Rafael Nadal is about to play within the match for one ultimate time earlier than he retires later this yr, whereas Andy Murray, taking part in in Paris for simply the second time in seven years, can also be not anticipated to return.
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are two of the favourites however each have had damage points within the build-up to Roland Garros, whereas Novak Djokovic, who should no less than attain the ultimate to stop Sinner changing him as world primary, is but to supply his greatest tennis throughout the clay-court swing.
Alexander Zverev, winner of the Italian Open final week, has reached three straight semi-finals at this match, although he has the small matter of a first-round conflict with Nadal.
There isn’t any doubting who the favorite is on the ladies’s aspect of the draw, as Iga Swiatek bids to win her fourth French Open title and a fifth Grand Slam.
Coco Gauff may show to be the largest risk on Swiatek’s path to the ultimate, however the American, like most, has a depressing document in opposition to the Polish star.
Aryna Sabalenka has not failed to succeed in the last-four of a Slam she has performed in because the 2022 Australian Open, although she has misplaced to Swiatek in finals in Madrid and Rome in current weeks.
It’s troublesome to see Iga Swiatek being stopped at Roland Garros
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The French Open will get underway on Sunday, Could 26, 2024, and runs by to the boys’s ultimate a fortnight later, on Sunday June 9.
As ever, it’s being performed at Roland Garros in Paris.
The right way to watch the French Open
TV channel: The match will probably be broadcast in full on Eurosport, with a subscription costing £6.99-a-month or £59.99 for an annual cross.
Dwell stream: Those that have subscribed can stream each match by the invention+ app and web site.
Males’s and ladies’s singles
- Champion – €2.4million
- Runner-up – €1.2m
- Semi-finalist – €650,000
- Quarter-finalist – €415,000
- Fourth spherical – €250,000
- Third spherical – €158,000
- Second spherical – €110,000
- First spherical – €73,000
Males’s and ladies’s doubles (per pair)
- Champion – €590,000
- Runner-up – €295,000
- Semi-finalist – €148,000
- Quarter-finalist – €80,000
- Third spherical – €43,500
- Second spherical – €27,500
- First spherical – €17,500
Novak Djokovic beat Casper Ruud in final yr’s ultimate
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Play will start for the morning periods at 10am BST, with the motion getting underway on Philipe-Chatrier an hour later. The evening periods will start at 7:15pm.
- Sunday, Could 26 – males’s and ladies’s first spherical
- Monday, Could 27 – males’s and ladies’s first spherical
- Tuesday, Could 28 – males’s and ladies’s first spherical
- Wednesday, Could 29 – males’s and ladies’s second spherical
- Thursday, Could 30 – males’s and ladies’s second spherical
- Friday, Could 31 – males’s and ladies’s third spherical
- Saturday, June 1 – males’s and ladies’s third spherical
- Sunday, June 2 – males’s and ladies’s fourth spherical
- Monday, June 3 – males’s and ladies’s fourth spherical
- Tuesday, June 4 – males’s and ladies’s quarter-finals
- Wednesday, June 5 – males’s and ladies’s quarter-finals
- Thursday, June 6 – girls’s semi-finals
- Friday, June 7 – males’s semi-finals
- Saturday, June 8 – girls’s ultimate
- Sunday, June 9 – males’s ultimate
British gamers and notable first-round matches
There are six British singles gamers in the primary draw, with Heather Watson, Billy Harris and Ryan Peniston amongst these unable to make it by qualifying and add to that tally.
Emma Raducanu won’t characteristic at Roland Garros, after she withdrew from the qualifying occasion in an try “to maintain match for the remainder of the yr”.
Murray, taking part in within the French Open for what is anticipated to be the ultimate time, has been handed a troublesome first-round draw in opposition to 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka. It’s the third match in a row at Roland Garros that Murray has confronted Wawrinka, having misplaced to him in 2017 and 2020.
Dan Evans, who will play within the doubles in Paris alongside Murray goes up in opposition to Holger Rune, whereas Jack Draper will face Carlos Alcaraz within the second spherical if each get by their opening matches. Cameron Norrie, if he beats Pavel Kotov, will tackle the winner of Murray’s conflict with Wawrinka.
Harriet Dart faces the seeded Linda Noskova, and Katie Boulter, who has by no means gained a main-draw match on clay in her profession, performs Paula Badosa, a former world quantity two.
Favorite Swiatek goes up in opposition to a qualifier within the opening spherical and will then face Naomi Osaka, if the four-time Grand Slam winner will get previous Lucia Bronzetti.
Andy Murray faces Stan Wawrinka in a blockbuster first-round encounter
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Notable first-round matches:
Andy Murray vs Stan Wawrinka
Cameron Norrie (32) vs Pavel Kotov
Dan Evans vs Holger Rune (13)
Alexander Zverev (4) vs Rafael Nadal
Harriet Dart vs Linda Noskova (27)
Katie Boulter (26) vs Paula Badosa
Qinwen Zheng (7) vs Alize Cornet
Elina Svitolina vs Karolina Pliskova
Lucia Bronzetti vs Naomi Osaka
- 1 – Novak Djokovic
- 2 – Jannik Sinner
- 3 – Carlos Alcaraz
- 4 – Alexander Zverev
- 5 – Daniil Medvedev
- 6 – Andrey Rublev
- 7 – Casper Ruud
- 8 – Hubert Hurkacz
- 9 – Stefanos Tsitsipas
- 10 – Grigor Dimitrov
- 11 – Alex de Minaur
- 12 – Taylor Fritz
- 13 – Holger Rune
- 14 – Tommy Paul
- 15 – Ben Shelton
- 16 – Nicolas Jarry
- 17 – Ugo Humbert
- 18 – Karen Khachanov
- 19 – Alexander Bublik
- 20 – Sebastian Baez
- 21 – Felix Auger-Aliassime
- 22 – Adrian Mannarino
- 23 – Francisco Cerundolo
- 24 – Alejandro Tabilo
- 25 – Frances Tiafoe
- 26 – Tallon Griekspoor
- 27 – Sebastian Korda
- 28 – Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- 29 – Arthur Fils
- 30 – Lorenzo Musetti
- 31 – Mariano Navone
- 32 – Cameron Norrie
Aryna Sabalenka has solely as soon as gone past the third-round at Roland Garros
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- 1 – Iga Swiatek
- 2 – Aryna Sabalenka
- 3 – Coco Gauff
- 4 – Elena Rybakina
- 5 – Marketa Vondrousova
- 6 – Maria Sakkari
- 7 – Qinwen Zheng
- 8 – Ons Jabeur
- 9 – Jelena Ostapenko
- 10 – Daria Kasatkina
- 11 – Danielle Collins
- 12 – Jasmine Paolini
- 13 – Beatriz Haddad Maia
- 14 – Madison Keys
- 15 – Elina Svitolina
- 16 – Ekaterina Alexandrova
- 17 – Liudmila Samsonova
- 18 – Marta Kostyuk
- 19 – Victoria Azarenka
- 20 – Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- 21 – Carolina Garcia
- 22 – Emma Navarro
- 23 – Anna Kalinskaya
- 24 – Barbora Krejcikova
- 25 – Elise Mertens
- 26 – Katie Boulter
- 27 – Linda Noskova
- 28 – Sorana Cirstea
- 29 – Veronika Kudermetova
- 30 – Dayana Yastremska
- 31 – Leylah Fernandez
- 32 – Katerina Siniakova
Newest odds for French Open
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