French Open Day 3 order of play: Naomi Osaka and Simona Halep among the players to watch - in pictures

There are plenty of top players in action on Tuesday, including the defending women's champion and the world No 1

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  Naomi Osaka. The women's world No 1 has not had a great time of it since going to the top of the rankings. She has not won a title since the Australian Open in January and her form has varied between solid and abysmal. Her clay form has been encouraging and she should start her bid for a third successive major on Tuesday with a win over Anna Schmiedlova. AFP

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  Simona Halep. The defending women's champion takes on Ajla Tomljanovic in her first match at Roland Garros since her emotional victory in last year's final over Sloane Stephens. There are concerns on the third seed's fitness but her quality on clay should give her an easy afternoon. EPA

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  Jelena Ostapenko. The Latvian won the 2017 title in thrilling style, her all-or-nothing aggression paying off with her first grand slam victory. Since then, though, Ostapenko has really struggled for consistency and has tumbled back down the rankings close to where she was when she won the French Open. The world No 39 competes in the most high-profile first round match of the women's draw against former world No 1 Victoria Azarenka. Getty Images

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  Alexander Zverev. The German has never been beyond the quarter-finals at a major, which given his talent, is a big underachievement. This is his 16th time in the main draw of a grand slam and the 22-year-old fifth seed goes up against John Millman in his first-round match. He enters the French Open after clinching his first title of the season, in Geneva. AFP

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  Juan Martin del Potro. Ten years ago the Argentine almost won the French Open, going down in a thrilling semi-final to Roger Federer. He also reached the last four in 2018, losing to Nadal, and he should be a force again. The wotrld No 9 has a tough first-round match with Nicolas Jarry. AFP

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  Fabio Fognini. The Italian offered a reminder of his clay court talents when he won his first Masters 1000 title at Monte Carlo, crushing Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals. World No 12 Fognini has the tools to go far in Paris, but faces a potentially tricky opening assignment against compatriot Andreas Seppi. AP Photo

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  Karen Khachanov. The 23-year-old Russian is one of the most exciting talents to come through on the ATP Tour in recent years, but has not been at his best for much of the season. His power and heavy-hitting style is not entirely suited to clay, but the world No 11 and Paris Masters champion should have few problems in the first round against Germany's Cedrik-Marcel Stebe. EPA

Day 3 at the French Open in Paris gets underway at 1pm UAE time with the remainder of the first round matches.

There are plenty of top players in action on Tuesday, including defending women's champion Simona Halep and world No 1 Naomi Osaka.

In the photo gallery above, we have selected seven players to keep an eye on during the third day of play.

Below is the order of player for the stadium courts.

Court Philippe-Chatrier

From 1pm (UAE time)

John Millman (Australia) v 5-Alexander Zverev (Germany)

1-Naomi Osaka (Japan) v Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Slovakia)

3-Simona Halep (Romania) v Ajla Tomljanovic (Australia)

Taro Daniel (Japan) v 14-Gael Monfils (France)

Court Suzanne-Lenglen

From 1pm (UAE time)

Nicolas Jarry (Chile) v 8-Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina)

24-Caroline Garcia (France) v Mona Barthel (Germany)

Simone Bolelli (Italy) v 22-Lucas Pouille (France)

Evgeniya Rodina (Russia) v 14-Madison Keys (U.S.)

Court Simonne-Mathieu

From 1pm (UAE time)

9-Fabio Fognini (Italy) v Andreas Seppi (Italy)

Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) v Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)

11-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia)

Stefano Travaglia (Italy) v Adrian Mannarino