French Open draw: Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev to face qualifiers, Novak Djokovic takes on Aleksandar Kovacevic

Top seed Carlos Alcaraz will face a qualifier in the first round of the French Open. Alcaraz is among the favourites to win at Roland-Garros, alongside Novak Djokovic, after 14-time champion Rafael Nadal announced he would not defend his title owing to injury.

Ad Djokovic is seeded third and will begin his quest for a third title at Roland-Garros with a match against Aleksandar Kovacevic Roland-GarrosSwiatek's French Open defence starts against Bucsa, Gauff and Rybakina lie in wait2 HOURS AGO Daniil Medvedev is on the opposite side of the draw to Alcaraz and Djokovic. The Russian has shown improvement on his least favoured surface, winning the Rome Masters last week, and he will start second seed with an encounter – like Alcaraz – against a qualifier.

Holger Rune is seeded sixth, with Christopher Eubanks awaiting him in the first round. Britain’s Cameron Norrie starts with a match against Benoit Paire, Dan Evans faces Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jack Draper begins against Tomas Martin Etcheverry.

Qualifying concludes on Friday. Alcaraz’s ‘perfect preparation’ bolsters Roland-Garros chances — Wilander ‘This is my right!’ — Halep ‘devastated’ at latest hearing delay over anti-doping breach Men’s French Open draw in full ALCARAZ Carlos ESP [1] v Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) O'CONNELL Christopher AUS v DANIEL Taro JPN ARNALDI Matteo ITAv GALAN Daniel Elahi COL NAKASHIMA Brandon USA v SHAPOVALOV Denis CAN [26] MUSETTI Lorenzo ITA [17] v YMER Mikael SWE SHEVCHENKO Alexander v OTTE Oscar GER Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) v Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) PAIRE Benoit FRA (W) v NORRIE Cameron GBR [14] AUGER-ALIASSIME Felix CAN [10] v FOGNINI Fabio ITA KUBLER Jason AUS v Lucky Loser (Q) Lucky Loser (Q) v CRESSY Maxime USA MCDONALD Mackenzie USA v