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French Originate: Emma Raducanu faces qualifier in first round; Novak Djokovic will get demanding plot

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May 20, 2022
French Originate: Emma Raducanu faces qualifier in first round; Novak Djokovic will get demanding plot

Emma Raducanu will likely be making her French Originate debut this yearDates: 22 Could well-5 June Venue: Roland Garros, ParisCoverage: Live text and radio commentaries of chosen fits across BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Further, the BBC Sport web insist material and appBritain’s Emma Raducanu will accomplish her French Originate debut against a qualifier.

The 19-year-usual US Originate champion is seeded 12th at Roland Garros nonetheless has struggled with injury in the impress-as much as the clay-court docket Broad Slam.

British men’s no 1 and 10th seed Cameron Norrie opens against French wildcard Manuel Guinard.

Males’s no 1 Novak Djokovic is determined for a demanding title defence after touchdown in the same half of of the plot as Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz.

Females’s prime seed Iga Swiatek of Poland, who has received her past five tournaments in a row and is favourite for a 2nd French Originate triumph, opens her campaign against a qualifier.

There are five Britons in the predominant plot, including Dan Evans, who will face Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo as he bids for a first clutch at Roland Garros.

Harriet Skedaddle makes her French Originate predominant-plot debut against Italian frail quarter-finalist Martina Trevisan, whereas Heather Watson faces Elsa Jacquemot of France.

The French Originate begins on Sunday.

Making an are trying to gain a bit half of gold – Raducanu’s ‘brutal’ coaching carouselHow a ‘half of spaghetti’ grew to turn into Nadal’s pure heirListen – 5 Live Sport: All About… the 2022 French OpenNadal, Djokovic & Alcaraz drawn in same halfNovak Djokovic fought abet from two units down to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in closing year’s French Originate finalDjokovic has a demanding course forward of him in his first Broad Slam rivals of the year.

The Serb will get his title defence below intention against Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan and would possibly perchance per chance perchance face long-time rival Nadal in the quarter-finals.

Australian Originate champion Nadal, who’s bidding for a report-extending 14th French Originate crown, begins against Australia’s Jordan Thompson.

Potentially waiting for in the semi-finals would be Alcaraz, who beat both Djokovic and Nadal on his technique to the Madrid Originate title closing month and is counted amongst the favourites for the title.

The 19-year-usual Spaniard will commence his tournament against a qualifier.

Within the bottom half of, world quantity two Daniil Medvedev begins against Facundo Bagnis of Argentina.

Live rankings, outcomes and explain of playAlerts: Glean tennis news despatched to your phoneSwiatek begins with qualifierIn the girls’s plot, world no 1 Swiatek will check up on her first-round opponent as soon as the qualifying tournament is concluded on Friday.

She is on a 28-match unbeaten rush and would possibly perchance per chance perchance face a fellow frail champion in both Simona Halep or Jelena Ostapenko in the fourth round.

Defending champion and 2nd seed Barbora Krejcikova will commence against France’s Diane Parry.

The Czech received the girls’s singles and doubles closing year nonetheless has been hampered by an elbow injury since March.

Naomi Osaka will commence against Amanda Anisimova – the younger American who ended her Australian Originate title defence in January.

Japan’s Osaka is in the same quarter of the plot as frail US Originate champion Bianca Andreescu and closing year’s semi-finalist Maria Sakkari.

AnalysisBBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller

Rafael Nadal would never use to play Novak Djokovic as early as the quarter-finals, nonetheless given the uncertainty over his long-time length foot misfortune, this year he’ll enjoy if he will get the assorted.

Stefanos Tsitsipas perchance has the supreme reason to smile following the plot, as closing year’s runner-up has averted the half of featuring Djokovic, Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev.

Iga Swiatek has a no longer easy course to a 2nd French Originate title, with one other frail champion in both Simona Halep or Jelena Ostapenko a doable fourth-round opponent.

And Emma Raducanu will likely be cautious of any qualifier, who will accumulate received three fits on the Roland Garros courts to attain a predominant entice which the US Originate champion will likely be making her debut.

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