David Goffin has to compete in the first round of Roland Garros against the Italian Lorenzo Musetti. Notable among the men: Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are all three in the same table half. That is also the table half of David Goffin, by the way. Among the women, Elise Mertens meets a qualifying player in the 1st round.
David Goffin will face Lorenzo Musetti for the first time in his career at Roland Garros. The Italian is currently number 76 in the world, Goffin is ranked 13th in the ATP ranking. In a possible 2nd round, the Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka awaits.
Besides Goffin, Kimmer Coppejans (ATP-174) also has a chance to make it to the main table. For that, he has to pass Colombian second seed Daniel Elahi Galan (ATP-106) in the final qualifying round on Friday.
Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are also all three in the same table half as Goffin, who could face Djokovic in the 1 / 8th finals.
Elise Mertens meets qualifier in 1st round
Among the women, Elise Mertens (WTA-15) meets a qualifying player in the first round. With a win, a game will follow against the British Heather Watson (WTA-71) or the Kazakh Zarina Diyas (WTA-93).
In addition to Mertens, Alison Van Uytvanck (WTA-67) and Greet Minnen (WTA-125) also make their appearance on the main table of Roland Garros.
Van Uytvanck was drawn on Thursday afternoon against the Italian Martina Trevisan (WTA-97), for qualifying player Minnen it remains to be seen to which opponent she will be linked.
Statue to Rafael Nadal
The organization also unveiled a statue to Rafael Nadal on Thursday. The Spaniard is the record holder in Paris with 13 wins. The statue is a work by the Spanish sculptor Jordi Diez Fernandez.
