Roland Garros 2014, Roger Federer and Serena Williams in Action on Day 1: Where to Watch Live, Preview and Schedule
Saturday marked the end of the qualifying stages in the 2014 Roland Garros and Sunday is when the big names in the Tennis arena take centre-stage.
Roger Federer, Tomas Berdych and Milos Raonic are among the high profile names in action on the Men's singles front while top seed Serena Williams and her sister Venus Williams take centre stage alongside third seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the Women's singles competition.
Where to Watch Live
The matches are set to begin at 10am BST. Live coverage will be on ITV 4 and British Eurosport. Radio commentary, regular updates and live scores are available on Roland Garros' official website.
Overview
Men's Singles
Defending champion Rafael Nadal is not in action on day one. But, 17-time Grand Slam winner and one-time French Open champion Federer begins his quest for glory against Slovakia's Lukas Lacko.
Sixth seed Berdych will face 137<sup>th ranked Canadian qualifier Peter Polansky while ninth ranked Milos Raonic takes on 19-year-old Australian Nick Kyrgios.
Other Matches in Round One
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) v Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France)
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) v John Isner (USA)
- Jeremy Chardy (France) v Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spain)
- Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) v Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain)
- Filippo Volandri (Italy) v Sam Querrey (USA)
- Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) v Michal Przysiezny (Poland)
- David Goffin (Belgium) v Jurgen Melzer (Austria)
- Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) v Potito Starace (Italy)
- Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) v Albert Ramos (Spain)
- Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) v Facundo Arguello (Argentina)
- Victor Estrella Burgos (Dominican Republic) v Jerzy Janowicz (Poland)
- Somdev Devvarman (India) v Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Kazakhstan)
- Gastao Elias (Portugal) v Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Argentina)
Women's Singles
Defending champions Serena begins her conquest against Paris born Alize Lim while her elder sister Venus faces Switzerland's Belinda Bencic. 2012 Wimbledon runner-up and third ranked Radwanska will be up against 25-year-old Chinese Shuai Zhang.
Other Matches in Round One
- Katarzyna Piter (Poland) v Angelique Kerber (Germany)
- Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) v Jovana Jaksic (Serbia)
- Amandine Hesse (France) v Yvonne Meusburger (Austria)
- Claire Feuerstein (France) v Olga Govortsova (Bulgaria)
- Maria Kirilenko (Russia) v Johanna Larsson (Sweden)
- Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) v Monica Niculescu (Romania)
- Ajla Tomljanovic (Croatia) v Francesca Schiavone (Italy)
- Anna Schmiedlova (Slovakia) v Jie Zheng (China)
- Yuliya Beygelziemer (Ukraine) v Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain)
- Annika Beck (Germany) v Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria)
- Petra Cetkovska (Czech Republic) v Varvara Lepchenko (USA)
- Grace Min (Portugal) v Garbine Muguruza (Spain)
- Yaroslava Shevdova (Kazakhstan) v Lauren Davis (USA)
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