Singles draw has been made for the second Grand Slam event of the season, the Roland Garros, taking place in Paris, from May 30 to June 13.
The first round matches will be played during the first three days of the competition.
Top seed and 2016 titlist Novak Djokovic will open his 2021 French Open campaign against world no.66 Tennys Sandgren (USA, H2H 3-0).
Djokovic might face Pablo Cuevas (ARG) or Lucas Pouille (FRA) in round two.
Novak’s potential rivals in the later stages of the tournament are:
3rd round: Ugo Humbert (FRA, 29), Ricardas Berankis (LTU)
4th round: David Goffin (BEL, 13), Alex de Minaur (AUS, 21), Marco Cecchinato (ITA)
Quarter-finals: Matteo Berrettini (ITA, 9)
Semi-finals: Rafael Nadal (ESP, 3), Andrey Rublev (RUS, 7), Diego Schwartzman (ARG, 10),
Finals: Daniil Medvedev (RUS, 2), Dominic Thiem (AUT, 4), Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE, 5), Alexander Zverev (GER, 6), Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP, 11)
It will be Novak’s 17th appearance on Parisian clay (74-15 record). His 2020 run ended in the final, following a 0-6, 2-6, 5-7 loss to Rafael Nadal.
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