French Open 2019: day three – live!

Benchetrit sees off some pressure from Norrie, pinging a backhand from left to right to hold for 5-2 on Court 7, where the locals are enjoying their morning. Elsewhere Alexander Zverev has taken control of the first set against John Millman on Phillipe-Chatrier. Nothing to see there, but plenty to see on Suzanne-Lenglen, where Juan Martin del Potro is serving to stay in the first set of his match against Nicolas Jarry.

There is talk of rain in Paris. Play might be suspended soon.

Bernard Tomic isn’t making much of an impression against the USA’s Taylor Fritz, who has taken the first set 6-1 on Court 14. Zzzz.

Default? The two sweetest words in the English language. They certainly were as far as Cameron Norrie was concerned when he heard Nick Kyrgios had pulled out of their first-round match the other day. Kyrgios’s no-show allowed Norrie a clear run into round two – but the Brit is struggling early on against France’s Elliot Benchetrit, who broke in the fourth game of the first set.

Over to Philippe-Chatrier, where possible future world No1 Alexander Zverev is in action against Australia’s John Millman, who beat Roger Federer in New York last year. Zverev isn’t having the best of seasons, you know, and this could be an awkward test for the fifth seed. Millman likes a scrap. They’re still on serve in the early stages. On Suzanne-Lenglen, however, the eighth seed is in a spot of bother – Juan Martin del Potro is down an early break to Chile’s Nicolas Jarry.

Hello and welcome to day three of the French Open. I got stuck on the tube on the way to the office and then my computer wouldn’t start. I found a new computer, though. My entry for preamble of the year ends here.