The French Open has come around extremely quickly, with the world’s top players set to do battle in the second Grand Slam of the year.
Jannik Sinner reigned supreme at the first one back in January when he retained the Australian Open crown that he collected for the first time the previous year.
Players are currently completing their preparation ahead of the tournament starting on Sunday, with the players discovering today who they will face in the opening match.
As with any big sporting event, the world will be hoping and praying to see some early shocks and we look at three seeds who could be in danger of an early exit after the draw was made.
Alexander Zverev
It sounds crazy to suggest that the world number three might be in danger of an early exit at a tournament that he’s reached the final of, but Alexander Zverev really is like a box of chocolates at the moment.
Right now, it’s impossible to know what you’re going to get next from Zverev. He was moaning about the balls at the Italian Open, and after entering the Hamburg Open for some match practice, he was dumped out in the second round by Alexandre Muller.
Zverev comes up against Learner Tien in the opening round, and the American has already made waves this year, coming through qualifying at the Australian Open and knocking out Daniil Medvedev in the second round of the Melbourne-based tournament.
Hubert Hurkacz
The Polish performer knows all about causing shocks in tennis, following his exploits at Wimbledon in 2021 when he defeated Roger Federer in his final appearance at the All England club.
Hurkacz hasn’t had a glowing start to 2025, though, and drawing Joao Fonseca is a bit of a nightmare for the player who would have loved nothing more than a few straightforward rounds to try and progress in the tournament.
It’s also important to add into the mix that clay is far from Hurkacz’s favourite surface and Fonseca might even start their first round match as the favourite to progress to round two.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
It’s worth mentioning here that Tsitsipas is usually solid on this surface and in 2021, he reached the final and looked on course to claim a first Grand Slam title.
Much like Zverev, however, you just never know what is going to happen when Tsitsipas steps onto the court and his form has once again been somewhat sporadic this year.
He was dumped out in the first round of the Australian Open in January and in France, he will come up against tricky Argentine performer Tomas Martin Echeverry in the first round, which should provide him with a stern test.
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