French Open 2016 Schedule: TV Coverage, Live Stream and Replay for Sunday's Draw
The second major of the year is underway at Roland Garros, as the world's best tennis players are set to start the first round of the French Open.
Die-hard tennis fans have the option to watch Sunday's play live, but for the more casual fans who don't want to get up before the sun does, they can see the day's best matches on replay:
| Sunday, May 22 | Tennis Channel | Tennis Channel Live | 5 a.m. | NBC Sports | 1 p.m. |
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Two big names are missing at this year's tournament. On the men's side, Roger Federer was forced to withdraw due to a back injury, via the BBC.
Federer, who took the title in 2009, is only one of three players to have won the French Open in the past 11 years, as it's been dominated by Rafael Nadal's nine wins.
On the women's side, Maria Sharapova will not participate at Roland Garros after she tested positive for the banned substance meldonium at the Australian Open.
However, there will still be plenty of big-name, talented players who will captivate tennis fans around the world.
Novak Djokovic, the world's No. 1 men's player, has won every Grand Slam tournament except the French Open. He's been a runner-up in three of the past four years, including last year's four-set loss to Stan Wawrinka:
He might have to go through one of the best clay players the game has ever seen in Nadal, as they could meet in the semifinals. Given Nadal's nine titles at Roland Garros, including a four-set win over Djokovic in 2011, the Serbian will have some demons to exorcise if he wants to win the career Grand Slam.
There isn't as much expected parity in the women's bracket, as Serena Williams remains the player to beat at Roland Garros.
She's won two of the last four French Opens and three of the last five Grand Slams, but that doesn't mean there aren't upsets brewing for her later in the tournament with the likes of Victoria Azarenka, Angelique Kerber and Agnieszka Radwanska.
Azarenka and Kerber have defeated Williams this year at Indian Wells and the Australian Open, respectively, which means Serena could have trouble toward the end of the tournament.
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