French Open draw LIVE: Emma Raducanu handed blockbuster draw for Roland Garros as Iga Swiatek awaits

The French Open draw has been revealed as anticipation builds for the second grand slam of the season at Roland Garros.

Here are the biggest takeaways from the French Open draw

The World No 1 returned from his three-month doping ban to a hero’s reception at the Italian Open, but Roland Garros has the potential to be a very different environment. Sinner will open his French Open bid against a Frenchman in Arthur Rinderknech and then will play another, in the retiring Richard Gasquet or Terence Atmane, in round two.

Sinner will be the overwhelming favourite in both, but there’s the possibility of another clash against a home player in Arthur Fils, who is France’s biggest hope ahead of this year’s Roland Garros, in the fourth round. It will be interesting to see how Sinner is received by a partisan crowd, particularly after how much support he got in Rome.

If everyone has their eyes on a Sinner-Carlos Alcaraz final, it is the defending champion who has the kinder route. Alcaraz opens against Kei Nishikori and although he could face a former French Open finalist in Stefanos Tsitsipas in round four, he has won all six career meetings against the Greek.

It would be a surprise to see Taylor Fritz back up his fourth seed and reach the semis, so Barcelona champion Holger Rune or Monte Carlo finalist Lorenzo Musetti - two players Alcaraz has faced this clay-court season - have good opportunities to reach the semi-final in Paris.

Jack Draper is yet to win a main-draw match at the French Open but arrives as the fifth seed - which is quite the unusual position to be in. But the Briton has shown improved form on the clay after reaching the Madrid Open final and the Italian Open quarter-finals, so will take confidence into his opening match against Italy’s Mattia Bellucci.

Given he went out in the first round last year, Draper has the chance to build on his rankings points ahead of Wimbledon - holding down his seeding and reaching the quarter-finals would be a big achievement for the British No 1 at this stage of his career, especially as there are some dangerous opponents in his section.

There could be an entertaining match-up with home favourite Gael Monfils in round two, and then a fascinating clash with Brazil’s rising star Joao Fonseca in round three. In round four, there’s the potential of meeting ninth seed Alex de Minaur, or another young gun in Jakub Mensik - who defeated Draper in the opening round of Miami.

Draper is in the same quarter as top seed Jannik Sinner, but getting there would signify an excellent fortnight all the same.

The worst case scenario for Djokovic ahead of returning to Roland Garros would have been a tough draw that threatened to continue the 38-year-old runs of early exits this season.

However, Djokovic will have the chance to build into his French Open campaign with Mackenzie McDonald in the opening round and either Corentin Moutet or a qualifier in round two. Moutet is awkward, but is not considered dangerous.

From there, the first seeds Djokovic may need to face would be Denis Shapovalov in round three and potentially Daniil Medvedev, who has not won a title in two years, in the last-16.

He is in the same quarter as Alexander Zverev, last year’s runner-up, but the German third seed is by no means a lock to make it through to the quarter-finals given his form since the Australian Open final.

Of course, Djokovic may need to, will likely have to, beat both Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz if he is to win a record-extending 25th grand slam. But even getting back to the latter rounds can be a lift ahead of Wimbledon.

The defending champion and ‘Queen of Clay’ has not won a title since winning her fourth Roland Garros last year, and dropped to fifth seed ahead of the draw. A difficult draw was possible, but Swiatek’s path to a fifth French Open looks even tougher than expected.

After opening against Rebecca Sramkova, Swiatek could face Emma Raducanu in round two. The former US Open champion still has work to do on clay, but has shown improved form on the surface this year and could be dangerous.

The real trouble lies further ahead, though, with former French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko, who has beaten Swiatek in all six of their meetings, a potential hurdle in the last-16.

Swiatek is also in the same quarter as last year’s runner-up Jasmine Paolini, the Italian Open champion, so there could be a rematch of their final in the quarters, with World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka and Olympic champion Qinwen Zheng also in the top half.

Speaking of, Sabalenka is probably the favourite ahead of Paris, but Zheng won their last meeting in the Madrid quarters. Meanwhile, it looks to be a very good draw for Coco Gauff, who is in the bottom half. Less so for Swiatek.

The French Open main draw for men’s and women’s singles begins on Sunday 25 May. Women’s semi-final day is Thursday 5 June, with the women’s final played on Saturday 7 June. Men’s semi-final day is Friday 6 June and the men’s final will be played on Sunday 8 June.

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Jack Draper vs Mattia Bellucci

Jacob Fearnley vs Stan Wawrinka

Cameron Norrie vs Daniil Medvedev

Katie Boulter vs qualifier

Emma Raducanu vs Xin Wang

Sonay Kartal vs Erika Andreeva

Jodie Burrage vs Danielle Collins

R1: Mackenzie McDonald

R2: Corentin Moutet / Qualifier / Lucky Loser

R3: Denis Shapovalov [27]

R4: Daniil Medvedev [11]

QF: Alexander Zverev [3]

SF: Jannik Sinner [1}

F: Carlos Alcaraz [2}

R1 vs Mattia Bellucci

R2 vs Gael Monfils

R3: Hubert Hurkacz [30] / Joao Fonseca

R4: Alex de Minaur [9] / Jakub Mensik [19]

QF: Jannik Sinner [1]

SF: Alexander Zverev [3] / Novak Djokovic [6]

F: Carlos Alcaraz [2]

Novak Djokovic will play American Mackenzie McDonald in his opening match, and could face Daniil Medvedev in the last-16.

Carlos Alcaraz has quite an interesting draw and could face the big-serving Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in R3, and then potentially former French Open runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas in R4.

Jannik Sinner will play Frenchman in R1 and R2. He starts against Arthur Rinderknech and then could play the retiring Richard Gasquet or Terence Atmane in R2.

Then, Sinner could play either Andrey Rublev or another Frenchman in Arthur Fils in R4. Quite an interesting draw.