HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-French Open day six

Highlights of the sixth day at the French Open, the second Grand Slam tournament of the year, on Friday (all times GMT): 1228 BATTLING SEVASTOVA MOVES AHEAD

Anastasija Sevastova, seeded 12th, rallied past Belgium's Elise Mertens 6-7(3) 6-4 11-9 in a clash that lasted three hours and 18 minutes on Court Suzanne-Lenglen. Also Advancing to the next round were Lesia Tsurenko, who overcame Aleksandra Krunic 5-7 7-5 11-9, and Madison Keys, who beat Priscilla Hon 7-5 5-7 6-3.

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1221 KLIZAN STOPS LOCAL HOPE POUILLE Unseeded Martin Klizan outlasted Frenchman Lucas Pouille 7-6(4) 2-6 6-3 3-6 9-7 in a contest that resumed on Friday after it was stopped due to fading light on Thursday. The Slovakian next faces 10th seed Karen Khachanov of Russia.

1034 MARTIC STUNS PLISKOVA IN STRAIGHT SETS Croatia's Petra Martic eased past second seed Karolina Pliskova 6-3 6-3 in the third round on Court Philippe-Chatrier to continue her fine form on clay this season with a 14th main-draw victory.

0910 PLAY BEGINS AT ROLAND GARROS Play began under cloudy skies in Paris with the temperature hovering around 18 degrees Celsius. Showers are expected later in the evening. (Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar and Rohith Nair in Bengaluru Editing by David Goodman and Pritha Sarkar)