Solvable task: Dominic Thiem starts at the French Open against Cachin

There was no hammer lot for Austria’s initially fixed individual players at the French Open in Paris, which begins on Sunday. Dominic Thiem starts his 33rd tennis major tournament against Argentinian Pedro Cachin. Austria’s only lady in the main draw, Julia Grabher, who will be in the semi-finals in Rabat on Friday, will have to deal with a qualifier.

At his tenth appearance in Roland Garros in Paris, where he was only stopped in the final by clay court king Rafael Nadal in 2018 and 2019, Thiem is against the world number 63. by no means an outsider. However, he had lost the only duel so far in two sets when he came back after a long injury break at a Challenger 2022 in Marbella.

In the event of a win, the unseeded Thiem will at least not have to deal with one of the big ones. Either Cachin’s compatriot Federico Coria or number 15 seeded Croatian Borna Coric would be the second round opponents.

Grabher celebrates her Roland Garros premiere against a qualifier. After this year’s Australian Open (first round out), the Vorarlberg native is only playing her second major tournament. If you win, you can expect a duel with last year’s finalist Coco Gauff (USA-6). Gauff starts her tournament against Rebeka Masarova (ESP).

With Jurij Rodionov and Sebastian Ofner, two more Austrians could reach the men’s competition, both are in the third and last qualifying round.