The Day 2 fixture also has India's Sumit Nagal in the list. India made the main draw owing to his world ranking of 80 after an inspiring run in the Monte Carlo Masters, where he reached the round of 32 after battling through the qualifiers and also took a set off Holger Rune before losing to the world No. 7. Nagal, who put on a record show in the Australian Open earlier this year, will be the first Indian man to feature in the main draw at the Stade Roland Garros since Prajnesh Gunneswaran in 2019. He will be up against World No.18 Karen Khachanov in round one.

Court Philippe-Chatrier

Women’s Singles - [8] Ons Jabeur (TUN) vs [WC] Sachia Vickery (USA) - 3:30PM IST

Women’s Singles - [1] Iga Swiatek (POL) vs [Q] Leolia Jeanjean (FRA)

Men’s Singles - Gael Monfils (FRA) vs Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA) - Not before 11:45PM IST

Court Suzanne-Lenglen

Men’s Singles - [2] Jannik Sinner (ITA) vs Christopher Eubanks (USA) - 2:30PM IST

Men’s Singles - [9] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs Marton Fucsovics (HUN)

Women’s Singles - [3] Coco Gauff (USA) vs [Q] Julia Avdeeva

Women’s Singles - [15] Elina Svitolina (UKR) vs Karolina Pliskova (CZE)

Court Simonne-Mathieu

Women’s Singles - [5] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) vs Rebeka Masarova (ESP) - 2:30PM IST

Men’s Singles - [29] Arthur Fils (FRA) vs Matteo Arnaldi (ITA)

Women’s Singles - [6] Maria Sakkari (GRE) vs Varvara Gracheva (FRA)

Men’s Singles - [5] Daniil Medvedev vs Dominik Koepfer (GER)

Despite boasting a mind-bending 112-3 win-loss record in the French Open, which includes a run of 14 titles, Nadal was not seeded and hence so could have been placed anywhere in the bracket and been stuck playing anyone at all. The Spaniard dodged a career-threatening hip injury and problematic abdominal muscle over the last two seasons, leaving him with only a 7-4 record in 2024, 5-3 on clay. Hence, a legend who has been ranked No. 1 and spent more than a decade inside the top 10 is now well outside the top 250.

Nadal is slated to play his first Grand Slam match as an unseeded player since the 2005 Australian Open. Top 32 players in the men's and women's draws are seeded, which are based on the ATP and WTA rankings, which take into account the most recent 52 weeks of results. Ideally, tournament director Amélie Mauresmo could have bend the rules and and handed a seeding to Nadal based on his past performances. But that was never really considered, she said, in part because “giving protection to some players” would result in “a lot of other issues and problems,” and because “it also has to be OK with other Grand Slams and everything.”

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of round one match of French Open 2024 where Rafael Nadal will face Alexander Zverev. Stay tuned for more updates!

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