Summary

  • Heather Watson loses as British interest in the singles events ends on day three

  • Watson beaten 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 by France's Fiona Ferro

  • Top seed Novak Djokovic beats Sweden's Mikael Ymer 6-0 6-2 6-3

  • Second seed Karolina Pliskova beats Egypt's Mayar Sherif in three sets

  • Day three from the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris

  1. Postpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    Ferro 6-6 Watson

    A rubbish time to come up with Heather Watson's first double fault of the match. 3-3.

  2. Postpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    Ferro 6-6 Watson

    A perfectly disguised drop-shot from Watson restores her lead. 3-2.

  3. Djokovic to serve for the second setpublished at 16:02 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    *Djokovic 6-0 5-2 Ymer

    The crowd seem to be warming to Ymer now, offering him moral support as he runs all over the place after the bullets Djokovic is raining down from across the net.

    It doesn't help much, though and Djokovic gets another break. He'll be serving for the set next.

  4. Postpublished at 16:02 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    Ferro 6-6 Watson

    The first set is at the hour-mark and could go either way. Two-two in the tie-break.

  5. Postpublished at 16:01 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    Naomi Cavaday
    BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra commentator

    Heather Watson is looking sharp, she has everything covered. OK, Ferro got to that drop shot in time but Watson closed down the angle. When Watson is playing well everything looks so effortless.

  6. Postpublished at 16:01 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    Ferro 6-6 Watson

    Watson pulls a backhand wide. 2-1 to her in the tie-break.

  7. Postpublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    Ferro 6-6 Watson

    Fiona Ferro misjudges a drop shot and that's 1-0 for Watson, which becomes 2-0 with a backhand winner down the line.

  8. Watson saves three set points to force a tie-breakpublished at 15:59 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    Ferro 6-6 Watson

    Great fighting spirit from Heather Watson, who has to dig deep to fend off three set points. Tie-break time.

  9. Postpublished at 15:58 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    Ferro 6-5 Watson*

    A drop shot winner from Watson after she had to go very wide with an earlier forehand down the line. An eight-minute game. Watson hanging on to the first set.

  10. Crowd goes wild for Ymerpublished at 15:58 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    Djokovic 6-0 4-2 Ymer*

    Woah.

    Mikael Ymer gets the Philippe Chatrier crowd on their feet and even elicits applause from Novak Djokovic as he chases a lob and plays it backwards through his legs. It lands perfectly in the corner, out of the top seed's reach.

    He may ultimately be on track for a straight-sets loss, but at least the Swede will get to be a hero of tennis social media for a day.

    Djokovic has held serve, by the way.

  11. Postpublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    Ferro 6-5 Watson*

    Heather Watson takes too long with her first serve. But she quickly regains her composure and Ferro wastes her third chance as she goes long.

  12. Postpublished at 15:55 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    Ferro 6-5 Watson*

    But a forehand hit too hard from Watson gives Fiona Ferro her third set point.

  13. Postpublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    Ferro 6-5 Watson*

    Ferro into the net with a forehand after Watson had to go on the defensive to stay in the rally. Two set points saved. Deuce.

  14. Postpublished at 15:53 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    Ferro 6-5 Watson*

    A superb serve from Heather Watson saves one set point. One still on the table. 30-40

  15. Postpublished at 15:53 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    Ferro 6-5 Watson*

    Two set points for Fiona Ferro. 15-40

  16. Djokovic breaks againpublished at 15:52 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    *Djokovic 6-0 3-2 Ymer

    And we're back on track.

    Ymer can only get one point in on his own serve. He hits a forehand long to give Djokovic the break and put the top seed ahead one more.

  17. Postpublished at 15:52 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    Ferro 6-5 Watson*

    A drop shot from Ferro is reached by a galloping Watson, but Ferro can then send a winning passing shot and she is two points from the first set. 0-30.

  18. Postpublished at 15:51 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    David Law
    BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra tennis commentator

    Fair play to Mikael Ymer who made Djokovic work a little bit harder. Maybe he will start to feel a little more settled.

  19. Postpublished at 15:49 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    Ferro 6-5 Watson*

    A perfectly weighted backhand down the line is a great way to end the 11th game from Ferro. Heather Watson had to serve to stay in the first set not long ago and has to do the same again now.

  20. Ymer breaks backpublished at 15:49 British Summer Time 29 September 2020

    Djokovic 6-0 2-2 Ymer*

    This wasn't in the script. A couple of sloppy mistakes from Djokovic mean Ymer has two break points.

    The Serb's backhand drop-shot doesn't make it over the net and his Swedish opponent has broken back.

    It does feel like more of a hiccup from the top seed rather than a turning of the tide, though.

    Mikael YmerImage source, Reuters