It was a wild fifth day at the French Open with headlining stories from the get-go whether it was from the upsets or near upsets that were caused or from the marathon matches that occurred. The day started off with Julia Goerges upsetting Caroline Wozniacki, and the drama just kept on coming. Here is your French Open Day 5 Recap

Schiavone and Kuznetsova: The Marathon Women

Many of you are likely familiar with the first marathon these two women played Down Under back in 2011, well they decided to take their marathoning (and grunting) abilities to the City of Love. With all eyes on them in the Bullring, Francesca Schiavone outlasted 18th-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-7(11), 7-5, 10-8 in three hours and fifty-four minutes. The first set tiebreaker was filled with drama and intensity with the shotmaking ability of these two women as the Italian staved off six set points until the Russian finally broke the will of her opponent. Kuznetsova got off to a quick start in the second, but Schiavone showed no resolve and picked up two breaks along the way to take the second set. The final set was filled with break points as they combined for 13 breaks in 18 games. Schiavone was the lucky one to get the seventh and pivotal break to earn herself a spot in the third round against Andreea Mitu.

Kokkinakis Completes Comeback

If Thanasi Kokkinakis wanted to make his name known, he’d have assert his presence at a Grand Slam event outside of Australia, and he delivered. Tennis’s version of (The Australian) Greek Freak earned himself some brand new fans today with a stellar comeback against countryman 27th-seeded Bernard Tomic after finding himself two sets down and down 5-2 in the final set. The comeback masks the fact that Kokkinakis hurt himself after a hard fall onto the frame of his racket in the fourth set which left a fairly decent contusion on the right side of his ribs. Anyhow, the younger of the two Australians found it difficult to break his opponent’s serve despite having those opportunities. He finally struck in the third with one break and that was just enough to give him the set. The scoreline says that the fourth set was close, but Thanasi dominated the stat line with the main stat being he won 45 percent of return points. Twice in the third set, Kokkinakis reeled off three straight games to win 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 8-6. Next up for Kokkinakis will be Novak Djokovic.

Serena Survives Consecutive Second Round Scares

Last year, Garbine Muguruza defeated Serena Williams in the second round 6-2, 6-2. This year, Anna-Lena Friedsam of Germany was looking to do the same. Both women were struggling to find their first serve in the opening set and that allowed Friedsam to jump on the opportunity to get good looks at Serena’s second serve. She did just that as she applied the pressure to the American who faltered near the end of the set giving the German the set at 7-5. The pressure began to mount on Serena, another early exit at the French was not what she planned on. So she decided to pick her game up like the champion she is and take the second set 6-3. She did it the hard way by breaking twice after Friedsam broke the world number one to get it back on serve. An early break in the decider for Serena, and there was no looking back for her. Third round was in sight and an all-awaited showdown with Victoria Azarenka was about to happen on Saturday.

Other Main Storylines:

There were some other big storylines from both draws so we decided to combine the forth headline. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic moved a step closer to their quarterfinals showdown. Nadal defeated countryman Nicolas Almagro while Djokovic knocked off Gilles Muller. Andy Murray made it 12-0 on the clay this year knocking off Joao Sousa of Portugal in four sets. Two more top fifteen seeds are knocked out as fifth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki was upset by German Julia Goerges. That was followed by 12th-seeded Karolina Pliskova losing to Andreea Mitu in three sets. Borna Coric became the second teenager on the day to advance to the third round of the French Open. He joined Thanasi Kokkinakis into the third round after he knocked off 18th-seeded Tommy Robredo in five sets.

Update on the French:

Only two French men were in action on Thursday, and they were Richard Gasquet and Jeremy Chardy. Gasquet is embattled in a fifth set with Carlos Berlocq of Argentina. The current score of the match is 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6. Chardy downed big American John Isner in four sets. They split the first two sets both at 6-4, but Chardy was opportunistic on his break chances converting on five of ten giving him the final two sets and the match 6-3, 6-3. Next up for Chardy is 17th-seeded David Goffin. Kristina Mladenovic followed up her upset of Eugenie Bouchard by knocking off Danka Kovinic 6-3, 7-5. Next up for Mladenovic is Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium.

Update on the Americans:

American men went 1-1 on the day with the win coming from Jack Sock. Sock defeated fellow young gun Pablo Carreno Busta in four sets, three of which went to tiebreakers. With the win, Sock will be up against Borna Coric with a spot for a likely fourth round date with Nadal on the line. It was a clean sweep for the Americans on the women’s side side of things. We mentioned Serena WIlliams earlier, and she was joined by Sloane Stephens, Madison Keys, and Irina Falconi. Stephens faced off against fellow breakout star from a couple years ago, Heather Watson. Meanwhile, Madison Keys took care of Belinda Bencic, and Irina Falconi defeated Sesil Karatantcheva.

Update on the Seeds:

Only one seeded player not previously mentioned for the women was knocked out yesterday. Diyas was knocked out by Van Uytvanck in three sets despite dropping a bagel in the opening set. Seeds to advance: Petra Kvitova, Sara Errani, Victoria Azarenka, Andrea Petkovic, Irina-Camelia Begu, and Timea Bacsinszky. For the men. Marin Cilic knocked off Italian Arnaboldi in straights. Kohlschreiber could not complete the comeback as he lost to Pablo Andujar in the decider despite coming back from two sets down. Seeds to advance: Mayer, Troicki, Ferrer, Anderson, and Goffin.

Matches to Watch For Tomorrow:

Sam Stosur - Maria Sharapova: Stosur knows she can hang with Maria Sharapova based off their match last year. This year she tries to take it one step further with an upset of the Queen of Clay. With women very strong from the baseline, don't be on the lookout for many drop shots or volleys. This one should be tow tight sets.

Gael Monfils - Pablo Cuevas: After struggling with little Argeinte Diego Schwartzman, it's going to be intriguing to see what Monfils does against Pablo Cuevas. Cuevas is bigger and mroe experienced than Schwartzman. Does that mean trouble at home for Monfils? We'll see which Monfils shows up tomorrow to find out what kind of match we're treated to. 

Garbine Muguruza - Angelique Kerber: A match of offense against defense. Which play style is going to last better throughout the long run, is it Kerber's defensive playstyle or Muguruza's flat, attacking playstyle? This could be a treat for fans to watch as these two women slug it out for a spot in the fourth round. Despite the recent run of results, this writer still has Muguruza as the slight favorite in this match.