Andy Murray set for a 2017 Roland Garros rematch with Stan Wawrinka as Dominic Thiem handed difficult draw in Paris.
The Roland Garros draw has served up some tasty first round encounters with the main talking points taking place in the third quarter.
In that third quarter, sees a rematch between two grand slam champions from an epic semi-final in 2017.
Of course that match is Andy Murray taking on Stan Wawrinka in what is Murray’s first appearance in Paris since that match.
A couple of days ago, the duo were practicing in a sign of reminiscing their past, now they will do more than that when they take on each other in the first round.
However the tasty matches don’t stop there as the recent US Open champion Dominic Thiem has been given a rotten draw which includes a first round match against another former US Open champion, Marin Cilic.
Should Thiem beat Cilic then he could face tall American Reilly Opelka and Rome semi-finalist Casper Ruud before even getting to the second week.
Felix Auger-Aliassime, Andy Murray or Stan Wawrinka could wait in round four for the Austrian while Rome finalist Diego Schwartzman could be a last eight opponent.
Gael Monfils and Alexander Bublik will also clash in the pick of the first round in the third quarter.
Thiem is also in Rafael Nadal’s half, the man who is looking to win a 13th Roland Garros title.
The Spaniard will kick things off against Egor Gerasimov with Dan Evans or Kei Nishikori potentially awaiting in R3.
After a promising first week, Nadal could face John Isner or Fabio Fognini in the last 16, with Alexander Zverev awaiting in the quarter-finals.
The German, who recently lost an epic US Open final, will begin against Dennis Novak, with Alex De Minaur awaiting Zverev in R3. While the pick of the first rounds in Jannik Sinner against David Goffin.
In the top half, Novak Djokovic will begin against Mikael Ymer as he is arguably the best player in the world right now.
Hubert Hurkacz and Karen Khachanov are likely to stand in his way en route to the quarter-finals.
Potential last eight matches include Matteo Berrettini, Jan Lennard Struff and Pablo Carreno Busta.
While Roberto Bautista Agut will face Richard Gasquet in the pick of the first round matches in the second quarter.
Finally in the second quarter Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas are on a quarter-final collision course with each other but face tough opening matches.
Medvedev takes on talented Hungarian Marton Fucsovics while Tsitsipas plays Jaume Munar.
Denis Shapovalov, Grigor Dimitrov and Andrey Rublev are among those lurking in the second quarter.
A tasty two weeks in Paris are set, with the main draw beginning on Sunday in the French capital.
