None of the British players are in action today.

British players in action today:

Heather Watson v Staphanie Foretz Gacon (the 4th match on court 7 so likely to be late afternoon/evening)

Anne Keothavong v Vesna Dolents (first match on court 16 due to start at 10 am)

Although Anne Keothavong won her first set 6:3, she lost the second set 6:7 and the third set 4:6.

So the 17 year wait for a British woman to win a match at the French Open continues. It won't be until this evening before Heather Watson plays.

SHE'S DONE IT

Heather Watson has just won her match against Stephanie Foretz Gacon 7:6, 6:1. She is the first British woman in 17 years to win a match at the French Open.

British players in action today:

Andy Murray (ranked 4) v Eric Prodon (ranked 118) of France (first match on court Suzanne Lengden due to start at 11.00 am)

Elena Baltacha (ranked 83) v Sloane Stephens (ranked 138) (3rd match on court 6 so likely to be late afternoon)

Andy Murray won his first match against Eric Prodon in straight sets 6:4, 6:1, 6:3.

His next match is against Simone Bolelli (ranked 126) of Italy.

Heather Watson's next match is against Kaia Kanepi (seeded and ranked 16) of Estonia. This obviously will be a much harder challenge for Heather.

Elena Baltacha won her first round match againsy Sloane Stephens 7:5, 6:2. Her next match is against Vania King (ranked 115) of the USA.

This means that 3 British players are through to the second round.

There are no singles matches today involving British players.

Their second round matches are:

Andy Murray (ranked 4) v Simone Bolelli (ranked 126) of Italy

Elena Baltacha (ranked 83) v Vania King (ranked 115) of the USA

Heather Watson (ranked 119) v Kaia Kanepi (ranked 16) of Estonia

Today's matches involving British players are :

Andy Murray v Simone Bolelli is the second match on Court Philippe Chatrier, so is likely to start some time after noon.

Elena Baltacha v Vania King is the second match on Court 6, so is likely to be on at the same time as Andy Murray's match.

Heather Watson v Kaia Kanepi is the third match on Court 3, so is likely to start late afternoon

Results for the first 2 matches today involving British players:

Andy Murray beat Simone Bolelli in very windswept conditions which made playing unpleasant - 7:6, 6:4, 7:5

Although Elena Baltacha won the first set against Vania King 6:4, she lost the other 2 sets 1:6, 4:6

The big upset of the day to date is that Kim Clijsters, the womans number 2 has lost her match against Arantxa Rus.

Although Heather Watson did creditably well and almost broke against the serve of Kaia Kanepi in a couple of games in the second set, she lost in straight sets 1:6, 3:6.

She was playing against someone far more experienced than her and she will take a lot from this tournament. She has only just turned 19, and I wouldn't be surprised if within a couple of years she has become the British number 1 (that does depend on how the even younger Laura Robson develops over the next few years)

Andy Murray's next match (not today) will be against Michael Berrer (ranked 95) of Germany.

Murray's quarter of the draw is favourable for him and he should get to the semi finals where he is likely to face Rafael Nadal.

Both Jamie Murray and Colin Fleming won their first round Men's doubles and play their second round matches today. Jamie's match is the harder as they are against the Bryan brothers who are the top seeds.

Andy Murray's match today is the second match on Court Suzanne Lengden. It's likely to start some time after noon.

Jamie Murray and Colin Fleming both lost their men's doubles matches yesterday.

Andy Murray battled through an ankle injury to win 6:2, 6:3, 6:2.

His next match is against the 15th seed Viktor Troicki of Serbia. That will be played on Monday if he is able to continue.

If Andy Murray is able to play, and it seems a big if, his match against Viktor Troicki would be fairly late today on Court Suzanne Lengden.

Andy Murray lost his first 2 sets 4:6, 4:6. Then he clawed his way back to win the next 2 sets 6:3, 6:2. Bad light drew proceedings to a close last night leaving the deciding set to today. He was broken in the 5th set and things were looking bad when he was 3:5 down and Viktor Troicki was serving for the match. But Andy Murray managed to break Troicki's serve in that game. He won his service game so things were level again at 5:5. He then broke Troicki's serve again in the next game, won his next service game, so won the set 7:5, thus progressing to the quarter finals.

The men's quarter finals are:

Rafael Nadal (1) v Robin Soderling (5)

Andy Murray (4) v Juan Ignacio Chela (not seeded but ranked 34)

Gael Monfils (9) v Roger Federer (3) (Federer won 6:4, 6:3, 7:6)

Fabio Fognini (not seeded but ranked 49) v Novak Djokovic (2) - a walkover for Djokovic due to Fognin being injured.

The women's quarter finals are:

Svetlana Kuznetsova (13) v Marion Bartoli (11) (Bartoli won 7:6, 6:4)

Na Li (6) v Victoria Azarenka (4)

Francesca Schiavone (5) has beaten Anastasia Pavlvuchenkova (14) 1:6, 7:5, 7:5

Maria Sharapova (7) v Andrea Petkovic (15)

Today's schedule (1.00 pm start):

On Court Philippe Chabrier:

Na Li v Victoria Azarenka followed by

Rafael Nadal v Robin Soderling

and on Court Suzanne Lengden:

Maria Sharapova v Andrea Petkovic followed by

Andy Murray v Juan Ignacio Chela

Na Li beat Victoria Azarenka 7:5, 6:2

Maria Sharapova beat Andrea Petkovic 6:0, 6:3

That completes the women's quarter finals. So the semi-finals are:

Marion Bartoli (11) v Francesca Schiavone (5)

and

Na Li (6) v Maria Sharapova (7)

Rafael Nadal beat Robin Soderling 6:4, 6:1, 7:6

Andy Murray beat Juan Ignacio Chela 7:6, 7:5, 6:2.

That completes the men's quarter finals. So the semi-finals are:

Roger Federer (3) v Novak Djokovic (2)

and

Andy Murray (4) v Rafael Nadal (1)

Today's women's semi finals are on Court Philppe Chatrier starting at 1 pm

It starts with Na Li v Maria Sharapova

followed by Marion Bartoli v Francesca Schiavone

Seems to be making a bit of a meal of this. Li was serving for the first set at 5-3 (or there abouts) but won it 6-4.

I think that means the last five games of that set went against serve.

Na Li beat Maria Sharapova 6:4, 7:5

Francesca Schiavone beat Marion Bartoli 6:3, 6:3

So Na Li and Francesca Schiavone face each other in the final.

Friday's men's semi finals are on Court Philippe Chatrier starting at 1 pm.

First up is Rafael Nadal v Andy Murray

this is followed by Roger Federer v Novak Djokovic.

Rafael Nadal celebrated his 25th birthday by beating Andy Murrsy 6:4, 7:5, 6:4.

Roger Federer beat Novak Djokovic 7:6, 6:3, 3:6, 7:6

So Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer face each other on Sunday's final.

Na Li beat Francesca Schiavone in the final 6:4, 7:6

She is the first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam event.

Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer in the final 7:5, 7:6. 5:7, 6:1.

This is the sixth time he has won the French Open equalling Bjorn Borg's record.