu in the third round of action in women's singles. Third seed Coco Gauff and Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska will be in action in an hour on Court Philippe-Chatrier.