Roland Garros 2022 will be spicy: the draw puts Djokovic, Nadal, Alcaraz and Schwartzman on either side of the table

Facing a rival who has emerged from the classification, Diego Schwartzman will begin his journey to Roland Garros, which could cross him into the round of 16 with Serbian Novak Djokovic. Both were placed at the top of the draw, which also included Spaniard Rafael Nadal, 13 -time winner of this contest, and his young compatriot Carlos Alcaraz, the revelation of the season. Yes, in small he had the hardest way to advance in Paris

In his 10th appearance in the second Grand Slam of the season, the small, Seeded 15th in the tournament, will try to at least match his performance from last year, when he reached the quarterfinals. If he can pass his first duel, he will face the winner in the clash between German Daniel Altmaier and Spaniard Jaume Munar.

In case of advancing to the fourth period, the porteño could find Djokovic on the other side of the net. The number one in the ATP rankings will make his debut against Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka and, if he can overcome that hurdle, he could clash in his next rivalry with another Argentine, Federico Coria, who will make his debut, coincidentally, against Slovakian Alex Molcan, his executioner on Thursday at the Lyon Open.

The draw was also not very friendly for Sebastián Baez, who will be playing for the first time in a match that matches the main draw of the Parisian tournament against Serbian Dusan Lajovic. If he is to advance, he will have to measure the forces in the winner of the duel between German Alexander Zverev, third seed in the tournament, and a player from the qualifiers. The one from San Martín was eliminated on Thursday in Lyon, where he surrendered in the quarterfinals against British Cameron Norrie 6-4, 4-6 and 7-5.

Another debutant in the main draw at Roland Garros, Tomás Etcheverry from La Plata, will face Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (seeded 28th), while Francisco Cerúndolo will also find a seed, British Daniel Evans ( 29th).

For Rosario Facundo Bagnis, the debut will be very demanding, as he will have to face the number two in the world, the Russian Daniil Medvedev. Meanwhile, Federico Delbonis from Azul, who advanced to the round of 16 last year, will make his debut alongside Frenchman Adrian Mannarino. If he wins, he will be able to play the winner of the duel between Russian Andrey Rublev (7th) and South Korean Soon Woo Kwon.

Although there were seven Argentines who joined the contest because of their ranking position, Santiago Rodríguez Taverna (22 years old, 203rd in the planetary rankings) from Pilar has already joined them, who on Thursday got his ticket through of the win in the last round from the qualy to Bulgarian Dimitar Kuzmanov (198th) by 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3.

Three other compatriots will fight on Friday for their seats in the main draw: Marco Trungelliti from Santiago will face Russian Andrey Kuznetsov, Pedro Cachín from Bellville will also face Russian Pavel Kotov and Camilo Ugo Carabelli from Buenos Aires will play alongside Swiss Alexander Ritschard.

Beyond the Argentine’s big presence, the tournament will serve as a great attraction in the fight for the crown that Djokovic will try to keep and Nadal will try to recoup. The Mallorcan, seeded fifth, will make his debut against Australian Jordan Thompson.

Another contender for the trophy is the surprising Carlos Alcaraz (6th), this year’s champion in Madrid, Miami, Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro. Murcian will have to face in the first round a rival who emerged from the classification. Meanwhile, Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (4th) will be the first to face Italian Lorenzo Musetti.

In the women’s draw, the number one in the world, Polish Iga Swiatek (champion of Roland Garros in 2020), will make her debut against a rival from qualy. For her part, Czech Barbora Krejcikova (2nd) will face Frenchman Diane Parry and Spaniard Paula Badosa (3rd), along with another Frenchwoman Fiona Ferro.