French Open 2015 Schedule: TV Coverage, Live Stream and Replay for Sunday's Draw
2015 French Open play is in full force with Sunday's first round already in progress, and the action is spanning across three platforms throughout Day 1.
Some of the top names like Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic will have to wait before taking to the clay courts of Roland Garros, but there's no shortage of enticing action on the tournament's opening day. Roger Federer and Simona Halep are just two of many players beginning their tournaments Sunday who could end up lifting the trophy.
But we're two weeks away from figuring all of that out. For now, just sit back and enjoy all that the early rounds have to offer.
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French Open Schedule for Sunday, May 24
| 5 a.m. - 10 a.m. | French Open first round | ESPN2 |
| 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. | French Open first round | Tennis Channel |
| 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | French Open first round | NBC |
Live Stream and Replay
Live streaming available at WatchESPN, NBC Sports Live Extra and Tennis Channel Live. Match replays will be archived and available at WatchESPN following air.
Match to Watch: No. 7 Ana Ivanovic vs. Yaroslava Shvedova
The first round at any Grand Slam doesn't typically produce many up-in-the-air matchups for top-10 seeds, at least not on the surface. This is one of the lone exceptions.
Ana Ivanovic comes into Roland Garros as the No. 7 seed, but her recent form doesn't suggest as much. Although she looked like one of the top contenders to take the torch from Serena Williams throughout a breakout 2014 campaign, she's crashing back down to earth so far in 2015.
Ivanovic got bounced in the first round of the Australian Open in the year's first big competition, and she followed it up by winning just four combined matches in her next five tournaments. Her level of play from last year has eluded her, and she's facing a dangerous foe in Yaroslava Shvedova.
Shvedova isn't the typical Round 1 opponent for a top-10 seeded player, having advanced to the quarterfinals at Roland Garros twice in her career. She ranks just 65th in the world at the moment but was as high as 25th at one point.
The draw release is a time for looking ahead to future matchups, but Shvedova's ability forced tennis journalist Chris Goldsmith to temper his expectations:
While Ivanovic is certainly reeling after playing far from her best thus far in the year, she can lean upon her career greatness at Roland Garros—where she won her only Grand Slam title in 2008 and has claimed 30 victories in her career.
But as for the court she's playing on Sunday, history doesn't bode well as Jose Morgado of Diaro Record noted:
As the last of four matches to hit the court Sunday, folks will have to wait quite a while before finding out how Ivanovic bounces back from some sizable recent struggles and whether she's up to the task against a better-than-average first-round foe.
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