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The Latest: 23 seeds in action on Day 5 of French Open

Serbia's Ana Ivanovic serves in the second round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Japan's Misaki Doi at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) Serbia's Ana Ivanovic serves in the second round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Japan's Misaki Doi at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

By Associated Press May 28, 2015 1 min read

PARIS (AP) – The Latest from the French Open:

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11:17 a.m.

Thwack, grunt, thwack.

Play is underway on Day 5 of the French Open, where 23 seeded players will be kicking up clay dust against lower-ranked opponents looking to upset the hierarchy.

The top seeds, Serena Williams for the women and Novak Djokovic among the men, are both in action in successive second-round matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen.

The spotty form of defending men’s champion Rafael Nadal will be closely scrutinized on the center court, Philippe Chatrier, against a player he has lost to just once in 13 encounters, Nicolas Almagro.

They should be out in a couple of hours from now, after the first center-court match pitting formerly top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki, seeded fifth, against Julia Goerges of Germany.

Stay tuned.