Zverev faces Tien test in Roland Garros opener, Gauff takes on Gadecki

PARIS : The French Open first round continues on Tuesday with American Coco Gauff and Germany's Alexander Zverev in action, while Novak Djokovic launch his bid to claim a 25th Grand Slam title.

TOP MEN'S MATCH: ZVEREV V TIEN

Despite his victory at the Munich Open in April, world number three Zverev has largely failed to impress since he reached the Australian Open final in January.

Zverev was beaten in his opening match in Monte Carlo and failed to reach the semi-finals in Rome and Madrid, while also suffering an illness and losing in the round of 16 at his home Hamburg Open last week.

The German said he was still optimistic about his chances, however, pointing to the manner in which Carlos Alcaraz won last year's tournament.

"Last year Carlos was being asked the same questions, because he had a very bad clay court season, and he came in here, was maybe struggling a bit more in the early rounds, but then found his rhythm and won the tournament," Zverev told reporters.

"I'm not saying that will happen to me, but of course that's what I'm looking for."

Third seed Zverev begins his campaign against American Learner Tien, who claimed a shock win when the two met in the Mexican Open this year.

TOP WOMEN'S MATCH: GADECKI v GAUFF

Gauff will look to hit the ground running after a promising clay swing in which she reached back-to-back finals in Madrid and Rome, with the American facing 91st-ranked Olivia Gadecki of Australia in her opening match.

"(Clay results) definitely gives me a lot of confidence with the results over the last few weeks, but I think just putting those results in the past and focusing on the next two weeks here," Gauff, a French Open finalist in 2022, told reporters.

"I think just taking it match by match, point by