
Carlos Alcaraz (R) during the draw of Roland Garros. (AP) Carlos Alcaraz will start defense of the French Open title against the Japanese Kei Nishikori, because Iga Swiatle is facing a difficult road to the fourth consecutive title of Roland Garros after the year -round drought of trophies. Jannik Sinner focuses on Home Hope Arthur Rinderknech in the first Grand Slam match in the world because it serves for a three -month doping ban.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!Alcaraz and Sinner joined to win each of the last five Grand Slam men and are again two main candidates in Paris.Novak Djokovic, who did not win the clay court match this week before this week, launched his last search for 25. Major record against American Mackenzie McDonald.
The sixth deployed, Djokovic could be drawn to meet either Alcaraz or sinner in the quarterfinals, but Thursday’s draw saved him from this prospect.Instead, in the last eight in front of a possible semifinal against Sinner, Alexander Zverev came to run on the 2024 runner. Alcaraz is in the second half of the draw.Zverev opens against the American teenage student Tien.Alcaraz could play Fabiana Marozsan or Luca Nardi in the second round, with the towering French Giovanni MPetshi Perricard possible third round closet.The Spaniard is on the course to meet with 2021 finalist Stefanos Titsipas or Ben Shelton in the last 16 years.In this half of the field, they are also in the form of Lorenzo Mousetti and the fourth seed of Taylor Fritz.“Trust is really high now. I played great matches, I have great winnings in this clay season. I’m excited,” Alcaraz said on Thursday.The 22 -year -old man won this season in Monte Carlo and Rome. He also reached the final in Barcelona.If Sinner passed around 72.
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Alejandro Davidovich Fokina potentially hides in the third round with Andrey Rublev and Arthur in the last 16 years.Sinner could meet the fifth seed of Jack Draper or Alex de Minaur in the quarterfinals before what would be a collision of a blockbuster with Djokovic.The triple French titlist French Open Djokovic would probably have to get behind the framework similar to Denis Shapovalov and Daniil Medvedev to do another deep run.38 -year -old Djokovic has been appearing in Roland Garros for 20. Since 2010 he has reached the quarterfinals or better in every edition of Roland Garros.Swiatlek will have to rediscover his best form to retain the coupe Suzanne Lenglen after a problem 12 months.The field that dropped to the fifth in the world is in the same quarter as last year’s finalist Jasmine Paolini, former champion of Jelena Ostapenko and Wimbledon winner 2022 Elena Rybakina.Swiátk plays the Slovak Rebecca Sramkova in the first round before a possible meeting with the British Emma Raducan, the winner of the US Open 2021, who performed only a second visit to Paris.Elina Svitolina, Belinda Bencic, Donna Vekic and Marta Kostyuk also appear together with Swiato in a busy section.“Every year is different,” said Swiatlek, who has won the title since last year’s Open.“This season had more ups and falls than years ago, but I know there is my game. I just have to figure out how to use it in the most important moments.”The four -time French Open Swiatlek champion is in the same half of the draw as the upper seed Aryna Sabalenka, which will become against Kamill Rakhimov of Russia.Zheng Qinwen, the winner of the Olympic gold in Philippe CHATRIER last August, could expect Sabalenek in the last eight.The second place in Coco Gauff plays in the first round of Australian Olivia Gadecki and is one of four seeded Americans in the lower quarter of women’s draw.
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Eighteen -year -old Mirra Andreeva, who was trying to become the youngest champion of the Grand Slam singles by compatriot Maria Sharap in 2004, begins against Cristina Bucse, Spain.Naomi Osaka plays 10. Paul Badosa seed in the engaging first round tie, while the eighth seed Zheng takes over the former finalists of Anastasia Pavlyuchenko.
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