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Djokovic, Nadal, Alcaraz on same half of Roland Garros bracket
PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz all were placed on the same half of the French Open men’s bracket in Thursday’s draw for the clay-court Grand Slam tournament.
French Open 2022 draw - Emma Raducanu, Iga Swiatek to face qualifiers, Naomi Osaka gets tough opening clash
Britain's Emma Raducanu and world No. 1 Iga Swiatek will each face qualifiers in their first-round matches at the 2022 French Open. The 18-year-old US Open champion will then take on either Aliaksandra Sasnovich or Wang Xinyu in the second round if she can progress through her opening challenge in Paris.
French Open 2022 draw - Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz all in same half at Roland-Garros
The draw for the 2022 French Open threw up some mouthwatering encounters with Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz all in the same half. Djokovic made an appearance at the ceremony for the draw at Roland-Garros and was presented with possibly the worst-case scenario with both Spanish clay-court superstars on his side of the draw. Ad/> The 34-year-old, who will make his Grand Slam return having missed the Australian Open, will open up with a match against Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan, while Nadal will take on Australia's Jordan Thompson first up.
Djokovic, Nadal, Alcaraz in same half of French Open draw
Novak Djokovic, 13-time winner Rafael Nadal and new teenage star Carlos Alcaraz were drawn in the same half of the French Open on Thursday. World number one Djokovic and Nadal, ranked five, are seeded to meet as early as the quarter-finals.
Rafael Nadal: Five clay matches, three wins, no titles - will 21-time Grand Slam champion challenge at French Open?
Rafael Nadal has won the French Open in all kinds of ways. He’s won it as a teenager, he’s won it without dropping a set, he’s won it as the overwhelming favourite, he’s won it against Roger Federer, he’s won it against Novak Djokovic, he’s won it against Robin Soderling. Only once has he won it without winning another clay event beforehand that season, and that was in 2020 when the French Open was pushed back to October.
Novak Djokovic backed for Roland-Garros triumph over Carlos Alcaraz at French Open by Mats Wilander
Novak Djokovic’s triumph in Rome makes him the favourite, ahead of Carlos Alcaraz, to win the men's singles at the 2922 French Open, according to Eurosport tennis expert Mats Wilander. Having beaten Djokovic and Rafael Nadal on his way to winning the Madrid Open final against Alexander Zverev in the Spanish capital, Alcaraz sat out in Italy because of an ankle injury. Ad/> It has been a breakthrough year for the 19-year-old who also took the Miami Open title, beating Casper Ruud in straight sets in the final.
How can 'Rafael Nadal-like' Iga Swiatek be stopped at French Open? And will Ons Jabeur or Paula Badosa do it?
Who can stop Iga Swiatek? It’s the problem the rest of the WTA Tour have been trying to solve for the last few months. Swiatek has won her last 28 matches in a row, scooping up five titles, and heads to the French Open as the overwhelming favourite. Such is her dominance that former world No.