Tennis Tracker: Djokovic and Alcaraz cruise into quarter-finals as Sabalenka beats Stephens

22:14 CET - Aryna Sabalenka (25), on court in tonight's night session, is into the last eight in Roland Garros after battling past Sloane Stephens (30) in straight sets 7-6, 6-4. The Belarusian looked to be having it her own way at 5-0 up in the first set, but the American fought back to force tie-break, which she would ultimately lose.

There were also breaks aplenty in the second sent, but the second seed Sabalenka won the war and will now face the 'last French player' Elina Svitolina (28) in the quarter-finals.

21:15 CET - Fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas (24) confirmed his place in the quarter-finals as he eased to victory over Austrian Sebastian Ofner (27) 7-5, 6-3, 6-0

19:18 CET - World number one and favourite to take the title away Carlos Alcaraz (20) confirmed his quarter-finals sport after getting past Lorenzo Musetti (21) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.

19:14 CET - World number nine Daria Kastakina (26) was on the receiving end of an upset as she was defeated by Elina Svitolina (28). The Ukrainian was victorious through a 6-4, 7-6 result.

17:21 CET - The French Open night session has come under fire again this year as almost exclusively men's matches have been scheduled to take place under the lights and some players have complained about the late hours.

Since 2021, one match has been played on the main Court Philippe Chatrier in the evenings and broadcast exclusively by Amazon's Prime Video in France.

Three out of the four Grand Slams - the Australian Open, the French Open and the US Open - currently schedule night sessions with raucous fans ensuring a carnival atmosphere, especially if a local player is in action.

Wimbledon's Centre Court had a retractable roof installed in 2009, allowing play to continue at the grasscourt major during rain and into the night up until a locally-imposed curfew of 0:00 CET.

In the first two years in Paris, only one women's match got the honours of a night session. This year, one of the eight matches so far scheduled to start at 20:30 CET has been a women's game.

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16:47 CET - Novak Djokovic (36) got comfortably past Juan Pablo Varillas (27) and onto the quarter-finals with three straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.

Another quarter-finalist is Karolina Muchova (26), the Czech defeated Elina Avanesyan (20) in just over an hour and a half, 6-4, 6-3.

14:41 CET - The opening match in ATP today just ended with world number 11 Karen Khachanov (27) moving to the quarter-finals after defeating Italian Lorenzo Sonego (28) by 1-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-1.

14:25 CET - Our first result of the day is in! It is a surprising victory for world number 333 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (31) over Belgian Elise Mertens (27) after three long hours of battling, ending with a 3-6, 7-6, 6-3 victory for the Russian

7:51 CET - Tunisian Ons Jabeur (28) said fans should not simply assume that women's matches will be 'crappy' after learning that tickets for Sunday's French Open night session were resold when a women's singles contest was scheduled for the first time this year.

The first seven days had only men's singles matches played in the night session at Court Philippe-Chatrier but on Sunday women's second seed Aryna Sabalenka will take on American Sloane Stephens.

Jabeur said she hoped to see a full stadium with fans giving women a chance as "two excellent and incredible players" battle it out under the lights for a place in the quarter-finals.

"It's time to change that vision, because I find that people don't watch many female matches and they just judge that it's going to be a crappy match. But it's not the case, there are a lot of extraordinary matches," Jabeur told reporters.

"Women are training, playing extraordinary matches...How can you judge a women's match without watching it? I hope that is going to change the mentality of giving a chance for these women who fight on a daily basis.

"Because honestly, we do a lot of efforts. We make a lot of sacrifices that men don't have to do on the tour."

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7:41 CET - A year to the day after suffering a freak injury at Roland Garros, Alexander Zverev (26) fought his way into the fourth round of the French Open, having rediscovered his joie de vivre in a thrilling match against his friend Frances Tiafoe (25) on Saturday.

The German let out a huge scream after wrapping up a 3-6 7-6(3) 6-1 7-6(5) under the lights on Court Philippe Chatrier, with both players entertaining the crowd throughout.

Playing in the same arena where the German had suffered torn ligaments in his ankle a year ago - an injury that ruled him out of action for several months - Zverev proved on Saturday that he was now back to full fitness.

It was only in February that he said he was finally playing pain free.

"Today marks one year...I know that It's been the hardest year of my life," Zverev said on court.

"I love tennis more than anything. I love tennis not because of money or fame but for the game, to play in front of you guys," he added in a front of the late-night crowd who had stayed on to cheer the players even though they risked missing the last metro home.

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7:02 CET - World number one Carlos Alcaraz has been impressing in Paris, and he has no intentions of stopping. The Spaniard takes on Italian Lorenzo Musetti to progress to the quarter-finals. Ranked at number three and hoping to reach the highest number of Grand Slams is Novak Djokovic, he will be facing Juan Pablo Varillas.

World number four Stefanos Tsitsipas is another top 10 eyeing the final eight, he will have to get past Sebastian Ofner.

In terms of WTA, world number two Aryna Sabalenka continues to improve on her disappointing Rome record that saw her exit in the first round. The Belarussian takes on American Sloane Stephens.

Daria Kasatkina is also amongst the top seeds playing today, she is set to challenge Elina Svitolina for the next round.