French Open order of play: Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic and the players to watch on Day 5 - in pictures

Former champions Williams and Djokovic headline Thursday's action at Roland Garros

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  Dominic Thiem. The Austrian fourth seed is first up on Court Philippe Chatrier against Kazakhstan’s world No 91 Alexander Bublik. Thiem was pushed a little closer than he would have liked in his four-set win over wildcard entry Tommy Paul in the first round. Nevertheless, last year’s finalist is the heavy favourite to progress to the third round. AFP

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  Novak Djokovic. The Serbian top seed comfortably dealt with a potentially tricky first round encounter against Polish world No 44 Hubert Hurkacz. Second on Court Suzanne Lenglen, Djokovic faces lucky loser Henri Laaksonen, the Swiss world No 104 who impressed in his opening assignment against qualifier Pedro Martinez. Another routine win in store for the 2016 champion. AFP

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  Alexander Zverev. The German fifth seed made much harder work of his first round match against John Millman, needing five sets to beat the Australian despite leading 2-0. Zverev takes on Mikael Ymer second on Court Simonne Mathieu after Sweden’s world No 148 earned his place in the second round with a straight sets win over fellow qualifier Blaz Rola. Zverev should have too much for Ymer. AFP

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  Naomi Osaka. The Japanese top seed is involved in the glamour tie of Day 5 when she takes on former world No 1 Victoria Azarenka in the first match on Court Suzanne Lenglen. Osaka fought back from the brink in her first round match against Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, but impressed in the third set. Azarenka, meanwhile, came through a tight, two-set win over former champion Jelena Ostapenko. This match is on Osaka’s racket: if she plays well, she will win, but another slow start could prove costly. AFP

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  Serena Williams. The American 10th seed needed to recover from a set down in her first round match against Vitalia Diatchenko, but from the start of the second set, lost just one game en route to victory. Three-time champion Williams faces Kurumi Nara in the second match on Court Philippe Chatrier after the Japanese qualifier defeated Dalila Jakupovic in the first round. After blowing off the cobwebs in the first round, expect an emphatic Williams win this time. EPA

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  Simona Halep. The Romanian third seed overcame a second set dip in the first round against Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic to progress to a meeting with Polish world No 87 Magda Linette, who defeated Chloe Paquet in her opening assignment. Defending champion Halep is last up on Court Suzanne Lenglen and anything less than a straightforward win will be a surprise. Getty Images

Day 5 of the 2019 French Open sees the continuation of the men's and women's singles second round matches.

Ahead of the start of play, Jon Turner has selected six players to watch in the photo gallery above.

Below is Thursday's stadium courts order of play. Numbers denote seedings:

Court Philippe-Chatrier

Play starts at 1pm

4-Dominic Thiem (Austria) v Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan)

10-Serena Williams (U.S.) v Kurumi Nara (Japan)

24-Caroline Garcia (France) v Anna Blinkova (Russia)

Martin Klizan (Slovakia) v 22-Lucas Pouille (France)

Court Suzanne-Lenglen

Play starts at 1pm

1-Naomi Osaka (Japan) v Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)

1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) v Henri Laaksonen (Switzerland)

Adrian Mannarino (France) v 14-Gael Monfils (France)

3-Simona Halep (Romania) v Magda Linette (Poland)

Court Simonne-Mathieu

Play starts at 1pm

Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) v Samantha Stosur (Australia)

Mikael Ymer (Sweden) v 5-Alexander Zverev (Germany)

Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan) v 8-Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina)

Priscilla Hon (Australia) v 14-Madison Keys (U.S.)