The British 19-year-old is playing in the clay-court Grand Slam for the first time; the competition starts on Sunday; in the men's draw Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have been drawn in the same quarter and could meet in the last eight
Friday 20 May 2022 06:12, UK
Emma Raducanu has drawn a qualifier in the first round of the French Open at Roland Garros.
The British 19-year-old is playing the clay-court Grand Slam for the first time at senior level and is seeded 12th.
Raducanu has been suffering with a back injury recently and was forced to retire from her Italian Open first-round match against Bianca Andreescu.
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have been drawn in the same quarter of the men's draw and could meet in the last eight. Alexander Zverev joins them in the top half of the draw.
The Grand Slam will be operating at full capacity for the first time in three years. The action starts on Sunday and the champions will be crowned on June 4 and 5.
Iga Swiatek, who secured a fifth-straight title at the Italian Open and won the French Open in 2020, has also drawn a qualifier in the first round. She will then face either Dayana Yastremska or Alison Riske.
The second seed, defending champion Barbora Krejcikova, faces France's Diane Parry in the opening round. Krejcikova is set to return to a tennis court for the first time since February due to an elbow injury.
Naomi Osaka and Bianca Andreescu are both unseeded for this Grand Slam, with Andreescu enjoying a better draw than Osaka.
Andreescu, whose form is developing well following her return to court, will take on a qualifier in the first round. Meanwhile, Osaka has drawn Amanda Anisimova, who she lost to in the third round of the Australian Open this year.
Britain's Harriet Dart faces former quarter-finalist Martina Trevisan and Heather Watson has drawn the 19-year-old French wildcard Elsa Jacquemot in their first matches.
World No 1 Djokovic, 13-time French Open champion Nadal, Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev have all been drawn in the top half of the men's draw.
Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev all occupy places in the other half.
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Djokovic will start his campaign against Yoshihito Nishioka, while Nadal takes on Australian Jordan Thompson. Alcaraz has drawn a qualifier in the opening round.
Cameron Norrie and Dan Evans are the two British men in action at Roland Garros.
Norrie will begin against a French wildcard Manuel Guinard and Evans will meet the world No 44 Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina.
Andy Murray will not take part in the Slam after deciding to focus on his build up to the Wimbledon Championships.
Murray took a wildcard into the Madrid Open and produced some outstanding tennis to beat Dominic Thiem and Denis Shapovalov, before having to pull out of a clash with Djokovic due to food poisoning.
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