Emma Raducanu was able to meet four -time French open champion Iga Swiatek in the second round in Roland Garros.
Swiatek has won the title for the past three years, while Raducanu, who has to pass the Chinese Wang Xinyu for the first time, only played the tournament before.
That was in 2022, when she reached the second round, with the former US Open Champion 2023 missing after operations on both wrists and a single and then chose not to compete in the qualification last year.
She returns to Paris ranked in the top 50 and hope to continue her encouraging form on the clay, including a run to the fourth round of the Italian open.
Raducanu struggled with a repeat of a back problem during a loss of the second round for Danielle Collins during the WTA event in Strasbourg on Wednesday, but it is understood that there is no concern about her participation in Roland Garros, with the 22-year-old on the way to the French capital.
While Swiatek, who defeated Raducanu for the loss of just one game on the Australian Open in January, would be a formidable challenge, it has been a difficult season for the post.
She has not won a title since the French Open last year and went to fifth place in the ranking after non -characteristic versions on her favorite surface.
Swiatek, who is opposed to Slovakia Rebecca Sramkova, joined Paris Saint-Germain star Ousmane Dembele at the draw, and said: “Everyone is here to win. I work hard to be ready and to play tennis as well as possible.
“This season certainly had more ups and downs, but I know my game is there. I just have to find out how it can be used in the best possible way. Tennis is sometimes a complicated sport, but we have to make it easy in our head.”
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Swiatek is located in the upper half of the draw together with Aryna Sabalenka, which is confronted with the Russian Kamilla Rakhimova in the first round and in the last eight a repeat of last year’s final against Jasmine Paolini can be confronted.
Second Seed Coco Gauff is the highest ranked player in the bottom half and will open against Olivia Gadecki in Australia.
The British number one Jack Draper is for the first time a leading seed at a grand slam like the world number five and will be confronted with the Italian Mattia Bellucci in the first round.
The 23-year-old landed on the strong side of the trek with top seeds Jannik Sinner in his quarter and both Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic in his half.
Cameron Norrie got the toughest draw of the British players against 11th seed Daniil Medvedev, while debutant Jacob Fearnley is confronted with former champion Stan Wawrinka.
In the ladies’ stretching, Katie Boulter will be confronted with a qualification for a potential second round meeting with Australian open champion Madison Keys, while Sonay Kartal meets Erika Andreeva and Jodie Burrage, plins Collins.
Sinner, who offers a third consecutive Grand Slam title after his return of his three-month dop ban, plays France in France in the first round.
Djokovic, who became 38 on Thursday, opens his last campaign for a 25th SLAM Crown against Mackenzie McDonald, while defending championships and second seed Carlos Alcaraz are confronted with former US Open Runner-Up Keiikori.
Great Britain could still have an eighth player in the most important singles, with Fran Jones who fights for a 2-6 6-3 6-4 victory over the Japanese Mai Hontama in the second qualifying round.
In the final round in the final round, she will be confronted with Ukraine’s Anastasiia Sobolieva, but then Evans is out after losing 6-1 6-3 to the French Clement Tabur.
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