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| Andy Murray drawn against qualifier in first round of French Open | Andy Murray drawn against qualifier in first round of French Open |
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| Andy Murray will play a qualifier in the first round of the French Open, with champion Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic both drawn in the same half as the British No1. | Andy Murray will play a qualifier in the first round of the French Open, with champion Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic both drawn in the same half as the British No1. |
| Murray, seeded third, will have to wait to find out his first-round opponent at Roland Garros but he could meet either Djokovic or Nadal in the semi-finals. One of the qualifiers Murray could face is fellow Brit Kyle Edmund, who must beat Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras to book his place in the main draw. | |
| Top seed Djokovic and nine-time champion Nadal, seeded sixth, were drawn in the same quarter, meaning the pair could face off as early as the last eight. | Top seed Djokovic and nine-time champion Nadal, seeded sixth, were drawn in the same quarter, meaning the pair could face off as early as the last eight. |
| Roger Federer has also been drawn against a qualifier, Djokovic will play the Finn Jarkko Nieminen and Nadal faces home favourite Quentin Halys – who is ranked 304 in the world. | Roger Federer has also been drawn against a qualifier, Djokovic will play the Finn Jarkko Nieminen and Nadal faces home favourite Quentin Halys – who is ranked 304 in the world. |
| In the women’s draw, Britain’s Heather Watson has been handed a favourable first-round opponent in French wild-card Mathilde Johansson, who is ranked 224 in the world. However, if Watson is victorious, she will have to face one of Venus Williams or Sloane Stephens in the second round. | |
| World No1 Serena Williams is set to play a qualifier in her first match, whilst defending champion, Maria Sharapova will take on Kaia Kanepi, who has twice reached the quarter finals at Roland Garros in 2008 and 2012. | |
| French Open men’s singles first-round draw (seeds only) | French Open men’s singles first-round draw (seeds only) |
| Novak Djokovic (1) v Jarkko Nieminen | Novak Djokovic (1) v Jarkko Nieminen |
| Qualifier v Bernard Tomic (27) | Qualifier v Bernard Tomic (27) |
| Richard Gasquet (20) v qualifier | Richard Gasquet (20) v qualifier |
| Tim Smyczek v Kevin Anderson (15) | Tim Smyczek v Kevin Anderson (15) |
| Grigor Dimitrov (10) v Jack Sock | Grigor Dimitrov (10) v Jack Sock |
| Qualifier v Tommy Robredo (18) | Qualifier v Tommy Robredo (18) |
| Adrian Mannarino (30) v Jurgen Melzer | Adrian Mannarino (30) v Jurgen Melzer |
| Quentin Halys v Rafael Nadal (6) | Quentin Halys v Rafael Nadal (6) |
| Andy Murray (3) v qualifier | Andy Murray (3) v qualifier |
| Denis Istomin v Nick Kyrgios (29) | Denis Istomin v Nick Kyrgios (29) |
| David Goffin (17) v Filip Krajinovic | David Goffin (17) v Filip Krajinovic |
| Andreas Seppi v John Isner (16) | Andreas Seppi v John Isner (16) |
| Marin Cilic (9) v Robin Haase | Marin Cilic (9) v Robin Haase |
| Jiri Vesely v Leonardo Mayer (23) | Jiri Vesely v Leonardo Mayer (23) |
| Viktor Troicki (31) v Jan-Lennard Struff | Viktor Troicki (31) v Jan-Lennard Struff |
| Lukas Lacko v David Ferrer (7) | Lukas Lacko v David Ferrer (7) |
| Kei Nishikori (5) v Paul-Henri Mathieu | Kei Nishikori (5) v Paul-Henri Mathieu |
| Qualifier v Fernando Verdasco (32) | Qualifier v Fernando Verdasco (32) |
| Roberto Bautista-Agut (19) v Florian Mayer | Roberto Bautista-Agut (19) v Florian Mayer |
| Teymuraz Gabashvili v Feliciano Lopez (11) | Teymuraz Gabashvili v Feliciano Lopez (11) |
| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (14) v qualifier | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (14) v qualifier |
| Go Soeda v Philipp Kohlschreiber (22) | Go Soeda v Philipp Kohlschreiber (22) |
| Fabio Fognini (28) v Tatsuma Ito | Fabio Fognini (28) v Tatsuma Ito |
| Qualifier v Tomas Berdych (4) | Qualifier v Tomas Berdych (4) |
| Stanislas Wawrinka (8) v Marsel Ilhan | Stanislas Wawrinka (8) v Marsel Ilhan |
| Steve Johnson v Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (26) | Steve Johnson v Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (26) |
| Ernests Gulbis (24) v qualifier | Ernests Gulbis (24) v qualifier |
| Lucas Pouille v Gilles Simon (12) | Lucas Pouille v Gilles Simon (12) |
| Gael Monfils (13) v Edouard Roger-Vasselin | Gael Monfils (13) v Edouard Roger-Vasselin |
| Ivo Karlovic (25) v Marcos Baghdatis | Ivo Karlovic (25) v Marcos Baghdatis |
| Qualifier v Roger Federer (2) | Qualifier v Roger Federer (2) |
| French Open women’s singles first-round draw (selected) | |
| Serena Williams (1) v qualifier | |
| Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor v Victoria Azarenka (27) | |
| Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (22) v Tsvetana Pironkova | |
| Mathilde Johansson v Heather Watson | |
| Sloane Stephens v Venus Williams (15) | |
| Andrea Petkovic (10) v Shelby Rogers | |
| Alison Riske v Sara Errani (17) | |
| Jelena Jankovic (25) v qualifier | |
| Karin Knapp v Caroline Wozniacki (5) | |
| Petra Kvitova (4) v Marina Erakovic | |
| Bethanie Mattek-Sands v Irina-Camelia Begu (30) | |
| Varvara Lepchenko v Madison Keys (16) | |
| Kiki Bertens v Svetlana Kuznetsova (18) | |
| Zarina Diyas (32) v qualifier | |
| Kristina Mladenovic v Eugenie Bouchard (6) | |
| Ana Ivanovic (7) v Yaroslava Shvedova | |
| Donna Vekic v Caroline Garcia (31) | |
| Shuai Peng (24) v Polona Hercog | |
| Louisa Chirico v Ekaterina Makarova (9) | |
| Agnieszka Radwanska (14) v Annika Beck | |
| Yanina Wickmayer v Elina Svitolina (19) | |
| Evgeniya Rodina v Simona Halep (3) | |
| Carla Suarez Navarro (8) v Monica Niculescu | |
| Magda Linette v Flavia Pennetta (28) | |
| Garbine Muguruza (21) v qualifier | |
| Timea Babos v Angelique Kerber (11) | |
| Lucie Safarova (13) v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | |
| Monica Puig v Sabine Lisicki (20) | |
| Kaia Kanepi v Maria Sharapova (2) |