French Open/table Out Of The New Ball King Alcalas Is Expected To Face Jokovic in The Top 4

The French Open begins next week, with the draw being made this week and Spain's Carlos Alcaraz likely to face former world champion Novak Djokovic in the last four.

Russian Daniil Medvedev rose to No. 2 in the world rankings after winning the Rome Masters last week, while Jokovic dropped from No. 3 and Alcalas regained the top spot.

Traditionally, the previous champion is invited to the draw, but Spain's Rafael Nadal, who announced his withdrawal from the French Open, also declined to attend. Alcalas is the first career Grand Slam No. 1 seed, this time he and Jokovic are in the top half of the table, is expected to meet in the last four. Last year, Medvedev interrupted Alcalas' 14-game winning streak at the French Open, but this time he was in the bottom half of the signing table and wanted to face Alcalas again only in the final.

In women's singles, the world champion and two-time champion Swiatek (Iga Swiatek) although last week in the Rome Open 8 due to injury, but confirmed that there is no major problem, will still fight to defend, and she wants to keep the title after the ball, at least into the 8. Otherwise it will be replaced by new Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus. The Polish player is likely to face sixth seed Coco Gauff of the United States in the last eight in a repeat of last year's French Open final.

It is worth mentioning that there is a chance to become the 29th ball in the history of Sabalenka after the French Open, the first round opponent is just Ukraine's Kostyuk (Marta Kostyuk), in the Ukrainian and Russian war has not stopped, this game is bound to become the focus.

For Taiwanese players, Tseng Junxin stopped in the second round of the external competition, and Wu Donglin and Xu Yuxiu, who participated in the French Open for the first time, were eliminated in the first round of the external competition. For the Chinese players, 18-year-old Shang Juncheng made it to the third straight Grand Slam after the Australian Open, and Wu Yibing and Zhang Zhizhen, a total of three Chinese players participated in the tournament.