João Fonseca (65 from the world) will face a chair head in his debut in Roland Garros. The draw of the main male key, this Thursday (22), in Paris, defined as his opponent the head number 30, the Polish Hubert Hurkacz. Last year, Hurkacz became the sixth in the world, and today is the 31st in the ranking.
If the carioca goes through the first round, it is certain that it will have a difficult game in the second, against a home tennis player-the winner of the confrontation between the French Pierre-Hougues Herbert and Benjamin Bonzi.
Another Brazilian in the male key of simple, Thiago Monteiro (130 of the world) will face Czech Vit Kopriva (85).
In the female key, Bia Haddad, chair head number 23, debut against American Hailey Baptiste, 70 of the WTA ranking. If you advance in the tournament (it was semifinalist in 2023), the Brazilian could face in the quarterfinals the American Coco Gauff, second in the world today.
The draw put face to face in the first round two stars of the circuit: the Japanese Naomi Osaka and the Spanish Paula Badosa.
Number one head head, Aryna Sabalenka, from Belarus, faces Russian Kamilla Rakhimova in the first round, who occupies the 75 position in the current ranking.
The star of the draw was striker Ousmane Dembélé of Paris Saint-Germain, who will play on the 31st the Champions League final in Munich (Germany) against Internazionale, from Italy. Having rise due to his good phase and the team, the striker gave autographs and was very harassed.
Four times winner in Roland Garros, including the last three editions, Polish Iga Swiatek was invited to honor the draw. This year she has not won any title. “This season has had higher and higher than in other years. Tennis is sometimes a complicated sport,” said Swiatek.
Last year’s male champion, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, was also invited to the draw. “It’s been a great season in clay. Trust is high now,” said the recent Italian open champion in Rome.
