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Top seed Jannik Sinner faces French opposition at the start of the French Open and so do his rivals Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic.
Sinner was on Thursday drawn to face 165th ranked wildcard entry Clement Tabur in the first round of the Roland Garros grand slam which starts on Sunday.
Second seed Zverev is up against world number 98 Benjamin Bonzi and third seed Djokovic plays Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.
Swiss veteran and former winner Stan Wawrinka, 41, also faces French opposition in his last appearance in Paris in the form of 17 seed Arthur Fils.
Italy's Sinner is the allout favourite to lift the trophy on June 7 with which he will complete a career grand slam. He won the Australian in January and arrives in Paris unbeaten in 29 matches.
Sinner's biggest rival, twice reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz, is missing due to injury.
Triple Roland Garros champion Djokovic and 2024 finalist Zverev are in the other half of the draw. Zverev is still aiming for a first grand slam title but has lost the last nine matches against Sinner.
Zverev and Djokovic trained together in Paris, and Zverev said that "I must simply believe that I can beat him (Sinner). I must believe because otherwise we could just hand him the trophy without playing the tournament."
On the women's side, fourth seeded title holder Coco Gauff opens against fellow American Taylor Townsend, four time champion Iga Swiatek plays Australian wildcard Emerson Jones and top ranked Aryna Sabalenka's first opponent is Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.
Sabalenka is yet to win at Roland Garros and has lost three of her last four finals at the majors, including last year in Paris against Gauff.
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Sinner was on Thursday drawn to face 165th ranked wildcard entry Clement Tabur in the first round of the Roland Garros grand slam which starts on Sunday.
Second seed Zverev is up against world number 98 Benjamin Bonzi and third seed Djokovic plays Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.
Swiss veteran and former winner Stan Wawrinka, 41, also faces French opposition in his last appearance in Paris in the form of 17 seed Arthur Fils.
Italy's Sinner is the allout favourite to lift the trophy on June 7 with which he will complete a career grand slam. He won the Australian in January and arrives in Paris unbeaten in 29 matches.
Sinner's biggest rival, twice reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz, is missing due to injury.
Triple Roland Garros champion Djokovic and 2024 finalist Zverev are in the other half of the draw. Zverev is still aiming for a first grand slam title but has lost the last nine matches against Sinner.
Zverev and Djokovic trained together in Paris, and Zverev said that "I must simply believe that I can beat him (Sinner). I must believe because otherwise we could just hand him the trophy without playing the tournament."
On the women's side, fourth seeded title holder Coco Gauff opens against fellow American Taylor Townsend, four time champion Iga Swiatek plays Australian wildcard Emerson Jones and top ranked Aryna Sabalenka's first opponent is Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.
Sabalenka is yet to win at Roland Garros and has lost three of her last four finals at the majors, including last year in Paris against Gauff.
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