Novak Djokovic might face Carlos Alcaraz within the semi-final of the French Open. The Serb was drawn in the identical half as the highest seed throughout Thursday's official ceremony. Meanwhile, the one three Brits within the draw - Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans and Jack Draper - all realized their destiny.

The official draw for the French Open was made on Thursday, with one query on everybody's lips. As Djokovic had dropped right down to the third-seeded place, he confronted being drawn in Alcaraz's half.

And that is exactly what occurred, because the two-time former French Open champion was positioned in the identical part because the world No 1, which means they may face off as early because the semi-final stage in the event that they each get there. Alcaraz will start his French Open marketing campaign in opposition to a qualifier or a fortunate loser whereas Djokovic opens in opposition to world No 114 Aleksandar Kovacevic.

Daniil Medvedev is the second seed on the match because of his current Rome Masters title run, additionally drawing a qualifier of fortunate loser within the first spherical. Meanwhile, there are solely three Brits within the singles attracts this 12 months - Norrie, Evans and Draper.

There have been imagined to be 4 males in the primary draw however Kyle Edmund - who entered utilizing his protected rating - was compelled to withdraw hours earlier than the official draw ceremony after aggravating a wrist damage throughout an ITF match. Andy Murray beforehand announced his withdrawal on Sunday. And there isn't a British illustration within the girls's singles draw of a Major for the primary time since 2009.

Emma Raducanu pulled out after undergoing triple surgery whereas no Brit made it past the second spherical of qualifying, leaving simply three males to fly the flag throughout the singles attracts. Draper is the one unseeded participant of the trio and begins his marketing campaign in opposition to Tomas Etcheverry.

Norrie is the 14th seed and faces a fiery first-round conflict with French wildcard and former world No 18 Benoit Paire. Meanwhile, Evans is the twentieth seed and can face one other wildcard in Thanasi Kokkinakis as he will get his Roland Garros marketing campaign.

If he progresses to the second spherical, Evans might face 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka. The 38-year-old faces Albert Ramos-Vinolas in his personal opening match.

Wawrinka is certainly one of simply two former champions within the males's draw alongside Djokovic. In the ladies's draw, prime seed and defending champion Iga Swiatek faces Cristina Bucsa in her opening match.

Second seed Aryna Sabalenka has a tricky opening spherical in Marta Kostyuk, certainly one of many blockbuster first-round matches. Jessica Pegula takes on compatriot Danielle Collins whereas former Grand Slam champions Victoria Azarenka and Bianca Andreescu will face off. And former world No 1 Karolina Pliskova will open in opposition to 2018 runner-up Sloane Stephens.