Djokovic, Nadal, Federer in similar half of French Open draw
3 min read Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer all ended up in the identical half of the French Open males’s area within the draw Thursday, that means no multiple of them can attain the ultimate.
The Big Three high the leaderboard for Grand Slam males’s singles titles: Federer and Nadal head to Roland Garros, the place play begins Sunday, tied with 20, whereas Djokovic has 18.
Nadal beat Djokovic in straight units within the 2020 last for his record-extending thirteenth championship on the purple clay of Paris, but when they meet once more this time, it could be within the semifinals. Nadal is ranked and seeded No. 3 now and so he may have wound up on both facet of the bracket; as luck would have it, he was positioned in No. 1 Djokovic’s half.
So was Federer, whose file for many weeks atop the ATP rankings just lately was damaged by Djokovic and is at present at No. 8 after taking part in solely three matches over the previous 15 months due to two operations on his proper knee. Federer may meet Djokovic within the quarterfinals.
The different potential males’s quarterfinals on their facet is Nadal vs. No. 7 Andrey Rublev.
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On the opposite facet of the draw, the potential quarterfinals are No. 2 Daniil Medvedev vs. No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas, and No. 4 Dominic Thiem vs. No. 6 Alexander Zverev.
Medvedev is a two-time Grand Slam finalist however is 0-4 for his French Open profession. Thiem gained final 12 months’s US Open and twice has been the runner-up in Paris.
Serena Williams, who has gained three of her professional-era file 23 Grand Slam titles in Paris, is in 1 / 4 of the ladies’s draw stuffed with acquainted faces.
That consists of potential matchups with three-time main champion Angelique Kerber within the third spherical, two-time Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova within the fourth and both two-time Australian Open champ Victoria Azarenka or No. 3 seed Aryna Sabalenka within the quarterfinals.
The different potential girls’s quarterfinals are No. 1 Ash Barty vs. No. 5 Elina Svitolina, No. 4 Sofia Kenin vs. No. 8 Iga Swiatek in what could be a rematch of the 2020 last gained by Swiatek, and No. 2 Naomi Osaka vs. No. 6 Bianca Andreesscu.
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Four-time main champion Osaka introduced Wednesday on Twitter that she wouldn’t be doing information conferences through the French Open.
A 12 months after withdrawing from Roland Garros earlier than the second spherical due to an injured left Achilles, Williams will face 74th-ranked Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania to start issues. They met as soon as earlier than: On purple clay in Rome in 2016, the 12 months Begu reached the fourth spherical in Paris for the deepest French Open run of her profession.
Other first-round matches of curiosity embody Swiatek towards Kaja Juvan, a 20-year-old from Slovenia who beat Kerber within the first spherical in Paris final 12 months; Azarenka towards one other proprietor of two main trophies, Svetlana Kuznetsova; and Kenin, final 12 months’s Australian Open champion, towards 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko.
Nadal and Swiatek are the favorites to win the singles titles, in keeping with FanDuel Sportsbook.
